Awake (DVD) Reviews

You can chuck criticism at the main star Hayden Christensen or you could say the director did a bad job, but the root of the problem with this film is that the pay-off is terrible. The premise is initially exciting, Christensen needs a heart transplant and while on the operating table, fails to be anesthetized properly and hears a plot to kill him ...  Read the complete review

Awake follows Hayden Christians character as he is about to be put under for a heart operation only to find that it hasnt put him under but is awake but paralysed throughout. The film is a thriller that relies on its main star to carry the film but the problem is Hayden Christian who seems to weak to carry such drama. The emotion ...  Read the complete review

this film is intriguing, scray and i guarantee that it will make you think. jessica alba plays the doting girlfriend who turns out to be a twisted killer. this film is full of twists as we see the main character, a true mommys boy who has to have a dangerous heart transplant, manipulated and lied to by his wife, Jessica alba. she is secretly a ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears on my film review website, ShaunMunro.co.uk, and Helium.com, thanks! Joby Harold's Awake, in its opening titles, explains the phenomenon of "anaesthetic awareness", whereby a patient retains consciousness of events around them whilst under general aesthetic, often whilst having painful and intrusive surgery ...  Read the complete review

Awake was released in 2007 by The Weinstein Company and written and directed by Joby Harold. Awake is roughly 80 minutes long and is rated 15 due to strong language, psychological horror and scenes of surgery. Clayton Beresford Jr is a wealthy man, part of a family that run an investment business in New York. He's in love with a woman ...  Read the complete review

Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) is a billionaire heir and is very much in love with his fiancé of one year Sam (Jessica Alba), however Clay is reluctant to tell his controlling Mother Lilith and this is because Sam is Lilith's personal assistant and Clay's Mother will look down on working class Sam. Clay has a rare heart condition which ...  Read the complete review

"Awake" was a film I intended seeing at the cinema but never got round to it. The trailer immediately hooked me in. The main character, Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen), inherited a huge estate from his father and has everything you could ever want, apart from a healthy heart. Whilst undergoing a heart replacement operation he ...  Read the complete review

I saw an advert for this film on another rental and was not too sure what to expect as it does not give much away other than the fact that Clay ( Hayden Christensen ) undergoes surgery and experiences the rare experience where people are paralysed and appear asleep and fully anaesthetised but are in fact awake and able to feel everything that is ...  Read the complete review

Awake: 2007 I should say before I start that this is not a review of a DVD, but of the film only as I watched it on TV....if it needs to be moved (though I could not see where to) please let me know, I don't review that many films. I confess to being bored tonight, this is due to me putting off some written work and feeling ...  Read the complete review

~ Conscious to 84 mins of Boredom ~ Spoilers Included! Directed by- Joby Harold Writer- Joby Harold Release date- 4 April 2008 Run time- 84 Mins Certificate- 15 ~ PLOT ~ Awake is set around a man who has anaesthetic awareness. Clay (Hayden Christensen) has a severe heart condition which ...  Read the complete review

Every year, there are millions of people who go under general anaesthetic for an operation of some sort. Statistics show that 1 in 700 experience what is known as 'anaesthetic awareness'. It entails them being in a physical state of complete unconsciousness, but mentally they are completely awake, and can experience everything in terms of feeling ...  Read the complete review

When I first seen this film advertised I thought cool this looks really good. After watching It I am pleased to say I did really enjoy it. The story itself revolves around Clayton Beresford (Hayden Christensen) who is a very succesuful businessman yet happens to live under the roof of his overbearing mother. He reveals to his mother ...  Read the complete review

Awake The story This film is about a young rich business man Clay who is in need of heart transplant. He falls in love with his mum's pa Sam and he has to keep it a secret because his mum wouldn't approve but he ends up marrying Sam in a secret ceremony behind his mothers back. Sam encourages Clay to have his operation with ...  Read the complete review

There are few films out at the moment which are actually persuading me to go to the cinema to pay and see as many are just old plots redone or they are just silly films that shouldn't even be given a budget to make it onscreen. One film though I have heard good reviews about and that has been recommended to me by several friends is the new Jessica ...  Read the complete review

Having an operation can be a daunting thing, it's filled with dread; new movie Awake focuses on two of the many things that can go wrong during an operation. Firstly being awake but paralysed during the operation, and secondly death when the operation goes wrong. Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) is a wealthy young man, the heir to ...  Read the complete review

The same night that Clay Beresford marries the girl of his dreams Sam, he get's the call from the hospital informing him that his wait on the heart transplant list is over, they have an organ ready and he is to come in for surgery. Everything seems to be working out well for Clay, until he is put under general anaesthetic and is one of the 1 in ...  Read the complete review