Stars:
Hayden Christensen
Jessica Alba
Lena Olin
Terrence Hill
Terrence Hill
I went to the cinema for the first time in 4 weeks, partly persuaded by a 2 for 1 free ticket deal. The movie on offer was AWAKE, advertised as a psychological thriller; the kind that I do occasionally profess an appetite for. With Jessica Alba on the menu, I was all set for a tasty afternoon.
“Every year 21 million people go under anesthesia…30,000 people remain awake” with that, a plot is created around this fact. We have one good looking and rich young man (Hayden Christensen) who is madly in love with his gorgeous bit of skirt (Jessica Alba). There is also his mummy (Lena Olin) to complicate the relationship a wee bit. Plus, this young man has a bummer of a bad heart and is in need of a transplant, which will eventually leads you to the gist of the plot.
If you are planning to watch this movie, that’s as far as you should go. Any attempt to read reviews or talk to people who seen it, you run the risk of getting a whiff of the twist in the plot. Even the trailer criminally hints away at the plot twists. If the plot is blown, you can pretty much save your cash for your next movie.
Hayden Christensen really does know how to smile in a movie, although we can be forgiven in thinking otherwise after seeing him brood through the entire 5 hours of Star Wars Parts II and III in the form of Anakin Skywalker. So he has sufficient presence and does well enough to carry the show along with the always lovely Jessica Alba and Lena Olin.
Sure, there were some inaccuracies in the movie, but then if we can watch Rambo come unscathed after being targeted by a hundred guns, we can surely let this one slide a bit. After all, we are in it for the suspense, which is the main course. The servings of suspense when it finally arrived is not ungenerous, and topped up with some portions of gory bits too (well, the movie has to do with surgery).
In all, I thought the movie was just about worth its admission price, and left the cinema feeling sufficiently entertained.
“Every year 21 million people go under anesthesia…30,000 people remain awake” with that, a plot is created around this fact. We have one good looking and rich young man (Hayden Christensen) who is madly in love with his gorgeous bit of skirt (Jessica Alba). There is also his mummy (Lena Olin) to complicate the relationship a wee bit. Plus, this young man has a bummer of a bad heart and is in need of a transplant, which will eventually leads you to the gist of the plot.
If you are planning to watch this movie, that’s as far as you should go. Any attempt to read reviews or talk to people who seen it, you run the risk of getting a whiff of the twist in the plot. Even the trailer criminally hints away at the plot twists. If the plot is blown, you can pretty much save your cash for your next movie.
Hayden Christensen really does know how to smile in a movie, although we can be forgiven in thinking otherwise after seeing him brood through the entire 5 hours of Star Wars Parts II and III in the form of Anakin Skywalker. So he has sufficient presence and does well enough to carry the show along with the always lovely Jessica Alba and Lena Olin.
Sure, there were some inaccuracies in the movie, but then if we can watch Rambo come unscathed after being targeted by a hundred guns, we can surely let this one slide a bit. After all, we are in it for the suspense, which is the main course. The servings of suspense when it finally arrived is not ungenerous, and topped up with some portions of gory bits too (well, the movie has to do with surgery).
In all, I thought the movie was just about worth its admission price, and left the cinema feeling sufficiently entertained.
