Such a frustrating disappointment

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Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

I like this movie..Little pathetic acting from Jessica and Hayden,but I like movie a lot.Hayden is so aristocrat pretty.Not boring movie at all ,and little bit of sad. It not ordinary movie. Greets from Serbia Sorry on my English Didn't know that Alba is so bad actress, Never watched her before.

I have not seen this film. I am deciding if I will. It is shocking that this happens in surgery in real life. I have spoken to more than one that have experienced being conscious during major surgery yet paralyzed. I don't understand why their body would not indicate heightened adrenal activity. An increase in pulse, something, surely some sign. People that go through this have it happen for real and can experience extreme Post traumatic stress. It must be beyond terrifying for them. Then, the Australian convicts experienced being cut open while conscious and having their insides explored for medical research. The so-called elite medical industry has something to answer for as to the ethics of the origins of its practice. Not surprised it is comprising the subject matter for a horror film.

Well, first of all I must start by saying that this movie is definitely not for the faint hearted - pardon the pun. This movie is high on stress factor and it will hit you hard. I have watched a lot of movies in my life, but no movie has made me cringe as "Awake" did when Clay is awake when the surgeon opens up his chest.The storyline in "Awake" is interesting, although I had initially thought it would suck as much as "Buried" did, given the somewhat similarities in concept. But luckily "Awake" turned out to be much more interesting and entertaining.Clay (played by Hayden Christensen) has a weak heart and is to undergo a heart transplant. But the anesthetic doesn't fully work as intended and Clay lies conscious during the procedure. But things are not as Clay thought they were, and trapped in anesthetic limbo the truth dawns on him.The thing with Clay getting up and walking around and following the events prior to and after the procedure was a bit too far out there for my liking.As for the acting, well, while the acting was good and really added to the movie, I will say that it was Jessica Alba who stood out in the movie and carried it. And while Hayden Christensen did an okay job, he will forever be trapped in the role of an angry young sith, and I was just waiting for him to bring out a light saber. So, personally, I don't think that Hayden Christensen was the best of choices casting-wise.The movie started out okay and was good up to the point on the surgery table, where Clay "woke up". From thereon the storyline took a nosedive for the worse. And it was a shame because the movie had potential.

Though the concept seemed interesting at first, I came to realize that this movie was not made for people with intelligent higher than that of a fourteen year old's. The holes in the plot were too big to ignore, the acting was terrible and the lines in the script laughable to say the least. I mean they can't be serious if they want us to believe that a billionaire would prefer to have his heart surgery performed by a mediocre heart surgeon in a public hospital, lacking in both equipment and staff instead of having the best surgeon there is, just because he knew the doctor for a year or so and thought of him as a friend. Also, no doctor in the world would agree to kill a patient while having 4 malpractice suits against him even if he could gain money out of it. Also, the only thing that having the protagonist awake during the surgery serves (except for the title), is in order to spend time in some flashbacks and make the movie a little longer since they didn't have anything better to show us.And that's because even if he wasn't awake during the surgery the ending would still be the same... Finally, in the end the only thing that matters according to the surgeon is that now Cley is awake and not of course that he lived! This might be one of the worst ending lines I've ever heard! And these are just some of the many flaws this movie has.Though it is not one of the worst movies I've ever seen, I wouldn't even consider watching it again. So, all facts considered, I believe that the best thing about this movie is that it only lasted 84 minutes