Awake

 

Awake 2007

• Director: Joby Harold
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Ohlin
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Hayden Christensen – Jumper, Star Wars, Stephen Glass
• Jessica Alba – Barely Lethal, Fantastic Four, Dark Angel
• Terrence Howard - Many
• Lena Ohlin – Remember Me, The Reader, The United States of Leland, Chocolat, The Ninth Gate, Romeo Is Bleeding, Picassos äventyr
• Why? Decent cast
• Seen: 26 January 2025 

       Clay (Christensen) is super rich, young, white, hotshot zillionaire businessman with a poor but beautiful girlfriend, secretary Sam (Alba) who works for his domineering mother Lilith (Ohlin). Oh yeah, and a bad heart. His friend and doctor Jack (Howard) says he needs a transplant soonest.

       A heart becomes available. On the operating table everything goes wrong, starting with the anaesthetic which leaves him completely paralysed, feeling every pain, hearing every word said. This really happens so that part is OK.

       Otherwise it’s highly unlikely, even within its own framework, and quite nasty, but suspenseful. And my goodness, the twists!

       Lena Ohlin adds a touch of star quality class. 

3* of 5