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Awake

2007 · 84 min

A tense, twisty thriller that traps you in helpless dread, mixing medical horror with a convoluted conspiracy and emotional family drama.

Directed by
Joby Harold
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Tagline
Every year, one in 700 people wake up during surgery.
Overview
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.

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Directed by
Joby Harold
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • conspiracy
  • grief
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour1
Realism5
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
thriller, crime, mystery
Directed by
Joby Harold
Written by
Joby Harold
Starring
Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin, Christopher McDonald, Sam Robards, Arliss Howard, Fisher Stevens
Music
Graeme Revell, Samuel Sim
Cinematography
Russell Carpenter
Runtime
84 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Japanese, English

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