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Wake Up

2024 · 80 min

A relentless, claustrophobic cat-and-mouse game that keeps you tense and uneasy from the first trap to the last.

Overview
A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • violence
  • revenge
  • isolation
  • trauma
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror8
Humour2
Realism6
Romance0
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller, action
Directed by
Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell, François Simard
Written by
Alberto Marini
Starring
Turlough Convery, Benny O. Arthur, Jacqueline Moré, Thomas Gould, Alessia Yoko Fontana, Kyle Scudder, Charlotte Stoiber, Aidan O'Hare
Runtime
80 min
Country
France
Languages
English

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