Awake

[2.5/5 stars] Explaining the premise, the hook, and showing how the movie ends in the first two minutes can backfire in a big way. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. In this case, it works, sort of. What we’re left with is a reasonably suspenseful movie peppered with meaningless flashbacks, some mercifully short embarrassing voice-over and shameful portrayals of very complex medical procedures. The twist that comes next is cleverly disguised, but it only leaves one outcome for the movie and you can smell it a mile away. Critics panned this, but it’s not quite that bad.

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