AWAKE

AWAKE NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK TO SLEEP

The "Exclusively available at Blockbuster"promo is where movies go to die. What a waste of Terrence Howard. In that vein, what a waste of time it took to watch this movie. Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) is a successful, yuppie financial banker who has a heart condition and a girl friend (Jessica Alba) . The only hope is for a miracle transfer. He butts heads with his mother who would rather someone else operate, but he has chosen his best friend Dr. Jack Harper (Howard). One thing leads to another and he (and we) discover that he is experiencing "anesthetic awareness," which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. Through this, he is able to see things, hear people and finds that something wrong is going on. Christensen does a fine job as the walking dead. Law #47 in that people aren't always who you think they are. I'll leave the ending out, not that is climatic or shocking. It just isn't worth commenting on.

NOT a PICK: Far too many movies have tried a version of this and it still isn't working!

NOTE: This movie is so forgettable that I checked it out from the library a second time!