I rate movies based on plot, characters performance, and how much attention was given from my end to the movie and it had my complete attention. great storyline, I was on the edge of my seat. my paranoia levels were acting UP. this movie is a great way to shed light on to anesthesia awareness, i've heard stories about how painful it was, excruciatingly painful. minor complications that lead to major trauma. definitely a problem that needs to be fixed.

Clay Beresford is wealthy, young and in love. He also needs a new heart. After a spur-of-the-moment wedding to his fiancée, Sam, he undergoes heart transplant, with the chief surgeon his friend, Dr Jack Harper. However, the anesthetic has a strange effect on him, paralyzing him but not putting him to sleep. The surgical team are not aware of this and continue with the operation. They also reveal that they intend to murder him...Reasonably novel idea - man tries to fight off would-be murderers while paralyzed and undergoing heart transplant surgery - but poorly developed. Plot is unengaging and ridiculously far-fetched. It is also very padded - many scenes that are clearly just filler - and random.Direction doesn't help, adding to the random mess with badly thought-out dream sequences and out-of-body experiences. To crown it all, performances are so-so, bordering on irritating.Despite the shortness of the movie, not worth your time.

Well, first of all I must start by saying that this movie is definitely not for the faint hearted - pardon the pun. This movie is high on stress factor and it will hit you hard. I have watched a lot of movies in my life, but no movie has made me cringe as "Awake" did when Clay is awake when the surgeon opens up his chest.The storyline in "Awake" is interesting, although I had initially thought it would suck as much as "Buried" did, given the somewhat similarities in concept. But luckily "Awake" turned out to be much more interesting and entertaining.Clay (played by Hayden Christensen) has a weak heart and is to undergo a heart transplant. But the anesthetic doesn't fully work as intended and Clay lies conscious during the procedure. But things are not as Clay thought they were, and trapped in anesthetic limbo the truth dawns on him.The thing with Clay getting up and walking around and following the events prior to and after the procedure was a bit too far out there for my liking.As for the acting, well, while the acting was good and really added to the movie, I will say that it was Jessica Alba who stood out in the movie and carried it. And while Hayden Christensen did an okay job, he will forever be trapped in the role of an angry young sith, and I was just waiting for him to bring out a light saber. So, personally, I don't think that Hayden Christensen was the best of choices casting-wise.The movie started out okay and was good up to the point on the surgery table, where Clay "woke up". From thereon the storyline took a nosedive for the worse. And it was a shame because the movie had potential.

This is my first review on the IMDb, sorry if my English is not good. i just watched this movie and in the end i am totally surprised. After a long time i watched so exiting movie like this, i never wrote any review before but this movie made me write the review about this.. What i like in this movie that you will find a great thriller, original story, no boring part at all and most of the all the surprising twist in the end. I will definitely suggest this movie to all of you and i will also suggest this movie to all my friends and tomorrow i will watch this movie with my mother there is a reason for this you'll know when you'll watch this movie. So my review is getting long so i am ending my review and just want to say that go watch this movie you'll love this like i did and this is now one of the best movies I've ever seen..