2007 · thriller · crime · mystery
Awake
Directed by Joby Harold1h 24m2007
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.
Our read: Awake (2007) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive thriller · crime · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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“You want a claustrophobic medical thriller that rewires everything in the final act.”
Skip it tonight — Surgery dread or twisty paranoia will keep you awake past midnight tonight.
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