Dead Awake (2010)
1/10
Awful film...avoid if possible.
14 August 2011
Warning: Spoilers
It boggles the mind that movies this bad continue to get made. One can only wonder, can anyone write or tell (direct) a coherent story in Hollywood these days? The description for this movie talks about the main character faking his own death, and indeed there is a single scene that deals with this intriguing idea. But the movie is more about death and atonement for one's choices while living.

There are plot holes you could drive a sixteen wheeler through, including the main character being shot twice at point blank range and not suffering so much as a scratch; and a would be guardian angel, who though dead, can register vitals on hospital equipment and interact with the living as a normal living human being (for ten years, no less).

Mix in some David Lynch-ian like purposely nebulous confusion and you've got a recipe for the typical piece of **** film that leaves the viewer wondering: "are the writers really this stupid, or is it just them trying to be too clever by half".

The only silver lining for me was that my girlfriend got it for free with a coupon deal at Redbox. Mercifully, we paid nothing to view it, which is exactly what it was worth.
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