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Dead Awake Reviews
Dead Awake Reviews
| 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful  Caught me Off guard!, By This review is from: Dead Awake (DVD) This is supposed to be just another b-flick destined to air several times late night on the THRILLERMAX channel. With that mindset, I gave it a chance, and it sold me with its HILARIOUS dialouge.The characters were fresh, and the dialouge was actually excellent! It has a pulp 50's feel at parts, ghetto at other parts, David Mamet clever at other parts...it is a real doozy! The acting was dead-on! I'm still shocked at how fun this movie was. I think fans of David Mamet films and Francios Ozone flicks will dig it. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful  PERCHANCE TO DREAM, By This review is from: Dead Awake (DVD) WHAT A DIFFERENT AND ORIGINAL MOVIE! Stephen Baldwin, known for his lowkey often somnabmulent performances, perfectly plays a man who cannot sleep at night, and sleeps with his eyes open during the day..all the while managing to be a top executive at a dishy firm. During one of his nightly jaunts, he witnesses a murder and finds himself a suspect. May sound old hat, but the body of the movie is filled with some pleasant surprises, unorthodox characters, and twists and turns....and a large dose of comic relief. For example:*Michael Ironside plays a brain-damaged ex-orderly from a mental institution who offers his own sexual interpretation of Bible lore; his scene where he asks Baldwin to touch where his brains were smashed is chilling and tragic. *The waitress at the Snow White Diner where Baldwin ends up every night is legally blind, yet tends a cash register and wields a powerful gun; *Not once, but twice, a toughie's guard dog is wasted, in what can only be... Read more 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful It's not for everyone but I liked it, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Dead Awake (DVD) It's 3:30 in the morning and there's a movie on about an insomniac. As an insomniac, how could I possibly pass on watching this movie? I thought it was a great movie. It's a movie that appeals to the mind. What is real? Is the whole thing just one long hallucination by this guy who can't sleep? I mean with character names like Belladonna (last name of the police detective) and Uno Magic, how can you be sure anything this guy sees and hears isn't just a delusion? If you like weird movies, then this might really appeal to you. If you don't like unusual movies then watch something else. Oh, by the way, don't listen to the reviewer that said this movie was predictable. I can guess most movies within 5 minutes. But I didn't guess this one and the reason is that this movie is so weird/unusual that I just sat back and let it take me where it wanted. Rent it, buy it or catch it on cable but don't watch it the first time until it's 3:30 in the morning. |
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