Awake (2021)

Directed by

Mark Raso

Genre

science fiction film, disaster film, thriller film, apocalyptic film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 1,171 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disorder makes it impossible for people to sleep. A woman tries to get her daughter, who may be immune, to a lab to find a cure.

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What happens

Awake is a 2021 American apocalyptic science fiction thriller film, directed by Mark Raso, from a screenplay he wrote alongside Joseph Raso. It stars Gina Rodriguez, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barry Pepper, Finn Jones, Shamier Anderson, Ariana Greenblatt, Frances Fisher, Elias Edraki, Lucius Hoyos and Gil Bellows. Rodriguez plays Jill (Rodriguez) who discovers her daughter (Greenblatt) may be immune to a disorder causing mass chronic sleep deprivation and attempts to bring her daughter to a laboratory to help develop a cure. The film was released by Netflix on June 9, 2021, and received generally negative reviews from film critics who criticized the derivative plot and lack of tension. However, it reached number one worldwide on the platform when it was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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