Awaken
(2015)
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Awaken
(2015)
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Edward Furlong | ... |
Berto
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Daryl Hannah | ... |
Mao
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Vinnie Jones | ... | ||
Michael Paré | ... |
Xander
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Jason London | ... |
Rich
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David Keith | ... |
Walsh
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Robert Davi | ... |
Quentin
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Natalie Burn | ... |
Billie Kope
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Christa Campbell | ... |
Kat
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Michael Copon | ... |
Nick
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Daz Crawford | ... |
Stitch
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Augie Duke | ... |
Chloe
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Benny Urquidez | ... |
Billy's Dad
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Mykayla Sohn | ... |
Violet
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Philip Tan | ... |
Todd
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In this action thriller, Billie Kope, searching for her sister who disappeared in Mexico, awakens on a remote island with no memory of her abduction. She teams up with a group of survivors, where her skills in Russian Special Forces combat help them resist sinister black operations soldiers who hunt them down and abduct them for reasons unknown. For Billie, the mystery of the island is ultimately connected to the fate of her missing sister and one which when uncovered, will bring violence down on not only the island but the perpetrators of this bizarre and diabolical scheme in continual need of fresh victims to awaken. Written by Natalie Burn
What a bad movie. Bad plot, bad script, bad directing, bad acting, bad editing just bad. Except for Daryl Hannah.
But this movie is one of those movies that is bad, but good. This is one of those movies that can't be taken seriously, yet is interesting enough keep watching. It has all the clichéd moments and plot lines, yet is just far enough away from cliché to be worth watching. There is no nudity, the bathing scene is, in context of other movies of the genre, humorous rather than sexy. There were a couple of moments of Commando, but then Vinnie Jones reappeared on screen and I couldn't take the movie that seriously (and I tend to have a fondness for Vinnie Jones movies for some reason).
Overall, this is one of those movies where details are almost completely unimportant, and evidenced by my texting throughout, and not feeling like I missed anything. Of course, as a fan of the Lost series, I did see a few similarities. And like that show, there were a few major story questions that went unanswered. But they did not take away from the overall entertainment. And as previously mentioned, the entertainment was provided by the just-off-cliché moments and plot twists (though one was clichéd).
This is one of those movies that could be a hidden b-movie extravaganza. It has the cast, and the heroine, Natalie Burn, appears to be on the rise. If you really have nothing better to watch on a Saturday afternoon, this is the movie. But really, wait until Ms. Burn becomes well known to watch it.
(btw - the rating I gave is for execution of apparent intent. Compared to much more serious-intent movies, and this is more of a 3 star.)