Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dead Awake 2010


     Dylan is trying to solve a mystery from ten years ago.  There was an accident between a taxi and a car; the taxi ran into the rear of the second vehicle and the driver left the taxi. Dylan and a detective have not been able to find out what happened in this accident.  Dylan works at a funeral home, he’s sad when the deceased person doesn’t have anyone attend their funeral.  He jokes with the owner that no one would come to his own funeral.  They place a funeral notice in the paper and Dylan pretends to be dead in a casket.  Two women come to the viewing, his former girlfriend and a stranger.  He follows the stranger to see who she is, turns out she is a drug addict living in a seedy room.
     Trying to keep suspense creates a major problem with this film.  For nearly the entire movie, you don’t know who the passengers were in the taxi?  Back and forth through Dylan’s dreams some details are revealed but there are too many mix-ups in the screenplay.  3* (This movie is OK)

93 min, Mystery directed by Omar Naim with Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan, Amy Smart, Ben Marten, Brian Lynner, Kim Grimaldi, James Serpento, Jack Mishler.

Note:  Blockbuster 2 ½*, imdb 4.4 out of 10, 22% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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