{"id":270608,"date":"2021-06-09T23:57:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/awake-finds-a-mothers-nightmare-in-insomnia-and-religious-extremism\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T23:57:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:57:39","slug":"awake-finds-a-mothers-nightmare-in-insomnia-and-religious-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/awake-finds-a-mothers-nightmare-in-insomnia-and-religious-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Awake&#8217; Finds a Mother&#8217;s Nightmare in Insomnia and Religious Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Awake&#8217; Finds a Mother&#8217;s Nightmare in Insomnia and Religious Extremism<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9-->Somewhere in the bowels of Hollywood sits a small box spitting out one-line apocalyptic movie pitches \u2014 monsters you can\u2019t look at! make a sound and you\u2019re dead! zombies in Las Vegas! <strong><em>Awake<\/em><\/strong> is the latest word jumble premise-turned-feature film to follow in the high-concept footsteps of <em>Bird Box<\/em> (2018), <em>A Quiet Place<\/em> (2018), and <em>Army of the Dead<\/em> (2021), and its setup is every bit as simple. What if one day people were no longer able to sleep?<\/p>\n<p>Jill (<strong>Gina Rodriguez<\/strong>) is a single mother of two \u2014 the wise and precocious Matilda (<strong>Ariana Greenblatt<\/strong>) and the expectedly moody teen Noah (<strong>Lucius Hoyos<\/strong>) \u2014 and it\u2019s been a rough ride so far. Her mother-in-law (<strong>Frances Fisher<\/strong>) has legal custody of the kids due to Jill\u2019s recent excursion into drug addiction and incarceration, but Jill is trying her best to do better. An overhead event of some kind kills all of the world\u2019s electronics, and that includes most cars leading to an accident sending Jill and her kids into a lake. They recover quickly enough, but they soon realize along with everyone else that the incident has also left them all unable to sleep. Frustration, exhaustion, and fear soon begin to eat away at people\u2019s mental states, and it only gets worse when it\u2019s discovered that young Matilda can somehow still nap like a champ.<\/p>\n<p>What if the apocalypse, but like, super tired, isn\u2019t exactly a mind-blowing premise, but <em>Awake<\/em> plays the scenario well to deliver moments of action and suspense along the way. Director\/co-writer <strong>Mark Raso<\/strong> and co-writer <strong>Joseph Raso<\/strong> embrace the fallout of the event to explore people at both their best and, more often than not, their absolute worst. Unlike the films mentioned above, there are no external creatures to thrill audiences with meaning we\u2019re left instead with the very familiar human monsters we already see every day. The opportunity to stand out instead rests on that premise, but unfortunately there\u2019s not much more to it.<\/p>\n<p>People suffering from a lack of sleep grow disoriented, confused, and irrational, and it\u2019s that unsettled populace that becomes Jill\u2019s greatest obstacle \u2014 aside from her own insomnia, of course. Things move maybe a bit too fast early on including a detour into a church just one day after the world turns to shit. Just twenty-four hours in and the faithful are already suggesting that Matilda be sacrificed to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ease god. Skewering religious extremists is always the right call, but it feels a bit rushed to reach this point after just a single night without sleep.<\/p>\n<p>One of the upsides to <em>Awake<\/em>\u2018s premise, of course, is that viewers really can\u2019t take issue with dumb choices made by the characters. Who among us hasn\u2019t made regrettable calls when dead tired? It leaves Jill and friends off the hook as the film progresses and their actions grow ever sloppier and more desperate. The script drops in mention of the military\u2019s sleep deprivation studies, sun spots, and more, but it never really cares all that much beyond the im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te effect leaving both the cause and ultimate outcome of it all just hanging in the air. That\u2019s especially the case when the apparent \u201ccure\u201d is discovered \u2014 one that has little bearing on anything and no real weight in its revelation.<\/p>\n<p>Still, while <em>Awake<\/em> doesn\u2019t do much with its premise beyond leave its protagonists trying to survive it, that struggle delivers both thrills and suspense. Raso and cinematographer <strong>Alan Poon<\/strong> only stretch once or twice as filmmakers, but one of the highlights \u2014 a single-shot car attack witnessed from within \u2014 is a well-crafted nod to another post-apocalyptic tale, 2006\u2019s <em>Children of Men<\/em>. That\u2019s where the similarities end, of course, but even if the film fails to reach the sub-genre\u2019s highs it still ticks the necessary boxes when it comes to delivering ninety minutes of solid entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez, who also serves as a producer, makes for an engaging lead, and while the film doesn\u2019t really explore her character\u2019s past failings it doesn\u2019t need to \u2014 we see the guilt, regret, and desire to do better in Jill\u2019s every move, utterance, and expression. She grows more haggard and worn out by the minute, but her desperate determination to protect her kids becomes the driving dramatic force. Others have a bit less to do, but it\u2019s never a bad thing seeing <strong>Jennifer Jason Leigh<\/strong>, <strong>Barry Pepper<\/strong>, and <strong>Gil Bellows<\/strong> in a new film. By the time the credits roll it\u2019s the family\u2019s arc that has reached a conclusion (of sorts) more so than the overarching narrative itself, but hey, that\u2019s what sequels are for.<\/p>\n<p>In the realm of apocalyptic Netflix tales, <em>Awake<\/em> is one of the streamer\u2019s better offerings as it entertains and gives viewers characters to care about. It\u2019s rarely all that flashy, but the reminder about the dangers posed by people under duress \u2014 whether real or imagined \u2014 is always one worth sharing.\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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