{"id":270801,"date":"2021-06-10T04:16:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T01:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-ending-of-awake-explained\/"},"modified":"2021-06-10T04:16:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T01:16:39","slug":"the-ending-of-awake-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ending-of-awake-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Ending of Awake Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Ending of Awake Explained<\/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--><em><strong>Ending Explained<\/strong><\/em><i> is a recurring <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> in which we explore the finales, secrets, and <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\">theme<\/a>s of interesting movies and shows, both new and old. This time, we\u2019re up to talk about and explain the ending of the Netflix movie Awake.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t you hate it when you just can\u2019t fall asleep, for the life of you?<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, that\u2019s basically the plot of <strong>Mark Raso<\/strong>\u2019s <\/span><strong><i>Awake<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 but magnified just a little bit. The film (reviewed here) begins with a catastrophic event that wipes out all electronics and renders all of humanity unable to sleep. Once disaster strikes, retired soldier Jill (<strong>Gina Rodriguez<\/strong>) jumps into action to protect her family from the growing chaos. But when her daughter Matilda (<strong>Ariana Greenblatt)<\/strong> reveals that she can sleep, the child becomes a target of the crazed masses, and Jill must protect her at all costs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desperate for answers, Jill brings Matilda and her son Noah (<strong>Lucius Hoyos<\/strong>) on a road <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to a military base called the Hub. There, she says, she\u2019ll let Matilda help scientists find a cure to the medical anomaly that is slowly killing everyone. But once Jill arrives at the Hub, it becomes clear that she never intended to give Matilda away in the first place. Instead, she approaches an old woman whom scientists are conducting tests on \u2014 the only known person, besides Matilda, who can sleep \u2014 and begs for her help. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point, Jill is working under the assumption that everyone except Matilda and the old woman will die of sleep deprivation within days or even hours. So, she asks the old woman to take care of Matilda once everyone else is gone, knowing her daughter will not be able to fend for herself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the whole world has been awake for a couple of weeks now, things aren\u2019t exactly going smoothly at the Hub. The security guards begin to hallucinate an invasion, and all hell subsequently breaks loose. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noah attempts to cut the power to make it easier for him and his family to hide, but he\u2019s electrocuted and briefly dies in the process. The next morning, he wakes up and tells Matilda he had been asleep. The two quickly discover there is a similarity between them \u2014 they both died and came back to life after the catastrophic event as Matilda had briefly drowned in a river at the start of the catastrophe \u2014 and now they can both sleep. Coincidence? I think not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, they have discovered the cure. Well, they\u2019re hopeful they have, or else they\u2019re about to drown their mother for no reason. Matilda and Noah drag a near-dead Jill to the river and submerge her head underwater. She struggles, but they\u2019re confident they\u2019re right here. They pull her lifeless body out of the water, perform CPR, and as the screen goes black, we hear a gasp. Jill is awake.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though some viewers were likely disappointed by the fact that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awake<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ends before what will presumably be some <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">major<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> action, (if you consider killing the entire planet and bringing them back to life action, that is), Raso\u2019s choice to leave the film off on an ambiguous note should be viewed as a clever one (for a filmmaker hoping to secure a multi-picture deal with Netflix).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three real options as to what could happen after the credits roll. One, Matilda and Noah successfully bring their mom back to life where she\u2019s now able to sleep, and the three of them proceed to share the cure with others. Two, the kids bring Jill back, but far too many people are already dead from sleep deprivation. Or, if you\u2019re <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cynical, they fail at reviving Jill and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are left to fend for themselves in a messed up world. Now, the first option ties everything off neatly, albeit with a long road ahead involving convincing people to die if they want to live, but the other two are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">perfect sequel bait<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Who wouldn\u2019t want to see those two movies?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Netflix decides to expand the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awake<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cinematic Universe, the momentum of the high-stakes survival mentality of the film will undoubtedly continue in a sequel. Perhaps we\u2019ll get to see characters we\u2019ve grown to root for as they attempt to weather the elements alone in an <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omega Man <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">type situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to potentially setting up a killer sequel, the ending of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awake<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes with some surprising deeper meanings. Christianity is present from the beginning of the film. Noah and Matilda\u2019s grandmother (<strong>Frances Fisher<\/strong>) routinely take them to church, so Christian ideals are embedded in the kids\u2019 psyches. But when Matilda accidentally reveals to churchgoers that she can sleep, they im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely demand she be offered up as a blood sacrifice. In their sleep-deprived minds, this is the cure. This young girl must be sacrificed, just like Christ on the cross.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But in the end, the answer to the problems<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is not sacrifice; it\u2019s resurrection. And even though death is involved in the cure, it is not the killing that is important, but the bringing back to life. This can be interpreted as an earthly cleanse, or perhaps it is merely a different interpretation of the Bible, one that emphasizes the importance of life over bodily and spiritual sacrifice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever the answer is, it is safe to say that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awake<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ends on a positive note. It emphasizes the importance of family and suggests that good things happen if we stick with the ones we love. It also praises strength, perseverance, and bravery, and allows us to reflect on this past year \u2014 a year where we all endured a real-life catastrophic event in our own way.\u00a0<\/span>\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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