hayden christianson and jessica alba two of my least favourite actor of this century team up in what be quite possibly the flat attempt at remake the already dire the butterfly effect . awake be so dull and so utterly uninteresting that you would be good off asleep . terrance howard still recover from the diabolical august rush put up a decent fight a the sadistic doctor who seem hell bent on kill christianson and after view his performance i would gladly assist . alba and still recover after fantastic four rise of the silver surfer . be naturally disastrous and equally unwatchable a she always be . only once have she ever be rather brilliant at that be in the safe hand of master director robert rodriguez in sin city . could it possibly be that jessica alba isn not a poor of an actress a most give her credit for and be be possibly that her acting ability be be weight down by a poor script . if so then that would explain awake . what with a script that would shame that of plan 9 from out space . jessica alba and hayden christenson and and terrence howard star in first time director or screenwriter joby harold nerve jangle psychological thriller about a man who experience the frighteningly common surgical phenomenon know a aesthetic awareness and in which those lay out on the operating table remain acutely aware of what be go on around them despite remain completely paralyze and unable to cry out for help . when a successful young young man ( christenson ) go under the knife and realize that the anaesthesia hasn not quite do it job and the horror quickly set in a his worried wife ( alba ) wait anxiously and a terrifying drama unfolds in the operating room . hop to do for operating table what final destination do for plane and this first effort from director joby harold pivot on a blood frosting conceit . the pre credit sequence tell u one in 700 people suffers from a phenomenon know a anaesthetic awareness and where the patient remain conscious but paralyse during surgery . one such unfortunate individual be clayton beresford jr ( hayden christensen ) and who find himself wide awake during a heart transplant . and he can feel every single slice . intermittently inventive a it probe away at his tortured psyche and awake fails to inject true terror into it novel premise . spiral from chill simplicity into absurd conspiracy and it hinder by stilted turn from christensen and jessica alba . you will wish you would pop a sedative before watch verdict represent awake be at very best extremely undemanding . a pull no punch film that undoubtedly look well on paper . a a film though it awfully generic and extremely derive . awake fails to inject terror into it novel premise . the end result be really quite lousy . alba and christian be the very least of your worry a the film main flaw lie in it inability to scare it audience . awake be a film you will most likely sleep through .