This movie is a good thriller, well conceived and filmed, and very watchable. It eschews the current popular camera techniques that degrade the enjoyability of so many films and TV shows recently (extremely tight and unrelenting closeups, "nervous" camera--the ADHD camera--and "zip" pans). The principal actors are experienced and well known (Lena Olin, Fisher Stevens, Chris McDonald, and of course, Alba). You will likely enjoy this movie, which does not lead where you initially expect. The ending is a little weak, but by then one has enjoyed the film enough to forgive it.
The twenty-two year old Clay Beresford is a genius of finance secretly in love of his mother's secretary Sam Lockwood. Clay has a complex, expecting recognition from his mother Lilith Beresford that he is as capable as his father was, and he needs heart transplantation. When Clay finds a donor compatible with his rare blood, he requests his friend Dr. Jack Harper operate him under the protest of his mother that wants the famous Dr. Jonathan Neyer responsible for the procedure. On the eve of his heart surgery, Clay marries Sam and during the surgery, he experiences an "anesthetic awareness" that leaves his conscious but paralyzed. Clay witnesses the dialogs in the room and discovers dark secrets about his surgery. This movie is short and yet still does a pretty good job developing the characters. There are several twists and turns in this movie and some easy to see coming, others surprising, and some not necessary. But you should appreciate the attempt whether or not you saw it coming. Terrence Howard is always good, Jessica Alba actually turns in a very decent performance, and Hayden Christensen is Annakin Skywalker as a billionaire. Go into this with an open mind and not trying to figure out every little twist and turn, and you,ve got yourself a very nice little thriller on your hands. Check this out if you can, it is a good thriller and deserves a look. I'm sure some will be disappointed and some will not.Read full review
This is an engaging thriller that keeps you guessing. Jessica Alba (Sin City) and Hayden Christensen (Star Wars/Jumper) star in this 84 minute film. The story sets you up to really care for this guy even though he is rich. This movie is very thought provoking and makes you suspicious trusting the medical profession. The stellar cast and great dialogue between the characters makes this film so believable. I'll give this a 4/5 for being so creepy. IF YOU LIKE MY REVIEWS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW BY VOTING. THANKS
LOVE that I could buy it when the movie was so new on the market.LOVE that I have the option of purchasing from a normal run of the mill person like me rather than buying from some giant corporation - this helps minimize costs in many purchases, too. Movie was over rated as most of them are but it was nice to be able to buy it - ebay seems to have most anything that a person may be looking for. Movie was a good fantasy movie which opens up as such at the end whereas the beginning leads you to believe it is based on true factual events. So.... Movie was okay. Movie also had a lot of the Hollywood twists, drama and "hollywood" commonalities to it. Not worth watching twice.
Superb,,, a hidden gem. Captivating story with surprising twist at the end. I highly recommend this movie. Don’t let any negative review related to minor technical medical details prevent you from watching this. This is not a medical documentary. This is an excellent movie.
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