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Though the performers gamely try to make the most of what little they have to work with, the film is murky to look at and unfocused in its storytelling. "Dead Awake" is a deadly snore.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Dead Awake
2010 · 1h 32m · R
Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Omar Naim
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Dead Awake
Overview
Dylan, a young man working at a funeral parlor, is trying to unravel a mystery that shattered his life ten years earlier. After faking his own funeral to see who will show up, he befriends a mysterious street junkie and is reunited with an old love from his past. The lives of these three characters are transformed by supernatural forces as Dylan discovers that no one is who they seem to be.
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