This low-budget Thriller, here in England called "Left To Die" & not "Awaken", could have been so Awesome but the surrounding cast, even for a B-movie was terrible!!!
Here in "England" the cover has a big stupid picture of "Vinnie Jones" & his name written "Big" like he's the main lead? But HE'S just a small role as a the usual mouthy thug!!! Terrible cover art.
I don't get it? It was pointless, the Director gathered a load of familiar faces & B-movie stars for an ensemble cast but didn't use any of the actor's properly at all? Felt like a complete waste of all these know the face actors!!! The stand out excellent star was "Natalie Burns" who is so good as a totally convincing bad a##, her performance was full of emotion & anger, she deserved a better film & supporting cast & Director!!! Some of the fights are really good & bloody & Natalie as "Billie Kope" is great, her role is fine & she makes an excellent tough action hero!!! I was gutted that one of my fave old school B-movie actors "Robert Davi" has a tiny & completely pointless little role as "Quintin" a guy who has been on the Strange island for a while & is abit mysterious, i say it's "pointless" because his role should've been a main part in the story as he makes a change half way through the film & should have been a big exciting part where he goes up against the "bad guys" with tough chick "Billie" but he doesn't? He walks off & is never seen again? Such a huge waste of the excellent "Robert Davi" who could have helped with them & done some cool action!!! Davi should have been the 2nd main lead after "Natalie Burn" but he was wasted!!!
oh the story is a bunch of people wake-up on a strange island & later find out their all being harvested by black market organ theifs, a good idea but mostly it's too cheesy because of the terrible acting from the supporting cast such as a pointless role for "Edward Furlong" it's terrible, we also have "Darryl Hannah" who is actually ok in a tiny role, theres also "Michael Copon" who is horrendous as an actor here!!! There's a tiny pointless embarrassing tid bit for veteran B-movie star "Michael pare", there's British bad guy "Vinnie Jones" who just does the same in every role, there's "Daz Crawford" another horrendous actor, there's also "Jason London" who is just about ok as a silly villain, there's also a very old looking "David Keith" as a Doctor who looks fed-up in his tiny part & then there's the sister of "Billie", "Kat" played by "Christa Campbell" who is just ok in her tiny role. It just feels like a massive waste of a big cast of B-movie stars!!!
Apart from some cool fight scenes that all feature the excellent "Natalie Burns" it often feels abit dull but is strangely still entertaining in it's cheap action way, "Robert Davi" who i love was totally wasted, what the hell was the Director thinking? Or the writer? A shame. Worth a watch for a new & cool female action hero but everything else is abit dull, that being said it's still an ok easy watching B-movie, even if it's just to watch the Awesome & beautiful "Natalie Burn" kick some a##, there's a few good scenes such as the "Shark" bit & like i said some good fights & i like the big Tropical island setting IT'S just a shame because it all felt wasted, just could've been so much better!!! An easy watching cheap action flick that's not terrible & there's way worse films out there.
I don't get it? It was pointless, the Director gathered a load of familiar faces & B-movie stars for an ensemble cast but didn't use any of the actor's properly at all? Felt like a complete waste of all these know the face actors!!! The stand out excellent star was "Natalie Burns" who is so good as a totally convincing bad a##, her performance was full of emotion & anger, she deserved a better film & supporting cast & Director!!! Some of the fights are really good & bloody & Natalie as "Billie Kope" is great, her role is fine & she makes an excellent tough action hero!!! I was gutted that one of my fave old school B-movie actors "Robert Davi" has a tiny & completely pointless little role as "Quintin" a guy who has been on the Strange island for a while & is abit mysterious, i say it's "pointless" because his role should've been a main part in the story as he makes a change half way through the film & should have been a big exciting part where he goes up against the "bad guys" with tough chick "Billie" but he doesn't? He walks off & is never seen again? Such a huge waste of the excellent "Robert Davi" who could have helped with them & done some cool action!!! Davi should have been the 2nd main lead after "Natalie Burn" but he was wasted!!!
oh the story is a bunch of people wake-up on a strange island & later find out their all being harvested by black market organ theifs, a good idea but mostly it's too cheesy because of the terrible acting from the supporting cast such as a pointless role for "Edward Furlong" it's terrible, we also have "Darryl Hannah" who is actually ok in a tiny role, theres also "Michael Copon" who is horrendous as an actor here!!! There's a tiny pointless embarrassing tid bit for veteran B-movie star "Michael pare", there's British bad guy "Vinnie Jones" who just does the same in every role, there's "Daz Crawford" another horrendous actor, there's also "Jason London" who is just about ok as a silly villain, there's also a very old looking "David Keith" as a Doctor who looks fed-up in his tiny part & then there's the sister of "Billie", "Kat" played by "Christa Campbell" who is just ok in her tiny role. It just feels like a massive waste of a big cast of B-movie stars!!!
Apart from some cool fight scenes that all feature the excellent "Natalie Burns" it often feels abit dull but is strangely still entertaining in it's cheap action way, "Robert Davi" who i love was totally wasted, what the hell was the Director thinking? Or the writer? A shame. Worth a watch for a new & cool female action hero but everything else is abit dull, that being said it's still an ok easy watching B-movie, even if it's just to watch the Awesome & beautiful "Natalie Burn" kick some a##, there's a few good scenes such as the "Shark" bit & like i said some good fights & i like the big Tropical island setting IT'S just a shame because it all felt wasted, just could've been so much better!!! An easy watching cheap action flick that's not terrible & there's way worse films out there.