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- 2 nominations total
Liisa Cohen
- Cop
- (uncredited)
Jennifer Floyd
- Firefighter
- (uncredited)
Bruno Gunn
- Fireman
- (uncredited)
Scott L. Treger
- Living Cadaver
- (uncredited)
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Any five to ten minute excerpt from this movie could easily lead a viewer to conclude that this is a well made horror or suspense thriller. The production values are high, the performances good, and so on.
The problem is that the parts of the film don't fit together. The sequence of action has the usual slow build and accelerating pace of any good thriller, but while the set-up is promising, and the events proceed logically enough as interesting and sympathetic characters are frightened, threatened or killed off, the reasons underlying the events remain obscure.
Hints and suggestive exposition are introduced, and then forgotten. There are explicit references to religious-themed horror fantasy, speculative science, and even a few elements of a possible conspiracy. An elaborate backstory is gradually revealed, and then abruptly dismissed. The conclusion doesn't really conclude anything: there's a decisive ending, but no resolution, no revelation, not even a clear idea of the probable consequences.
It's possible a re-edit could address these issues and make it a decent film. As it stands, though, it just doesn't work.
The problem is that the parts of the film don't fit together. The sequence of action has the usual slow build and accelerating pace of any good thriller, but while the set-up is promising, and the events proceed logically enough as interesting and sympathetic characters are frightened, threatened or killed off, the reasons underlying the events remain obscure.
Hints and suggestive exposition are introduced, and then forgotten. There are explicit references to religious-themed horror fantasy, speculative science, and even a few elements of a possible conspiracy. An elaborate backstory is gradually revealed, and then abruptly dismissed. The conclusion doesn't really conclude anything: there's a decisive ending, but no resolution, no revelation, not even a clear idea of the probable consequences.
It's possible a re-edit could address these issues and make it a decent film. As it stands, though, it just doesn't work.
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- Mar 20, 2015
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- TriviaThe statement that humans only use 10% of their brain is a common urban myth that scientists of that caliber would have known. It refers to unused potential. In fact, brain scans have shown that no matter what you are doing all parts of the brain are active, though some are more active than others--which is explained in this movie by Niko.
- GoofsWhen calling out the current being applied to each subject, Zoe uses kilovolts (kV). During the attempt on the second dog, Zoe calls out "11 kilowatts" instead.
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Written by Coxsone Dodd (as Clement Dodd)
Performed by Dennis Alcapone
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- Also known as
- Reawakening
- Filming locations
- Santa Clarita, California, USA(College of the Canyons)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,300,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,801,570
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,203,437
- Mar 1, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $38,356,892
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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