History Film / Awake2007

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When the murder plot is foiled, Sam's façade and demeanour rapidly deteriorate.]]

Not to be confused with the TV series ''Series/{{Awake}}'', or the 2021 Creator/{{Netflix}} original sci-fi film.

* TheAlcoholic: Dr. Larry Lupin, the new anesthesiologist brought in for Clay's surgery. Alarmingly, he even has a flask with him ''while in the operating room.'' [[spoiler:That said, he was not in on the murder plot whatsoever.]]

* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler: Dr. Larry Lupin, the anesthesiologist. Although he's an alcoholic, he's the only one who's not in on the plan to kill Clay (as he was brought in after the other anesthesiologist backed out of the plan), he's the only one who checks on Lilith after Clay's death while the others are covering their tracks and upon learning the truth, manages to help bring them to the authorities.]]

[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] the TV series ''Series/{{Awake}}'', or the 2021 Creator/{{Netflix}} original sci-fi film.

* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:Dr. Jack Harper, Clayton BestFriend plotted with Sam to kill him.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler:Subverted. The film opens with Jack talking about how Clay died during the surgery, so viewers expect the film to have a DownerEnding. As it turns out, Clay survives thanks to his mother.]]

-> ''Each year, over 21,000,000 people receive general anesthesia. The vast majority go to sleep peacefully. They remember nothing. 30,000 of these patients are not so fortunate. They find themselves unable to sleep. Trapped in a phenomenon known as Anesthesia Awareness. [[YouCanPanicNow These victims are completely paralyzed]]. [[AndIMustScream They cannot scream for help]]. They are... [[TitleDrop Awake]]''.

[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] the TV series ''Series/{{Awake}}''.

* HoneyTrap: [[spoiler:Sam is revealed to have seduced Clayton in a plot to kill him in surgery to get the insurance money.]]
* HospitalHottie: [[spoiler:Sam used to be a nurse under Dr. Harper, and to pay off their malpractice lawsuits, she plotted to seduce his rich best friend so they could kill him and get the insurance money.]]

-> ''Each year, over 21,000,000 people receive general anesthesia. The vast majority go to sleep peacefully. They remember nothing. 30,000 of these patients are not so fortunate. They find themselves unable to sleep. Trapped in a phenomenon known as Anesthesia Awareness. [[YouCanPanicNow These victims are completely paralyzed]]. [[AndIMustScream They cannot scream for help]]. They are... [[TitleDrop Awake]].''

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fifth member of the surgical team, a second nurse, is so minor that she disappears halfway through the movie never to be seen again.

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''Awake'' is a medical thriller by director Joby Harold, starring Creator/HaydenChristensen, Creator/JessicaAlba, and Terrence Howard. The film was released in 2007 by The Weinstein Company.

Clayton Beresford Jr. has a lot going for him. He's the heir to a powerful business empire, is obscenely rich, and is engaged to a beautiful, loving woman named Sam. However, he has two major problems. The first is that, despite being engaged for six months, he hasn't worked up the nerve to tell his mother that he has been dating her personal assistant behind her back. The second problem is that he has a bad heart... and without a transplant, he could die from a heart attack at any moment.

As the anesthesia sets in, Clayton thinks of Sam as he prepares to drift off to sleep, confident that he's in the capable hands of his surgeon and best friend Dr. Jack Harper. As the minutes go by, he jokingly comments the cocktail his stand-in anesthesiologist gave him doesn't seem to be working, but none of the surgical team pays any attention to him. He starts to realize that something has gone horribly wrong when he can feel them prepping the incision area, and his fears are confirmed when Dr. Harper slices his chest open and begins cracking his ribcage. Clayton is still awake. He can see and feel everything. But no one can hear him.

* AdventuresInComaLand: While Clayton's doctors plot his death unaware that he can hear them, Clayton can do nothing but relive his memories that led up to this point, scrutinizing every detail to try to understand what's going on. After the transplant "fails" while he remains hooked to the bypass machine, everything in his dream world grows dimmer and dimmer, until finally fading to pitch black.

* AntiVillain: Jack Harper is the only participant in the murder plot who is genuinely regretful about the whole thing and is reluctant to go through with it in the first place.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Sam.]]

* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding]]

* FemmeFatale: [[spoiler:Sam is revealed to be one.]]

* FromBadToWorse: Clay's realisation that he's still conscious is horrifying enough. Then he learns that the surgeons are planning to murder him.

* OhCrap: Although there's no facial expression to show it due to being paralysed, Clay's tone of voice says it all when he realises he's still conscious. He reacts similarly when he finds out about the murder plot.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fifth member of Jack's surgery team, a second nurse, is so minor that she disappears halfway through Clay's surgery never to be seen again.

* TheMole [[spoiler: Larry, who pretends to be an annoying, incompetent, drunk of a surgeon, but is really an undercover cop. Jack Harper suspects him and wants to end the plot, but Sam talks him into going through with it.]]