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Introduction to the Gina Rodriguez Awake Movie Review

 

Fresh off of watching the actor Gina Rodriguez in an off-beat comedy/drama film, Kajillionaire, it was interesting to see her in another movie -- Awake. Unlike the Kajillionaire movie, she is actually starring in this film instead of acting in a supporting role. How was the movie Awake and how was Gina Rodriguez’s acting performance? Check out my movie review of Awake to find out.

 

Plot of the Gina Rodriguez Awake Movie

 

The title actually hints at the plot of the movie.  Some strange phenomenon happens to everyone on earth that causes them not to be able to go to sleep. The two people who are still able to sleep are an elderly woman and the young child of  Gina Rodriguez’s character, Matilda played by Ariana Greenblatt.  Gina Rodriguez’s character also has a son Noah played by the actor Lucius Hoyas.

Gina Rodriguez’s character's goal seems to be to protect her child from being experimented on. Throughout the movie, you will see her either escaping from someone with her daughter and son in an attempt to prevent her daughter from being subjected to scientific experiments to find a cure for these people's predicament.

 

 

 

Realism of the Gina Rodriguez Awake Movie

 

This is a science fiction movie, so it is far from being a film based on reality. That being said, there are a few missteps in the movie’s plot when it comes to simple realism.  For example, in one instance, a man was destroyed in a church for simply pleading to Gina Rodriguez’s character to let her daughter be experimented on.

In another instance, the family meets up with an escaped prisoner and somehow become friends when it seems to me the prisoner would want to return home to his family instead of staying with a group of strangers -- which he did for the most part in the movie.

Another example of unrealism in the Awake movie is when Gina Rodriguez’s character ran away with her son and daughter, as well as the escaped prisoner and ended up at a place called the Hub where experiments were done.

 

 

Once Gina Rodriguez's character is in the facility, she meets an old friend who asks why she is there, even though she was there under false pretenses -- even wearing a white jacket she had taken to wear in order to blend in with the hospital staff.

However, by far, the most far-fetched happening of the movie was the seemingly constant violent acts being done purportly due to lack of sleep. Usually one would think people would be too tired and exhausted from not being able to sleep for days to perform these violent acts.

 

There are other instances of not only unrealism, but loose ends in the movie. For example, if you watch the movie, you may wonder whatever happened to the grandmother who was taking care of Gina Rodriguez 's character's children, before she ran away with them. By the way after "running away" they ended up at the place she was trying to keep her daugher from. Go figure.

 

 

 

Assessment of the Gina Rodriguez Awake Movie

 

Unfortunately, the movie Awake offered no suspense, entertainment or excitement.  Spoiler Alert:  Even the ending is not clear as to how out of all the people in the world, this family of three somehow were spared the effects of whatever caused everyone not to be able to sleep -- and who by the way found out how to stop this from happening to the son and mother in the movie.

 

The Gina Rodriguez Awake film appeared to be a movie quickly written and put together without any cohesiveness.  

 

Looking back on the movie, Awake, this film seemed to me like a series of disjointed events happening headed by Gina Rodriguez's character. I think Gina ROdriguez is an adequate actor; however, for all that it's worth, she was not able to save this movie and make it more watchable than what it is. 

 

 

 

Rating of the Gina Rodriguez’s Awake Movie

 

 

Based on a rating of 1 star to 5 stars with 5 stars being the highest, I rate Gina Rodriguez’s Awake movie 1 ½ stars.