Starring: Tamra Ericson Frame Directed: Mike Conway This movie deserves a distribution offer,And maybe with the NEW BIONIC WOMAN Tele-series,Who knows? We saw- Parts Kristanna Loken in T3 and Bionic Woman, It has a woman empowered after a cancer scare. With all the special effects ,You can't tell the budget.I still can't figure out the cars tipping, Seriously they were done with some impressive physical effects done on set.Then there is stuff in the extras,To show that wasn't many extras/actors ...But computer cloning ??? Tamra should be working in films or commercials a lot more,This was filmed in and around Vegas, Sooo maybe her day-job is special. Mike Conway contributed a lot to this production and it shows,Congrats sir.
8 Reviews
Low budget...
sfinancing9 December 2018
...and it shows on so many levels. Unwatchable.
I would have just stopped there had it not been too short a review.
Had the acting been better this may have achieved the dubious distinction of being endurable, though with the poor script, watchable and enjoyable were way out of reach.
Low budget older flick, so didn't expect special effects wonders, but this is just bad.
Was hoping by the reviews that this might be one of those hidden B gems. Just goes to show what getting the cast and crew to post reviews can get you. OK, you got me.
Hopefully this one just disappears. I feel like I have already wasted more than enough your time(at 30 sec) having you read a short review...
I would have just stopped there had it not been too short a review.
Had the acting been better this may have achieved the dubious distinction of being endurable, though with the poor script, watchable and enjoyable were way out of reach.
Low budget older flick, so didn't expect special effects wonders, but this is just bad.
Was hoping by the reviews that this might be one of those hidden B gems. Just goes to show what getting the cast and crew to post reviews can get you. OK, you got me.
Hopefully this one just disappears. I feel like I have already wasted more than enough your time(at 30 sec) having you read a short review...
Just plain awful
Snootz15 March 2019
It takes 60 seconds into this film to get a strong whiff of both the directing and acting on this one. As if the film wasn't bad enough, the bogus reviews add insult to injury. I appreciate a fan film as much as the next guy, but this would have been better left un-made. Believe the negative reviews both here and Amazon (where the film is featured). This is a stinker.
Marriage problems taken to the extreme
Leofwine_draca21 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I have no idea why this indie dud has such a high rating on here, because it really is a waste of time. THE AWAKENING is about a guy who treats his cancer-stricken wife with an experiment method that cures her and gives her super powers to boot. It's a story as nonsensical as it sounds, and given the extreme low budget, it's all talking head footage and nothing else. A good film if you like watching a couple trying to deal with their enhanced marriage problems. The only interest comes right at the end.
Hot chick on a power trip.
VinceRocca15 February 2007
Awakening shows us the creation of a villainess. Like many super hero flicks, our hero is in need and finds help, super radioactive help! But where typical glossed over Hollywood creations (Spiderman, Superman) forget about humans destructive nature, Awakening does not.
Our lead Lara, played brilliantly by Tamra Ericson Frame is stricken with cancer and yearns for the life she once had. When she is given the gift, the power goes to her head. She becomes destructive and begins to throw away the life she once longed for.
This is an interesting take. One which doesn't necessarily find the audience in Lara's corner, but I don't think it is suppose to. Maybe it is suppose to Awaken us to the idea of what we would really do with that power.
The flick has a brilliant score led at the hand of Director Mike Conway, a very talented jack of all trades filmmaker who seems to have the ability to accomplish anything.
It's a low budget indie, It's gritty, Its different, it's what indie film should be.
Our lead Lara, played brilliantly by Tamra Ericson Frame is stricken with cancer and yearns for the life she once had. When she is given the gift, the power goes to her head. She becomes destructive and begins to throw away the life she once longed for.
This is an interesting take. One which doesn't necessarily find the audience in Lara's corner, but I don't think it is suppose to. Maybe it is suppose to Awaken us to the idea of what we would really do with that power.
The flick has a brilliant score led at the hand of Director Mike Conway, a very talented jack of all trades filmmaker who seems to have the ability to accomplish anything.
It's a low budget indie, It's gritty, Its different, it's what indie film should be.
The Little Movie That Could
Pierce194117 February 2007
It's amazing what Mike and Kelly and Tamra and the rest were able to do on a microscopic budget. I've seen B movies that cost millions and aren't nearly as good. THE AWAKENING is tightly written, tightly plotted and tightly directed. But more important us that the principals really believed in the project. I've met them, and I know how much love and how much work went into this movie -- how Tamra slaved to make what would otherwise have seemed an unbelievable character come alive, how Kelly slaved at his computer with the SFX, from the cloning of soldiers to the boom box flying into the sky. I know how Mike slaved to film and edit the scenes, to create a blend of drama and humor, not to mention compose the music. All three of them, and the others who worked with them, were dedicated to their dreams, and to their love, and to what they could fashion from them.
Great low-budget film
chanticleer60512 January 2008
This movie is a really great film. The special effects aren't the best, but you get the idea. THere's blood, guns, a superhuman woman on a rampage, Marines, Black Ops, and lots of times where Lara (the protagonist) chokes someone, breaks their necks, and once where she takes out a guy's heart, all with sick-sounding cracking sound effects.
The amazing part is that the producers made this awesome action movie with a budget of less than 6 thousand dollars! They sure know how to use money! This movie is really cheesy at times but you gotta give the producers credit for their efforts. Some cheesy effects are like the animated gore (only when someone gets shot) since they didn't have blood squibs. Most other times the blood is an actual liquid substance so it looks real. There's one scene where Lara throws a stereo set into the air and instead of landing a few feet away, it didn't land on screen! It looks like she threw it into space! I laughed at that one! Another con is that the action scenes are pretty short. There's no five-minute shoot outs in this movie, but that's okay. It's still great anyway. If Mr. Conway (the director) can make a 5,900 dollar film look so good, then his next film (with a budget of at least 30,000 dollars) is no doubt gonna look excellent! I've only seen the trailer of his next film but it looks great. I think it's safe for me to say, "If you think THE AWAKENING's very great, just wait until EXILE!"
The amazing part is that the producers made this awesome action movie with a budget of less than 6 thousand dollars! They sure know how to use money! This movie is really cheesy at times but you gotta give the producers credit for their efforts. Some cheesy effects are like the animated gore (only when someone gets shot) since they didn't have blood squibs. Most other times the blood is an actual liquid substance so it looks real. There's one scene where Lara throws a stereo set into the air and instead of landing a few feet away, it didn't land on screen! It looks like she threw it into space! I laughed at that one! Another con is that the action scenes are pretty short. There's no five-minute shoot outs in this movie, but that's okay. It's still great anyway. If Mr. Conway (the director) can make a 5,900 dollar film look so good, then his next film (with a budget of at least 30,000 dollars) is no doubt gonna look excellent! I've only seen the trailer of his next film but it looks great. I think it's safe for me to say, "If you think THE AWAKENING's very great, just wait until EXILE!"
Low budget, high entertainment value
porfle13 February 2007
THE AWAKENING is a lot more entertaining than any film shot for less than $6,000 has any right to be. This isn't just some boring, half-hearted effort with a lot of padding--Mike Conway's direction is inventive and the script is loaded with cool ideas that are cleverly realized from beginning to end.
The story concerns Dr. David Andrade (Conway), a scientist working on a secret government project whose goal is the genetic enhancement of the human body for military purposes. When his wife Lara is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he sneaks her into the heavily-guarded base and hooks her up to the experimental device he's been working to perfect. The results are stunning--not only does her cancer disappear, but she begins to grow super-strong and invulnerable to harm. There's a really bad side-effect, though--she also becomes increasingly hostile and psychotic, to the point where she starts going around killing people for fun. When Andrade tries to return her to normal, she turns her anger toward him and eventually invades the military base looking for him. The Marines, naturally, try to stop her. But the sinister people behind Project Gladiator don't want their first successful test subject killed, so they call out some Black Ops guys to take out the Marines, leading to a lot of great action sequences and more than a few surprises.
I've seen a lot of gazillion-dollar movies that didn't have a fraction of the fun and excitement of THE AWAKENING. The super-low budget and production values are part of the charm--it's fun to see people who love to make movies getting this much bang for the buck. I've watched this movie fifteen or twenty times, and I still get a kick out of it every time.
The story concerns Dr. David Andrade (Conway), a scientist working on a secret government project whose goal is the genetic enhancement of the human body for military purposes. When his wife Lara is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he sneaks her into the heavily-guarded base and hooks her up to the experimental device he's been working to perfect. The results are stunning--not only does her cancer disappear, but she begins to grow super-strong and invulnerable to harm. There's a really bad side-effect, though--she also becomes increasingly hostile and psychotic, to the point where she starts going around killing people for fun. When Andrade tries to return her to normal, she turns her anger toward him and eventually invades the military base looking for him. The Marines, naturally, try to stop her. But the sinister people behind Project Gladiator don't want their first successful test subject killed, so they call out some Black Ops guys to take out the Marines, leading to a lot of great action sequences and more than a few surprises.
I've seen a lot of gazillion-dollar movies that didn't have a fraction of the fun and excitement of THE AWAKENING. The super-low budget and production values are part of the charm--it's fun to see people who love to make movies getting this much bang for the buck. I've watched this movie fifteen or twenty times, and I still get a kick out of it every time.
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