Dead Awake is a fantasy/thriller film which was released to limited U.S. theaters on December 3, 2010. The film was released to the Cannes Film Market in France in May of 2010, and was directed by Omar Naim, who previously directed the 2004 film The Final Cut.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619715/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1501652/releaseinfo Dead Awake was filmed in Des Moines, Iowa, with an estimated production budget of 3.5 million dollars.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1501652/ Dead Awake will be released to DVD on March 29, 2011.http://www.moviefone.com/movie/dead-awake/10039116/main

Dead Awake stars Nick Stahl (Meskada, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), Rose McGowan (Planet Terror, television’s Charmed), and Amy Smart (Crank: High Voltage, The Butterfly Effect).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005442/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000535/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001763/

Ten years after a tragedy that affected the lives of several people, the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred as one of the participants tries to unravel what happened the night the tragedy occurred. Dylan believes that the circumstances weren’t accidental and begins to discover that nothing is what it seems, including his own perceptions, as he begins to see people who died years before.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiVSzETeViw

• Nick Stahl: Dylan
• Rose McGowan: Charlie
• Amy Smart: Natalie
• Ben Marten: Steve
• Kim Grimaldi: Liz
• Brian Lynner: Decko
• Justin Marxen: Jack
• James Serpento: Detective Milano
• Jack Mishler: Mr. Brennan
• Shane Simmons: David
• Rachel Storey: Tracy
• Justin Urich: Mad Terrence
• Andrea Leon: Camilla
• Livia Milano: Carmella
• Phyllis Mumford: Older Nursehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1501652/

• “It was no accident! I need to find out what really happened.”—Dylanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiVSzETeViw

• “The walking dead are all around us.”—Charliehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiVSzETeViw

• “The past is all I have! I have nothing else!”—Dylanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiVSzETeViw

• "A poorly structured and even more poorly shot mixture of a gothic suspense thriller with a vanilla romance filmed in Des Moines, "Dead Awake" never comes close to springing to life."—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-dead-awake-20101206,0,4493321.story

• "Dead Awake was unnecessarily grainy. It didn’t add anything and made the whole thing feel like watching a really old VHS. The story also made no sense. Elements weren’t properly explained, and when some things were explained, it didn’t have much pay off. The story was told with bits and pieces out of place for no rhyme or reason, and there were areas where it was impossible to tell if it was a dream or a memory. At the end, there was an out-of-nowhere emotional outburst that made the movie even more awkward. Plus, there was a reveal that someone in the movie can see dead people – not said with those exact words, but it was pretty lame. It felt more like a straight-to-DVD movie than a theatrical release."—Emmaleigh R. Hall, BSC Reviewhttp://www.bscreview.com/2010/12/dead-awake-movie-review/

• "If you think this is going to be an okay movie, you are dead wrong. This film is DOA."—Jackie K. Cooperhttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/jackie-k-cooper/