Starring - Turlough Convery (Ready Player One, Resident Evil), Benny O. Arthur (Django, Helix), and Jacqueline More (Punch, The Wheel of Time)
Release Date - 2023
Genre - Horror
Tagline - "From save-the-world to survive-the-night."
Format - Streaming (Online Screener)
Rating (out of 5):
Many years ago, around 2015 or 2016, I watched Turbo Kid for the first time. Since then I've watched it at least a dozen times and often discuss it among fans on social media. It's a popular film among collectors and one I have yet to meet someone that doesn't like it. The Whissell's did not stop there with Turbo Kid. Since then the pair has released Summer of 84 and We Are Zombies. I was lucky enough to review We Are Zombies last year but it looks like it wasn't the only film they completed in 2023. Looks like sometime after We Are Zombies, the two made another horror film titled Wake Up. I sent a screener link to check it out a few days ago and couldn't pass it up.
The film follows a group of activists that break into a furniture super store after hours to vandalize it. However, they don't expect to run into two security guards with one of them being unstable and obsessed with hunting.
Wake Up is a movie with one of the most straight forward stories I have seen in a film. When you mix that with obnoxious characters and fun deaths you get something that doesn't really live up to the legacy Turbo Kid has but it's still a god damn good film. The acting in this one is very well done. The characters in the film are not likable and I'm positive by the story that they were written that way. The cast does a fantastic job at bringing them to life but at the end of the day, regardless of how good the acting is, they can't die fast enough. With that being said, I seriously enjoyed Turlough Convery's performance. He's absolutely brilliant as the unstable security guard that turns his passion of hunting into a way to get revenge on the group of protestors that he thinks accidentally killed his brother. The story for this one is pretty straight forward and very enjoyable. A group of protestors break into a furniture story and a scuffle results in one of the security guards hitting their heads. The other security guard, his brother, snaps and seeks revenge on the group while they are locked in the building. It has great pacing and each scene holds your attention resulting in a fun watch especially for genre fans. Finally, the film has some bloody deaths that work very well for the film. The effects look great and are unique to the film but I would have liked a little gore to go along with it. Overall, Wake Up is a violent film that surpassed my expectations. While I wasn't fully sold on the title and artwork, the film did speak for itself. It's another genre hit from a duo that should not be doubted. Check it out.
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