âAwakeâ Review: Eyes Wide Open Humanity may lose the ability to sleep in this Netflix sci-fi thriller, but rest assured viewers wonât have this problem. From left, Lucius Hoyos, Gina Rodriguez and Ariana Greenblatt in âAwake.âCredit...Peter H. Stranks/Netflix Awake 1h 36m When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. There is no getting around it: Mark Rasoâs âAwakeâ is bad. But at least itâs so bad that itâs often ludicrously laughable: Netflix may well have a cult turkey on its hands. Sleep deprivation is common nowadays. A disaster movie in which the condition spreads so much that it becomes an extinction event â because staying awake leads to exhaustion, impaired cognitive abilities, madness and, eventually, death â feels like a plausible waking nightmare for many viewers. Itâs an intriguing premise that âAwakeâ quickly and fatally squanders.