User Reviews

I knew nothing of this movie until I saw it on Prime and decided to watch it. There are some good elements and effects to the movie but too many fall flat pulling the movie down.

It starts out fast which I like. No waiting 10-15 minutes before the story comes into play. It opens with Ian using his powers, then almost right away the pursuit. There are a number of slow moments in the film but also some good staged action pieces.

The acting is okay for the most part. The two female leads are the better actors or at least have better written characters. Pedraza as Esther is usually good and does the choreographed fight scenes well. Loren as Adriana does her best aloof Noomi Rapace imitation but it works.

There are a few elements that show the potential but they are not followed up with. The most obvious one is if Esther is truly an illusion. If you go back you see that she never interacts with Ian's father when they are together. The father never references her. Ian might have shot past her and not through her in the final battle. If she was an illusion then why did the villain have to hold his gun up and his hand holding air if it was his illusion. If she is an illusion then why was the father, injured from the car crash, sleeping on the coach while Ian had the bed. When Ester gets out of bed, clearly only one person has slept in it. But while it does look like she might be an illusion - clearly Adriana also has an illusion of her own that she talks to. This has great potential for has someone put a more "strict" loop in Adriana's head and why?

Like many movies from Europe, the different locations, cars, houses etc add to the movie as it provides images that are not overused.

The movie falls down through some terrible editing and unexplained plot points such as:

*If Esther is an illusion set in Ian's mind at the arcade then why not make it sympathetic to the villain from the start.

*The father seemed so sincere at keeping Ian safe over all those years so why did he drink so much? Talk about lowering your guard much of the time. I know alcoholism is a disease but in a case like this when you have to hide - you'd think you'd give it up.

*And where do they get their money to live? He won't do anything to draw attention to themselves but live on an abandoned ship. That's never going to raise any flags. And they've done good for themselves as he apparently has at least three monitors with his computer equipment.

*Why didn't Adriana shoot the villain instead of shooting an innocent bystanders who is under the control of the villain in the final battle? The villain had no value any more..

*There's some odd editing. A) At one point Esther and Ian are talking about some scientist and we see a flashback of them getting some information but that was not in the movie. Must have been filmed but deleted. B) Adriana sends in her team to capture them while at the old facility yet suddenly shows up at the boat to talk to the father. This piece of the film moves NOTHING alone. C) Ian goes after Esther after the final battle and the death of his father and then suddenly we are in the midst of some formal party.

Overall I still enjoyed it and it did set itself up for a good sequel which I will watch for.

Directed and co-written by Daniel Benmayor. A runtime of one hour and fifty-two minutes. Streaming on Prime Video.

"Ian" played by Carlos Scholz lives with his dad "Vincente" played by Pedro Alonso in hiding. They live a modest life. All because of "Ian" unique powers. He can conjure visual illusions out of thin air. Which they use only for necessities.

"Ian" is growing restless of this modest life. He rather really let loose and do a big score. "Ian" can do much more with his powers, even more than he even realizes.

But there is a reason why "Vincente" doesn't want "Ian" to use his powers. "Adriana" played by Lela Loren and the company she works for wants "Ian". Along with a "Perceptor" played by Óscar Jaenada. Who has the same powers as him but is way stronger than him.

"Vincente" fear becomes a reality and "Ian" world will turn upside down. He will get paired with an unlikely ally "Esther" played by María Pedraza to go on a quest to figure out questions he's been wondering about his whole life. While getting presented with new questions he must find out the answers to them. We don't know who is an ally or foe but "Ian" knows he has to see this to the end. In this action thriller.

"Awareness" reminded me of the film "Gray Matter". Very similar plot to the T. Another Diet X-Men film. It's funny because once again I didn't know it was a foreign dubbed Film. That's one of my new favorite things to do when I watch a streaming film. I try to guess what country the film originated from or for. I look at context clues. Seeing the extras or the cars in the background.

It was the police car that led me to realize it was originally a foreign film. Because the actors didn't seem foreign. Then it had my girl Lela Loren in it. She played the character "Angie" in the popular Starz TV series "Power". It was good seeing her again. Seeing her threw me off. But then I remembered she also spoke Spanish. That's how I pieced together that it was originally a Spanish film.

Anyway, I'm going on a tangent. The film was a decent streaming film. On top of that one of the better foreign films I've seen. The plot was copied and paste a bit. With some holes in the script. But a decent action thriller. I give it three mor fires 🔥🔥🔥.

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