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Morgan Freeman in director Michael Mailer’s suspense tale The Minute You Wake Up Dead. Courtesy of Saban Films.

The Minute You Wake Up Dead is a title that looms as ominously as it plays for a concept that aptly grows in levels of menace as this quiet, twisty suspense tale unfolds.

The setting is a small, less-than-wealthy Southern town. An investment broker (Cole Hauser) has done well by his fellow citizens in the past, but has just cost a whole lotta folks a whole lotta money when a huge deal he’d touted fell apart, making their extremely non-discretionary funds evaporate.

We meet him as he enters the local diner to icy stares from all, and threats from a few, as he’s just become the redneck version of Bernie Madoff. The hot waitress (Jaime Alexander) he’d had a crush on since their school days is the only...

The Minute You Wake Up Dead Trailer — Michael Mailer‘s The Minute You Wake Up Dead (2022) movie trailer has been released by Lionsgate. The The Minute You Wake Up Dead trailer stars Cole Hauser, Jaimie Alexander, Andrew Stevens, Darren Mann, Tony Demil, and Morgan Freeman. Crew Timothy Holland and Michael Mailer wrote the screenplay [...]

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Morgan Freeman has played more than a few men of the law throughout his career, and even at 85-years-old, he’s not done. Lionsgate Home Entertainment has released the first trailer for The Minute You Wake Up Dead, which finds Morgan Freeman starring as a sheriff who sets out to solve a shocking murder.

Be warned, the trailer for The Minute You Wake Up Dead does appear to spell out much of the movie, so keep that in mind before you watch. The Minute You Wake Up Dead was directed by Michael Mailer (Heart of Champions), who co-wrote the screenplay with Timothy Holland. In addition to Morgan Freeman, The Minute You Wake Up Dead also stars Jaimie Alexander (Thor: Love and Thunder) and Cole Hauser (Yellowstone). “This sexy, riveting noir thriller will keep you guessing,” reads the official synopsis. “After a shady small-town stockbroker begins dating a shy waitress, a...