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Micro-budget British thriller EMR is one of those films that'll have you scratching your head right up to the closing minutes. Why do disturbing things keep happening to conspiracy buff Adam (Adam Leese)? What is the truth about the sinister drugs company Pfenal? And what the hell does EMR stand for, anyway? All is revealed - more or less - in time. And happily, this rough and ready directorial debut is intriguing enough for viewers to stay hooked until the cat's out of the bag.

Like any conspiracy thriller worth its salt, EMR is full of twists and turns: one minute Adam is yakking online with San Franciscan Lily (Whitney Cummings), the next he's waking up in a bath in Mexico with a kidney missing. It's also loaded with conspiracies: everything from alien abduction to JFK's assassination gets a look-in. What's missing, sadly, is a really nightmarish sense of threat. Whether as a result of low funds or creative inexperience, the film has the look of a British TV soap (co-writer/director James Erskine has worked on EastEnders and Holby City). It gets in your head, but not under your skin.

"IT GIVES YOU THAT SIXTH SENSE FEELING"

Still, if this isn't The Machinist then it's a lot more assured than a money-starved British effort like New Town Original. The big twist isn't too much of a shocker, but it gives you that Sixth Sense feeling of wanting to re-watch certain scenes. And as a cautionary drugs tale, EMR certainly reaches its moral via a more offbeat route than most.