A SCANNER DARKLY

Released by Warner Independent Pictures in 2006, DVD, colour, cert 15, feature length 96 minutes, condition very good

Adapted from the sci-fi novel by Philip K Dick and brought to the screen by filmmaker Richard Linklater with an edgy graphic-novel look, using animated versions of the cast.

The time: just beyond now. The place: suburbia. The story: a twisted, funny tale of people hooked on Substance D. And of a government that cheerfully destroys its citizens - their rights, their relationships - in order to save them. Robert Downey Jr, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and Rory Cochrane play strung-out friends terrified of each other and of spies. Keanu Reeves plays a spy who's also one of their friends... until his two personalities begin to split. Enjoy the paranoia. Nobody's watching you. Really.