IF you've got a terminal illness, things aren't necessarily great. But if your (brand new) wife is Jessica Alba, it should make things a little better.

Until life really starts to stick the boot in, and you wake up during an operation that's supposed to save your life, and you discover some rather nasty truths about the life you thought you had (and how little is going to be left of it).

This reasonably classy thriller is original and shows guts, and is remarkable for the fact that the central character is actually asleep/paralysed throughout most of it, but still manages to steal the show.

Cleverly written, Awake won't give you nightmares but it will get you thinking.