Unidentified Murder

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  CinemaSerf

  Sep 17, 2026

  When "Mark" and "Kit" were younger, they were playing on an hillside with their friend when they claim a bright white light descended upon them and he promptly disappeared. Spool on twenty-five years and a local video channel are trying to rekindle interest in the story and so the presenter (Kenny Wang) invites them on to relive their experience. Meantime, the annoyingly verbose influencer "Man" (Renci Yeung) is setting up a prank on her boyfriend - the self-same "Mark" (Ling Man-lung) that she hopes is going to scare the pants off him. He isn't quite as daft as she thinks, though, and together with "Kit" (Ronald Lam Tsz) gets to the actor (Peter Chan) - who could have taught Lord Olivier a thing or two about "method" acting - that she is hoping to use and they craft an entirely different ending to her plan. Once things start to play out amidst the dense hillside woodland we discover that there are yet other plans afoot here that could involve a shovel, a bit of blackmail, extortion and maybe even a real murder. Oh, and what about the alien and the cop? There can't have been much of a budget for this, but there's plenty of imagination behind this quirky story that uses it's dimly lit setting and some enjoyably characterful performances - especially from Chan and Tsz - to mix a little slapstick into quite a reasonable effort at an hybrid of sci-fi/comedy and high-pitched romance. The ending comes somewhat from left-field and I can't say that I loved it, but for the most part this is quite a refreshingly original story from some folks who clearly grew up watching "ET" from 1982 and who love a good old conspiracy theory, too.Read more

  When "Mark" and "Kit" were younger, they were playing on an hillside with their friend when they claim a bright white light descended upon them and he promptly disappeared. Spool on twenty-five years and a local video channel are trying to rekindle interest in the story and so the presenter (Kenny Wang) invites them on to relive their experience. Meantime, the annoyingly verbose influencer "Man" (Renci Yeung) is setting up a prank on her boyfriend - the self-same "Mark" (Ling Man-lung) that she hopes is going to scare the pants off him. He isn't quite as daft as she thinks, though, and together with "Kit" (Ronald Lam Tsz) gets to the actor (Peter Chan) - who could have taught Lord Olivier a thing or two about "method" acting - that she is hoping to use and they craft an entirely different ending to her plan. Once things start to play out amidst the dense hillside woodland we discover that there are yet other plans afoot here that could involve a shovel, a bit of blackmail, extortion and maybe even a real murder. Oh, and what about the alien and the cop? There can't have been much of a budget for this, but there's plenty of imagination behind this quirky story that uses it's dimly lit setting and some enjoyably characterful performances - especially from Chan and Tsz - to mix a little slapstick into quite a reasonable effort at an hybrid of sci-fi/comedy and high-pitched romance. The ending comes somewhat from left-field and I can't say that I loved it, but for the most part this is quite a refreshingly original story from some folks who clearly grew up watching "ET" from 1982 and who love a good old conspiracy theory, too.