Plot: Forced to take a detour, Xueming hits a stranger with his car. It's nighttime on a deserted backroad and nobody else is around, so Xueming decides to dump the body and pretend nothing happened. Guilt gets the better of him, especially when he comes into contact with the widow of the man he ran over. He befriends the woman and tries to help her, but the more he learns about her husband's past, the more it dawns on him that the events of that night don't quite align with his memories. Xueming may not be to blame, but finding the answers may put his life at risk.
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February 23, 2025
A stylish and concise Chinese neo-noir. With Eddie Pang in the lead, Sylvia Chang as a strong backup, and Hao Ning producing the talent was there, but director Shipei Wen is the one who turned this into a formidable genre effort. The cinematography is lush, the plot is neatly structured and the performances are strong. There's hardly any fat to the story, the finale is powerful and the pacing is pretty much perfect. It's still a core genre film, so don't expect anything too out of the ordinary, but the execution is flawless.