Release date: May 2012
High-school
student Soon-kyu is kind of gentle and moony and fairly naïve. As class
president, things take a strange turn for him when he and three of his more
misfit classmates catch sight of a UFO. The four set off for a mountain famous
for its UFO sightings. Upon arrival, a local high-school girl, Ji-hyun, tells
them to clear off and go back to Seoul, but it only eggs them on. Thanks to
some heavy drinking on the mountain, Soon-kyu blacks out. Eventually, all four
are hauled into the police station for questioning as the high-school girl, Ji-hyun,
has disappeared. Their story is that they were abducted by aliens in the
mountains, all except for Soon-kyu who can’t remember a thing. He will return to the mountain, seeking his
own answers for what took place that night.
Very
well filmed and acted. The filmmaker has one wondering why this film was not
categorized as science fiction … until the shocker ending. I would have
preferred a bit more explanation for how it all went down, but that is just my
preference; the director left some motivations as a mystery.
My
take: 4 stars
The
four students at the police station being questioned
about
the girl’s disappearance, still insisting they have been
on a
space ship the whole time (Kim Chang-hwan,
Park
Sang-hyeok, Jeong Yeong-gi, Lee Joo-Seung).
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