For decades, Kwong Ming Pawn Shop has been renowned for its expertise, with owner Uncle Kin treating orphaned siblings Kwan Ling and Kwan Chun like family. A rift separates them, but years later, as the shop faces financial troubles, the siblings return. Their reappearance brings both challenges and unexpected turns, reshaping their relationships and the shop’s fate.
In 1993, Senior Inspector Yeung Kwong-yiu was investigating a series of gruesome murders when he mysteriously traveled to 2018. Finding his wife and daughter missing and his past cases unresolved, he was reinstated with the help of former leader Sir Yip. Teaming up with Chan Hoi-ching, who had a unique approach to investigations, and the stoic Cheung Tin-ming, Kwong-yiu began to notice unsettling similarities between a new murder case and the cases he had previously investigated. As he delved deeper, he sensed a larger conspiracy and was determined to uncover the truth and seek justice.
Lam Muk Sam, a once-successful but now unemployed car salesman, hits rock bottom after losing his job during the post-pandemic economy. Initially reluctant, he is persuaded by his daughter to start a new business called "Uncle for Rent." As Lam Muk Sam and his group of friends—each with their own unique skills—help clients solve their problems, they rediscover their own values and passion for life. Through this venture, Lam Muk Sam not only helps others but also finds a path to clean up his own messy life and reconnect with his true self.
Set in a fictional city, a story about solving crime through forensic science leads to a serial murder case from 20 years ago. While assisting the police in their investigation and trying to reverse the case involving her father, female forensic doctor Song An Yan joins hands with hot-blooded detective Liu Zhi Ming in their desperate search for the truth. Along the way, they cross paths with the mysterious Lin Xiao Mei.
For his project under the lauded First Feature Film Initiative programme, director Ka Sing-fung tells the heartrending journey of a woman whose life is forever changed by the children she takes in as a temporary foster carer. In a career-best performance, Sammi Cheng stars as Mei, a woman trying to get over the death of her young son through the children she welcomes into her home. Each ward offers Mei a different challenge and a newfound appreciation for the difficulties of motherhood, but when her dedication to the job causes her marriage to turn sour, Mei is forced to make a choice.
Alan Luk Chun-Kwong (陸駿光) is a Hong Kong actor.