Spooked (film)

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Spooked is a 2004 New Zealand drama film written and directed by Geoff Murphy. It stars Cliff Curtis, Ian Mune, Christopher Hobbs, and Peter Elliot, with music by John Charles. The film was produced with involvement from the New Zealand Film Commission, which also distributed it. It has a running time of 94 minutes, is in English, and had an approximate budget of $1 million. It premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and later opened in New Zealand, where it earned about $31,460 at the box office and received mixed to negative reviews despite its recognizable cast.

The story follows investigative journalist Mort Whitman as he uncovers a major financial tale involving a multinational bank and a second-hand computer dealer named Kevin Jones. As Mort traces the days leading up to Kevin’s suspicious death, the narrative is shaped through Kevin’s closest friend Jimmy Blick and his girlfriend Ruby Elder. Mort wonders what dangerous secrets Kevin may have uncovered and whether powerful forces—private security, police, the SIS, or the CIA—were involved in his death, or if Kevin simply drank too much and crashed his car. Determined to uncover the truth, Mort pushes forward, risking his own safety in the process.