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‘Cesium Fallout’ Review: Andy Lau & Karen Mok Lead Bombastic Hong Kong Disaster Flick That Teases At A Satirical Hunger Beneath Its Brash Exterior
Read Deadline’s review of 'Cesium Fallout,' starring Andy Lau and Karen Mok in what’s touted as Hong Kong’s first radiation-disaster blockbuster.
Writer Mak Tin-shu, whose credits include last year’s milestone alien invasion extravaganza Warriors of Future, offsets the action with a generous showering of overwrought melodrama, as is to be expected from such a bombastic crowdpleaser. Cesium Fallout marks Pun’s third time at the helm of a feature film, following 2017’s Extraordinary Mission and last year’s One More Chance, a knowingly nostalgic comedy throwback for veteran leading man Chow Yun Fat. Couple these scenes with a wavering, self-serving female figurehead, in the form of Mok’s acting Chief Executive Cecilia Fong, who surrounds herself with cowardly department heads beholden to protocol and incapable of initiative, and Cesium Fallout teases at a satirical hunger beneath its brash exterior.
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