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ReviewAtonement movie review: Ronald Cheng is an avenging father in bleak Thailand-set thriller

Ronald Cheng and Chrissie Chau star in this violent action film about a father chasing Thai criminals who have taken his daughter

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Ronald Cheng plays a father taking on Thai criminals who have taken his daughter in a still from Atonement (category: IIB, Cantonese), directed by Cheng and Mark Wu. Chrissie Chau co-stars.
Edmund Lee

3/5 stars

Ronald Cheng Chung-kei sets aside his laid-back comedic persona for an utterly grim role in this devastating Thailand-set action thriller, which sees the Hong Kong singer and actor buff up and play an anguished father on a deadly hunt for the evil locals who have taken his young daughter.

A co-directing effort by Cheng and Mark Wu Yiu-fai – Cheng’s director and co-star in the 2015 buddy comedy Undercover Duet – Atonement was shot in 2018 but shelved until now. It would almost certainly have been judged alongside the Louis Koo Tin-lok vehicle Paradox (2017) if not for the seven-year gap.

Incidentally, both films follow a single father from Hong Kong who goes on an exceedingly violent rampage to punish the Thai criminals who have abducted his daughter.

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