Now that it’s serious about the international blockbuster market, Hong Kong does not do things by halves. Just five minutes into the frenetically paced actioner that is Shock Wave two, we have seen not just a plane but an entire airport destroyed in an atomic blast. Then we rewind. This hasn’t happened after all, we are told – not yet. Can it be prevented?
The first Shock Wave film saw veteran explosives expert Poon Shing-fung (Andy Lau) pitted against a vengeful terrorist whose deadly scheme might see the city’s Cross-Harbour Tunnel ripped in half. This time, he faces a whole network of terrorists apparently inspired by pure nihilism, but there’s a twist – he might be one of them.
It’s a complicated set-up. In early scenes we see Poon dealing with smaller scale explosives-based terror scenarios, in one of which he is seriously injured, losing his lower left leg.
The first Shock Wave film saw veteran explosives expert Poon Shing-fung (Andy Lau) pitted against a vengeful terrorist whose deadly scheme might see the city’s Cross-Harbour Tunnel ripped in half. This time, he faces a whole network of terrorists apparently inspired by pure nihilism, but there’s a twist – he might be one of them.
It’s a complicated set-up. In early scenes we see Poon dealing with smaller scale explosives-based terror scenarios, in one of which he is seriously injured, losing his lower left leg.
- 10/26/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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