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3/5 stars
It has been a bizarre few years for Hong Kong cinema, with the Covid-19 pandemic warping its film release schedule and causing long-announced projects to re-emerge like tectonic artefacts from an alternate timeline. Golden Boy is the latest case in point.
Cheung plays Cheung Lek, a professional boxer released after a decade in prison for manslaughter. The film chronicles his efforts to rebuild his life after discovering that he has a 10-year-old son he has never met, and an inheritance to be claimed from his late girlfriend if he agrees to care for the boy.