
So maybe maybe Kate could have survived? Although considering her prognosis, it sounds like she had a high enough dose treatment would have been useless. 1 of the Top 10 most-watched on the streamer, is an explosion of nonstop action with a compelling premise: an assassin named Kate (. Some patients may benefit from treatments that help the bone marrow recover its function.” The Cedric Nicolas-Troyan-directed film, which is currently No. Treatment focuses on “reducing and treating infections, maintaining hydration, and treating injuries and burns. Kate, an assassin, is poisoned and has 24. Death is often caused from the bone marrow breaking down, resulting in infections, and internal bleeding. Kate is a 2021 Netflix action thriller film starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Miku Martineau, and Woody Harrelson. A major concern is damage to the bone marrow.

The CDC says the lower the level of ARS, the better chance of recovery. She steals injectable stimulant drugs and a gun and sets out to exact revenge on whoever poisoned her. Apparently, exposure at that level is like taking at least 18,000 x-rays. Kate realizes that Stephen poisoned her, and after crashing a car, wakes up in a hospital to learn that she has acute radiation poisoning caused by Polonium -204 and only a day to live.
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ARS results in skin burns, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and hair loss in addition to other not very fun symptoms. The EPA says high exposure to radiation can cause skin burns and acute radiation sickness (ARS), which is what Kate’s doctor at the beginning of the film says she has. It’s polonium-204 that’s punched her ticket no antidote, no extended life. Taken at extremely high dosage in a short amount of time (like Kate), it probably means death through radiation exposure. It isn’t long after we meet her in the midst of killing a mark that Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is poisoned.

Like any other radioactive material, if taken at significant dosage over a long period of time, there’s an increased risk of cancer. Seeing as most people don’t come across Polonium-204 every day, the poison is sure to raise a few eyebrows. To stave off the effects of the poison, she takes stimulants (five to be exact) to keep going through the night. Early on in the film, Kate is secretly given a deadly dose of polonium-204, and as a doctor explains, she only has one night to settle her affairs. During Kate’s odyssey, she also picks up Ani (Miki Martneau), a young girl who she believes can get her to her killer.īut before the gunslinging, intense fight scenes, and harrowing path to redemption, there’s the poisoning. This time, the incredibly talented Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Kate, alongside her mentor Varrick (played by Woody Harrelson). Kate is the streaming service’s most recent woman-led action film, hot on the heels of the star-studded Gunpowder Milkshake, starring Karen Gillan, Paul Giamatti, Lena Heady, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh and others.

It turns out, getting revenge isn’t as easy as she thinks. Her goal: to kill the person responsible. Imagine an unstoppable assassin who realizes she’s been poisoned and only has 24 hours to live. Netflix’s new action film Kate has an adrenaline-pumping premise.
