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Poon Kin-kwun,
Poon Kin-kwun,
Leon Lai,
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Wong Kar-Wai,
Wong Kar-Wai
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: Not Rated
: Kino
: Drama, Foreign, Hong Kong, Gangsters
: 96 min.
: English
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Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels is a sequel of sorts to the director's 1994 U.S. breakthrough Chungking Express. Expanding on the latter's style, themes, and mood, Fallen Angels is set in the surreal milieu of urban, nighttime Hong Kong. As with the filmmaker's other features, plot takes a back seat to mood. The wisp of a narrative intercuts two story lines. The first follows a hitman (Leon Lai) who finds that the assassin's life has slowly lost its allure. Complicating his life is his beautiful contact (Michele Reis, a former Miss Hong Kong winner) who pines after him with fetishistic ardor, although the two have never met in their nearly three-year partnership. In another part of the city, He (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a mute, boyish ex-convict, makes a living by sneaking into and running businesses after hours. Still living with his father who runs the Chungking Mansions hotel, the restless Ho falls for Cherry (Charlie Yeung), a woman getting over her breakup with the offscreen Johnny. The movie follows these episodic romances almost half-heartedly as with Wong's other films, and digressionary moments attract much of the camera's distracted gaze. This visually stylish and unabashedly effusive work is considered by some critics to be the quintessential Wong film. ~ Elbert Ventura, All Movie Guide
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| darker chungking
by HKim
December 31, 2003 - 3:16 PM PST
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| Yah- I agree- it's similar to chungking express in structure, but it's a lot moodier and darker- though it did have really funny, hilarious moments. Hong Kong feels like the Los Angeles of Blade Runner. But it also feels placeless- like the characters in this film had no home- displaced people in a large, dark city. |
| Sub-par version of Chung King Express
by tfpbot
December 6, 2002 - 10:49 PM PST
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7 out of 8 members found this review helpful
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| I rented this after seeing Chung King Express, which I really liked. Fallen Angels has the same directing style, the same plot structure, and similar story elements as CKE, but I found this movie to be the lesser of the two. The film stock used is a lot cheaper than CKE, which is strange considering it's a newer movie-- but it kind of adds to the indie feel of it. I didn't really feel for the characters in this one as much as I did with CKE. I would recommend this if you're a big fan of Kar-Wai's, otherwise you should see Chung King Express. |
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