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Fallen Angels [1995]
VHS ~ Leon Lai Ming
4.6 out of 5 stars  (7 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Leon Lai Ming, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Michele Reis, Karen Mok, Charlie Young
  • Directors: Wong Kar-Wai
  • Format: PAL, Subtitled
  • Language Cantonese Chinese
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Electric Pictures
  • VHS Release Date: 11 May 1998
  • Run Time: 92 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004R728
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,920 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Fallen Angels was originally planned as one section of director Wong Kar-Wai's best-known film, Chungking Express, but eventually it grew into its own distinct and delirious shape. In many ways, it may be the better film, a dark, frantic fun-house ride through Hong Kong's night-time world. Part of the film is a love story between two people who have barely met: a young, ultra-hip hit man (Leon Lai) and the dreamy operative (Michele Reis) who plans his jobs. Much of the movie is given over to a very strange subplot about a manic mute (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who goes on bizarre nocturnal prowls through a closed food market--like almost everything else in Wong's films, this is antic, stylish and oddly touching, all at the same time. It must be said that, also like Wong's other work, Fallen Angels is fragmented and oblique to the point of occasional incomprehensibility, but then suddenly something wild or wonderful happens, such as the moment when the killer leaves the scene of a spectacular shooting and is promptly waylaid by a cheerful old school chum on a public bus. These coups--whether lyrical, violent or simply "how on earth did they get that shot?"--are tossed off by Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle with all the cool of the hired killer, as though the movie were a cigarette dangling from a pair of oh-so-casual lips. This is exactly why so many otherwise calm critics fell all over themselves in hailing Wong Kar-Wai as one of the most exciting filmmakers of his generation. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

Synopsis
Action thriller which follows a disillusioned hitman and his relationship with his female contact. Cantonese dialogue with subtitles.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars mesmerizing, 26 Oct 2002
By Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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"We all need a partner, when will I find mine ?" seems to be a theme running through all of Wong Kar-Wai's films, as well as his other ingredients: Mind-bending speed, innovative, extraodinary camerawork (by Christopher Doyle), a great sountrack, and a gorgeous cast.
He also manages to show the murky side of society while never losing touch with its humanity. We see that even a cold-blooded hit-man can have a side that we might empathize with.

Takeshi Kaneshiro as the mute is the shining star of this film for me. He's brilliant, lovable, and beautiful. the "May 30th, 1995, I fell in love" scene is one I adore. In slow motion, and in black and white, the background and foreground move at different speeds, fade in and out...it's a magnificent piece of magical art, a painting come to life.

Like Kar-Wai's Chungking Express, it slows down somewhat in the second half, and for my taste, this is when it gets even better.
There is so much to see in this film, that it takes several viewings to fully appreciate it...it's incredible inventiveness, and it's sweet soul shining in the darkness.

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