The film is Wong's most visually striking, with Wong and Doyle constantly inventing intoxicating new angles for every shot.
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10/21/08
Fallen Angels (Hong Kong) (1996)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:19
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Acclaimed director Kar-Wai's neo-noir fantasy about a hitman who is disturbed to realize that he is falling for his partner. Throw into the mix a mysterious drifter who is searching for her... [More]
Starring: Leon Lai, Michele Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung
Director: Kar-Wai Wong
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Reviews for Fallen Angels (Hong Kong)
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01/18/08
Photographed by expat Australian Christopher Doyle, Fallen Angels is cinematic exuberance in the hands of a confident filmmaker who builds a montage, and serves you a smorgasbord of images and characters that inhabit a world you are invited to experience.
12/14/07
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01/20/07
A brilliantly innovative filmmaker who gets his feelings across through the cheeky and sometimes surreal visuals and his cool style of filmmaking.
01/05/07
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08/07/05
Fallen Angels lunges and chases after its rapidly receding subjects, looking to capture and preserve a trace of their presence before the sun rises and the shadows fade.
02/05/05
Stylish and mesmerizing... Equals the poignance of Chungking Express.
01/02/04
There’s a lot more to Wong Kar-Wai than tremendous cinematic skill and distinctive style. He’s got something to say about the modern condition.
10/27/03
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07/30/03
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09/10/02
Like Wong's film stock, whose meager latitude won't let the eye deep into the image, Wong's characters, all 20-something slackers and grotesques, have the same lack of depth.
06/05/02
An exhilarating rush of a movie, with all manner of go-for-broke visual bravura that expresses perfectly the free spirits of [Wong's] bold young people.
02/14/01
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02/14/01
Fallen Angels is more challenging visually than any mainstream Hollywood film I've ever seen.
01/01/00
Wong brings tremendous vigor and audacity to the effort, asking us to question the most basic rules of storytelling and commercial filmmaking.
01/01/00
Top CriticAptly demonstrates [Wong's] unique, undecipherable charm.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
It has a life of its own, thanks to Wong's over-the-top blend of John Woo-like violence and almost surreal humor.
01/01/00
Wong has used practically every cinematic element available to him to create a mood of love gone off the track, drawn-out wishes, time passing emptily, and disconnection.
01/01/00
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