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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... 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 ex-boyfriend and a humorous mute, and the results are an ingenious blend of art and entertainment, set amidst Hong Kong's bleak, urban landscape. One of the decade's most influential foreign films. [More]

Starring: Leon Lai, Michele Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung

Starring: Leon Lai, Michele Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok

Director: Kar-Wai Wong

Director: Kar-Wai Wong
Screenwriter: Kar-Wai Wong
Producer: Jeff Lau
Composer: Frankie Chan, Roel A. Garcia

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Sep 22, 1998

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The film is Wong's most visually striking, with Wong and Doyle constantly inventing intoxicating new angles for every shot.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/21/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
01/18/08
David Fear
Time Out New York

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.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
12/14/07
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01/20/07
Time Out

A brilliantly innovative filmmaker who gets his feelings across through the cheeky and sometimes surreal visuals and his cool style of filmmaking.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/05/07
Dennis Schwartz
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08/07/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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.

Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | comment Comment
02/05/05
Leo Goldsmith
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Stylish and mesmerizing... Equals the poignance of Chungking Express.

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01/02/04
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies

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.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
10/27/03
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

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07/30/03
TV Guide's Movie Guide
N/R

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Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

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.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Karen Achenbach
Boxoffice Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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02/14/01
Mike Bracken
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Fallen Angels is more challenging visually than any mainstream Hollywood film I've ever seen.

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01/01/00
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Wong brings tremendous vigor and audacity to the effort, asking us to question the most basic rules of storytelling and commercial filmmaking.

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01/01/00
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Aptly demonstrates [Wong's] unique, undecipherable charm.

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01/01/00
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Examiner
N/R

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01/01/00
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It has a life of its own, thanks to Wong's over-the-top blend of John Woo-like violence and almost surreal humor.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Henne
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