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ActionRomanceCrime

Fallen Angels

- The night's full of weirdos.

An assassin goes through obstacles as he attempts to escape his violent lifestyle despite the opposition of his partner, who is secretly attracted to him.

Release Date : 1995-09-06

Language :CantoneseEnglishJapaneseMandarin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Jet Tone ProductionBlock 2 Pictures

Production Country : Hong Kong

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Leon Lai Ming

Character Name : Wong Chi-Ming

Original Name : 黎明

Gender : Male

Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : 杨采妮

Gender : Female

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Character Name : Ho Chi-mo

Original Name : 金城武

Gender : Male

Karen Mok Man-Wai

Character Name : Blondie

Original Name : 莫文蔚

Gender : Female

Michelle Reis

Character Name : Killer's Agent

Original Name : 李嘉欣

Gender : Female

Chan Man-Lei

Character Name : Wu's Father

Original Name : Chan Man-Lei

Gender : Male

Toru Saito

Character Name : Sato

Original Name : Toru Saito

Gender : Male

Benz Kong To-Hoi

Character Name : Ah Hoi

Original Name : 江道海

Gender : Male

Chan Fai-Hung

Character Name : Man Forced to Eat Ice-cream

Original Name : 陳輝虹

Gender : Male

Kwan Lee-Na

Character Name : Woman Pressed to Buy Vegetables

Original Name : Kwan Lee-na

Gender : Female

Wu Yuk-Ho

Character Name : Man Forced to Have His Clothes Washed

Original Name : Wu Yuk-Ho

Gender : Male

Johnnie Kong Yeuk-Shing

Character Name : Victim

Original Name : 江約誠

Gender : Male

Chun Kang Wang

Character Name : Victim

Original Name : 王均康

Gender : Male

Mak Shu-San

Character Name : Tenant

Original Name : Mak Shu-San

Gender : Male

Choi Kwok-Ping

Character Name : Rascal

Original Name : Choi Kwok-Ping

Gender : Male

Chan Siu-Wah

Character Name : Rascal

Original Name : 陳少華

Gender : Male

Chow Gam-Kong

Character Name : Hitman

Original Name : Chow Gam-Kong

Gender : Male

Leung Shing-Hung

Character Name : Hitman

Original Name : Leung Shing-Hung

Gender : Male

Wong Kim-Wai

Character Name : Hitman

Original Name : 黃劍偉

Gender : Male

Wong Kim-Bun

Character Name : Hitman

Original Name : Wong Kim-Bun

Gender : Male

Choi Kwok-Keung

Character Name : Hitman

Original Name : 蔡國強

Gender : Male

Lee Tat-Chiu

Character Name :

Original Name : Lee Tat-Chiu

Gender : Male

Cheung Chi-Ping

Character Name :

Original Name : Cheung Chi-Ping

Gender : Male

Reviews

B

BornKnight

@BornKnight

2024-01-31

The complimentary movie to Chungking Express (1994), this is a neo-noir thriller that was shooted as a different movie because of the length of the total movie and differences between the two. As in the first this one also tells two stories: of a hitman (Leon Lai Ming) that wants to detach from his activities and his partner, a woman that cleans his apartment while he is out, and have a secret love for him, while he meets another girl nicknamed blondie. The second one is from a ex-convict escaped from prison, Ho Chi-mo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) that is mute and works and lives with his father, also breaking into other works at night to sell their goods and services (here we have a meet with the Chungking Express with the first movie) and keeps finding another girl Charlie that lost his girlfriend for blondie), aside from a sequence that he meets another character from the first story in the end. While having its themes along with Chungking, it differentiates from he first one by the use of cinematographer Christopher Doyle shooting mainly at night and using extreme wide-angle lenses, keeping the camera as close to the talents as possible to give a detached effect from the world around them, giving an wide-angle distortion of images creates an effect of distance-in-proximity, conveying the characters' solitude. The visuals are frantic, out-of-focus, and neon-lit. The camera also follows the characters and segments of B&W and heldcam camera also are used. Another difference is the use of voice overs (as in thoughts) in the place of dialogues and pop songs this time mainly Cantonese versions of many musics, some of them also being ocidental (like the instrumental "Speak My Language" by American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson and Flying Pickets version of "Only You" by member Vince Clarke, while he was still with Depeche Mode). To me a score of 8,7 out of 10,0 / A along side with the previous one a must to watch movie of an bygone era before the delivery of the city back to China in 97.