Rent Fallen Angels (1995)
3.6 of 5 from 125 ratings
1h 34min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Set in the neon-lit cityscape of contemporary Hong Kong, feature tells the parallel stories of the unrequited love between a professional hit-man and the agent who arranges his jobs, and also follows the mute ex-con who makes ends meet by breaking into and re-opening shops closed for the night.
- Actors:
- Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok, Fai-hung Chan, Man-Lei Chan, Toru Saito, To-hoi Kong, Lee-na Kwan, Yuhao Wu
- Directors:
- Kar-Wai Wong
- Producers:
- Jeffrey Lau
- Writers:
- Kar-Wai Wong
- Aka:
- Duo luo tian shi
- Studio:
- Fusion Media Sales
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Countries:
- Hong Kong
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/08/2012
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Interveiw with Director of Photography Christofer Doyle
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Reviews (1) of Fallen Angels
Neon Trespass and the 3am Text - Fallen Angels review by griggs
This one landed like a late-night caffeine hit: I was wide awake, slightly on edge, and weirdly moved. Hong Kong feels like the third lead — neon gorgeous, tightly packed, and absolutely not here to comfort anyone. It just carries on.
Intimacy is basically trespass. People get close by sneaking into each other’s flats, shops, routines. The agent (Michelle Reis) is obsessed with the hitman (Leon Lai), and he barely clocks her, which makes it sting. And then Takeshi Kaneshiro shows up as a lonely chaos gremlin, breaking into businesses at night and “running” them like he’s trying to rehearse a normal life.
The fish-eye lenses and that stuttery, jumpy motion make everything feel slightly warped. Connection here is a bus ride: a few shared stops, then someone’s gone. If Chungking Express is the pop mixtape, Fallen Angels is the 3am text you should delete — but don’t.
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