Actors: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fallen Angels
FALLEN ANGELS is a movie written and directed by Wong Kar Wai in 1995. Nine nominations (it won three) for the 1996 Hong-Kong Film Awards.
Leon Lai, an assassin describing himself as lazy, works with a partner, Michelle Reis, whose role is to carefully prepare Lai's hits. Both criminals communicate only by phone or faxes and one understands soon that Michelle is in love with her partner. The third important character of the picture is a mute guy who forces people to buy his goods and who spends a lot of time filming his father.
FALLEN ANGELS is a confusing movie that could offer to the audience the possibility to discover Wong Kar-Wai's unique style and also Hong-Kong filmed in a very unusual manner.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Fallen Angels
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- email/letter/phone/fax relationship
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- Killer POV story
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Chinese
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture of surrounding area:
- Chinese
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- China
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
