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Fallen Angels is a 1995 Hong Kong neo-noir crime comedy-drama film [3] [4] written and directed by Wong Kar-wai.It features two intertwined storylines—one tells the story of a hitman wishing to leave the criminal underworld (), the prostitute he starts a relationship with (), and his agent (Michelle Reis), who is infatuated with him.
Kaneshiro has worked with renowned directors throughout East Asia, including Wong Kar-wai (Chungking Express and Fallen Angels), Peter Chan (Perhaps Love, The Warlords, and Dragon), Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers) and John Woo (Red Cliff and The Crossing I and II), resulting in collaborations that have achieved both commercial success and ...
Fallen Angels: Wong Kar-wai: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro: Hong Kong: Gangster film [10] Get Shorty: Barry Sonnenfeld: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo: United States: Crime comedy [11] Gonin: Takashi Ishii: Kazuya Kimura, Beat Takeshi Kitano, Masahiro Motoki: Japan [12] Hackers: Iain Softley: Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina ...
Fallen Angels: Wong Kar-wai: Leon Lai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Michelle Reis, Charlie Yeung and Karen Mok: Farewell My Dearest: Kam Cheong Chan: Simon Yam: Fatal Assignment:
He developed a third story, about a love-sick hitman, but as he felt it would make Chungking Express overlong, he produced it as a separate film, Fallen Angels (1995). Wong wanted to film in Tsim Sha Tsui, since he grew up in the area and felt a strong connection to it. He described it as "an area where the Chinese literally brush shoulders ...
Wong conceived both films as complementary studies of Hong Kong: "To me Chungking Express and Fallen Angels are one film that should be three hours long." [7] Fallen Angels is broadly considered a crime thriller, and contains scenes of extreme violence, but is atypical of the genre and heavily infused with Wong's fragmented, experimental style ...
Denise Richards will team with “The Raid 2” star Arifin Putra for “Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace.”The film, which shoots in Los Angeles in August, is a sequel to 2020 action horror film ...
Fallen Angels would go on to become a cult classic of the "Golden Age" of Hong Kong cinema, and Reis’ film character would also become a cult film character [3] and a grunge icon – a reputation Reis has continued to have to this day. The role would also establish Reis as having fame beyond the Chinese-speaking world, becoming her most well ...