Fallen Angels (1995)

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Unlike most of Kar Wai Wong's works, this is just all over the place and a bit too bizarre for my taste. As usual the cinematography and style interpreted between him and Christopher Doyle is often very beautiful, and also the soundtrack works very well.

My problem is with the many parts of the story that are dull, weakly acted and/or too far fetched. It's overall just too uneven and unfocused, even for this director. The stronger points of the characters portrayed are quite interesting, but it can never overshadow all the pitfalls.

I'll take Chungking Express any day over this.