Fallen Angels

Did I just give 2 5-star reviews in one day? I think this is the first time I've ever done that. Where my previous film (Sentimental Value if you were wondering) was tender and leisurely in pace, this is frantic, dizzying and fragmented, both in terms of the cinematography, but also in the plot unfolding onscreen. Where connection improved the lives of the characters in the long run with Chungking Express, connection acts more as a short term release from the eternal void of loneliness. It's not to say it is wholly bad, both Wong and Ho (and also Charlie to an extent, and 'the partner' at the end) do see some positive impacts, but by the end things largely have either not improved substantially, or have gone downhill rapidly. I suppose this is best conveyed through the use of purely night-time filming (as opposed to the daytime filming of Chungking Express), it adds a darker feel off the bat. Yeah, just brilliant!