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Chungking Express
Directed by
Wong Kar-wai
PG-13
1994
1h 43m
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7.9
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Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
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Cast of Chungking Express
Takeshi Kaneshiro
He Zhiwu / Cop 223
Brigitte Lin
Woman in Blonde Wig
Tony Leung
Cop 663
Faye Wong
Faye
Valerie Chow
Air Hostess
Piggy Chan Kam-Chuen
Owner of Eatery
Kwan Lee-Na
May
Leung San
K Store Clerk
Zhiming Huang
Man
Liang Zhen
The 2nd May
Vickie Eng
Bar Maid (uncredited)
Lynne Langdon
Complaining Customer (uncredited)
Thom Baker
Drug Dealer (uncredited)
Joh Chung-Sing Rico
Man (uncredited)
Chungking Express Ratings & Reviews
Film Comment Magazine
Robert Horton
What Chungking Express has are a couple of interesting situations, which don't quite justify a feature-length movie.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
I've never been a big fan of technique that calls attention to itself, but Wong's frenetic blend of slow motion, pixilation, rushing backgrounds and frozen foregrounds (or vice versa) is as integral to this movie as its bubbly story and characters.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
[Wong's] hypnotic images of love and loss finally wear down your resistance as seemingly discordant sights and sounds coalesce into a radiant, crazy quilt.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Chungking Express is a breezy little Hong Kong movie that has more life, energy, humanity and sheer visual zing than most other shows you'll see in a month or so.
New York Daily News
Dave Kehr
Dull it is not, but Wong's trademark sense of romantic melancholy fails to jell amid all the excess.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
It's the cinematic equivalent of popcorn on a hot stove with jump-cut shots, freeze frames, stirringly beautiful images and boundless energy.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A lyrical and delightfully goofy study in romantic longing.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, the film is an imaginative piece of filmmaking and an evocative essay on contemporary Hong Kong as it prepares for a return to Chinese rule.
The New Yorker
James Wolcott
The film is so talky, repetitious, visually stuttery, and slackly paced that sitting through it once is like seeing it twice.
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
Wong made Chungking in just 23 days, and the film's mad-dash energy is nicely reflected in his quartet of stars. Wong, himself a star of cinema's future, has already shown that he possesses a uniquely '90s voice, eye and spirit.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Wong's singular frenetic visual style and his special feeling for lonely romantics may remind you of certain French New Wave directors, but this movie isn't a trip down memory lane; it's a vibrant commentary on young love today, packed with punch.
Variety
Derek Elley
A quicksilver magical mystery tour through the lives of a bunch of young downtown loners.
Slant Magazine
Matt Noller
Despite the liveliness of Chungking Express's first half, it's this second story that catapults it into the company of Wong's best films.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
Mr. Wong has legitimate visual flair, but his characters spend an awful lot of time playing impish tricks. A film in which a man talks to his dishtowel has an overdeveloped sense of fun.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express is as fresh as falling rain, a pair of love stories full of pain and humor.
Salon.com
Gary Kamiya
A frenetic one-way ride through The Land of Vaporous Plot, with stops along the way at Irritatingly Cute Extended Metaphor City.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This is the kind of movie you'll relate to if you love film itself, rather than its surface aspects such as story and stars.
Austin Chronicle
Joey O'Bryan
Tthis totally charming and uplifting movie confirms Wong Kar-wai's growing reputation as one of world cinema's most exciting stylists and should prove to be an excellent starting point for those unfamiliar with the director's work.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
More impressive than engaging.
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
It's interesting enough to watch for most of its length because of Wong's incisive camera work and his intense immersion of the Hong Kong night culture.
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