Chungking Express (1994)
Reviewed by: sharon on 2000-04-28
Summary: Art or trash?
It's not easy to watch this movie with an closed mind. Let me tell you, that the movie is better to watch if people aren't critizing it. I, however, think that this is a very excellent movie. The wonderful, fun camera shots are great to look at. Director, Wong Kar Wai definetly didn't limit himself.

The movie starts with Takeshi Kaneshiro who plays a cop and Brigette Lin who was betrayed on her part of a drug deal. Kaneshiro plays a very interesting, and amusing role of the lovesick cop who goes to eat can after cans of pineapple. He eventually meets Brigette Lin who share one night in a hotle together.

The story doesn't stay there for long, it soon goes to another lovesick cop played by TOny Leung CW, and Faye Wong who develops a crush on him. Here the movie gets into the musicvideo, playing "California Dreaming" 7 times! What a delight to watch TOny Leung talk to stuffed animals, soap, washcloths and other things to cure his heartache. Even better was seeing the lengths Faye Wong went to just to satify her feelings.

This is a great movie, without a doubt. It's aa movie on two levels, if people only see the surface then , they missed the point. But if you see the second level, it's much more fulfilling. The movie laughs at us during our emotional battles at the beginning and ending of an relationship. A must watch movie!!!