Fallen Angels

While searching for a movie to watch last night I came across Fallen Angels, a Hong Kong film in Cantonese written and directed by the famous writer and director Kar Wai Wong. I thought I would give it a try. I did not know what I was going to watch because this movie is very different from most films that I have ever watched. It is a film noir that has two principals plots that have nothing to do with each other plus a lot of other strange things thrown in. Yes, it is a confusing but interesting film. Hence, it is difficult to describe.

One plot line follows a hit man and his beautiful female partner who share separate parts in a hotel room. For some strange reason she scrubs the place down before her shift, kneeling on the floor in her leather dress and mesh stockings. The second plot line follows a man, an ex-convict, who stopped speaking after eating a can of outdated pineapple slices. He makes a living by "reopening" stores that are closed for the night, and has an uncertain relationship with a young woman who acts out her emotions theatrically. There is another woman character wandering about in a blond wig who encounters the mute man. 

In Fallen Angels you see scenes when the hit man bursts in gangsters' seedy lairs with two guns blazing. He kills them all. Another strange scene is when the mute ex-con forces a health-conscious family to eat massive amounts of ice cream. So you can see this is not your average film. 

It definitely takes a film lover to enjoy this movie. I cannot recommend this movie for most movie goers.