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Features: DVD
Tasty take-out isn't the only thing served hot at this little fast food place--the lives and loves of its colorful customers also criss-cross over the counter! From a lovesick cop and a mysterious blonde to a free-spirited girl pursuing a secret love, spicy romance is the specialty of the house! For deliciously crowd-pleasing romance and fun, Chungking Express delivers!
"Intoxicating and irresistibl!" Washington Post
"It's full of surprises..." Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Examiner
"...as fresh as falling rain... " Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
"Incredibly sexy!" Chicago Tribune
Editor's Note
Acclaimed Hong Kong New Wave director Wong Kar-Wai presents a kinetic, offbeat look at his city in these two stories. The first concerns a young woman (Brigitte Lin) who has been double-crossed in a heroin deal and her budding romance with a lovelorn cop (Takeshi Kaneshiro). The second deals with another officer (Tony Leung) whose girlfriend has left him and the young waitress (Faye Wong) who tries to help him without his knowledge.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access | | Theatrical Trailer | | Hing Kong Trailer | | Quentin Tarantino Intro & Close | | Audio: Cantonese | | Subtitles: English | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 8/3/2004 |
| Running Time: 102 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1994 | | Catalog ID: 2565203 | | UPC: 00786936177350 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Chinese | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Chinese | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Independent Spirit (1997) | | | Nominee, Best Foreign Flm |
| Memorable Quotes| "I wonder if there's anything in the world that won't expire." ---- He Quiwu, Cop 223 (TAKESHI KANESHIRO) | | "... because I've become more and more unlike Bruce Willis." ---- He Quiwu, Cop 223 (TAKESHI KANESHIRO), when asked why his girlfriend left him. | | "Did I leave the tap on, or is my apartment getting more tearful?" ---- Cop 663 (TONY LEUNG CHIU--WAI), after there's a flood in his apartment. | | "You've lost a lot of weight ---- you need more self--confidence!" ---- Cop 663 (TONY LEUNG CHIU--WAI), to his bar of soap. |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Exhilarating....There is no mistaking Wong's talent..." 03/07/1996 p.53-4New York Times
"...Visual flair....[Wong] displays aggressive energy..." 09/26/1994 p.C14 Film Comment
"...Head over heels with stop-motion...and gleefully spinning off socko genre lines..." 11/01/1994 p.71-3 Los Angeles Times
"...CHUNGKING EXPRESS is as fresh as falling rain, a pair of love stories full of pain and humor....Wong has as wonderful a way with actors as he has with a camera..." 03/08/1996 p.F10 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Wong is more of an art director, playing with the medium itself, taking fractured elements of criss-crossing stories and running them through the blender of pop culture..." 03/15/1996 p.31 Uncut
"A hip and quirky movie, perhaps, but one that's gently profound, too." 09/01/2004 p.138 Entertainment Weekly
"Full of Wong's signature blurred slo-mo, this playful charmer interweaves two stories..." 04/11/2008 p.63 |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  5 | | Plot | 5 | | Acting | 5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 One of Wong Kar-Wai's best films... Saturday, May 04, 2002
noise64 from ny
Hong Kong was very screwed up during the early 1990s and Wong Kar-Wai captured the sense of how people were dealing with it at that time. He was editing his other film "Ashes of Time" while filming this film. Both films are great, but Chungking Express had the youth spirit feeling. Chris Doyle at his best with the cinematography, and with the best cast ever- Faye Wong, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Bridgette Lin, and Takeshi Kaneshiro. About Ex-Boyfriends, ex-girl friends, drug smuggling, Blonde chinese girls, cops going to the same fast food restaurant and bar "California", listening to "California Dreamin'" and Garfield with a T-shirt. Basically, CKEx is a big dream with three or four stories interwoven together. The best movie ever made in Hong Kong and possibly will always be. It's in Cantonese with English subtitles, 1:66:1 anomorphic widescreen and Introduction from Producer Quentin Tarintino and original Hong Kong trailer. (I'm typing this because it's not shown in this page) Was this review helpful?  
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