Chungking Express

directed by Wong Kar-Wai
Category: "Drama"
Year of Release:1994
Date Added:06/29/2026
Date Watched:06/29/2026
Description:A story of two Hong Kong policemen who have recently been dumped by their girlfriends. In the first story, the cop sets a time limit on his grief and then decides to fall in love with the first woman he sees. This turns out to be a mysterious woman in a blonde wig and sunglasses who is really a drug smuggler. When a deal goes bad, she's being chased by her connections. She shoots the guy who double-crossed her, and then disappears. In the second story, the cop is pining for his stewardess girlfriend and refuses to take the dear john letter she left for him at a lunch counter he frequents. In the letter are the keys to his apartment. A girl who works at the counter falls for him and uses the keys to go to his apartment when he's on duty and make subtle changes. When he finally notices and asks her out, she disappears for a year, but then, at the end of the movie, the reconnect.
My Rating:6

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Review - Chungking Express

I didn't not like it. The characters were interesting. It's a famous movie that makes a lot of must-watch lists, and I guess I'm not savvy enough to figure out why.
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