Chungking Express poster
8/10 1994 1h 43m Released

If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

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Top Cast

Brigitte Lin
Brigitte Lin
Woman in Blonde Wig
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Takeshi Kaneshiro
He Zhiwu / Cop 223
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Cop 663
Faye Wong
Faye Wong
Faye
Valerie Chow
Valerie Chow
Air Hostess
Piggy Chan Kam-Chuen
Piggy Chan Kam-Chuen
Owner of Eatery
Kwan Lee-Na
Kwan Lee-Na
May
Leung San
Leung San
K Store Clerk
Zhiming Huang
Zhiming Huang
Man
Liang Zhen
Liang Zhen
The 2nd May
Vickie Eng
Vickie Eng
Bar Maid (uncredited)
Lynne Langdon
Lynne Langdon
Complaining Customer (uncredited)
Thom Baker
Thom Baker
Drug Dealer (uncredited)
Joh Chung-Sing
Joh Chung-Sing
Man (uncredited)

Reviews

eliasmata 10/10

A week has passed since I watched this film. I wanted to let it sit with me for a bit before watching it again and giving it a proper response. Films like this, which are hyped to an unbelievable degree, end up sending an audience to end up watching it with elevated expectations, only to be ultimately disappointed afterwards. It’s a fact that many films suffer considerably from this aspect of our cinephile…

CinemaSerf 7/10

This is probably my favourite film from Kar-Wai Wong. It tells the stories of two Hong Kong Police officers. The former, the dashing Takeshi Kaneshiro, who is struggling to come to terms with his recently ended relationship of five years. By way of a means to closure, he purchases a tin of pineapple each day with the expiry date of May 1st (then he will be 25 years old). Either they will have reconciled by then, or…

BornKnight 9/10

Filmed into the post production of two years of filming the Wuxia epic "Ashes of Time", with low resources, this movie is another example that we don't need millions of USD to make a masterpiece. Wong Kar-Wai have a personal style of using melancholic characters distorted stories, using elaborate soundtracks in the background. This movie show two drama and crime stories about two lovesick policeman and their…

Aardbol 3/10

A total surprise, in the negative sense. The story was very random with little logic in it. Weird characters that also made little sense, and the conversations were poor and uninteresting. It was more like a Japanese anime story because of its randomness, but then not even interesting to watch. One soundtrack kept being played over and got me to the point that further watching was giving me a headache. I tried to…

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FAQ about Chungking Express

What is Chungking Express about?
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
When was Chungking Express released?
Chungking Express was released in 1994.
What genres does Chungking Express belong to?
Chungking Express is categorised as Drama, Comedy, Romance.
Who stars in Chungking Express?
The cast of Chungking Express includes Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong, Valerie Chow.