Cop #663 and #223 are back

Carina Lau (42) and Tony Leung (46) on their wedding in Bhutan. Photo credit: sina.

Finally after 14 years, Wong Kar Wai's irresistible Chungking Express has been remastered on DVD. I decided to get a copy last month to check what the improvement is. Due to my busy schedule, I put it on the the pile of other stuff that I wanted to watch. This pile includes 2046, also a movie by Wong.

If you have seen Chungking Express before, you might remember a very young cop #223 played by Takeshi Kaneshiro and a young Tony Leung as the cop #663. After Tony Leung's marriage yesterday to his longtime girlfriend Carina Lau, I found a good opportunity to write a review for Chungking Express this week. It took the couple about 19 years to get married, a little bit more than the release of a remastered dvd of Chungking Epxress.

Chungking Express has been mentioned as Wong's best film by many people in 1994. Not only in 1994, but also in the following years, even after Wong has made many arthouse hits like In the Mood for Love and 2046, both starring Tony Leung.