Looks like I'm the first to post an HK review, so what better film to start off with than...

Summary
He was a writer. He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention.....to recapture their lost memories. It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knew for sure if it was true, because nobody who went there had ever come back- except for one. He was there. He chose to leave. He wanted to change.

Review
Cinema legend Wong Kar-Wai's 2046 is a masterpiece. A "sequel" to his 2000 film In the Mood For Love, 2046 follows Chow (Tony Leung) after the end of his love affair with Su (Maggie Cheung) and repurcussions their affair has on his life. Like most of WKW's films, the pacing is very deliberate and the underlying messages are obtuse. While many try to immitate his style, few succeed in delivering such complete visions even approaching WKW's films. Though the story and themes can be a little confusing on the first viewing, 2046 is always enthralling. Christopher Doyle equals if not exceeds his career-best work on Zhang Yimou's Hero . Every single frame in this film is a portrait. From the dark alleys of China, the busy clubs and eateries, the lonley apartments, and the amazing future sets this film is a work of cinematic art. Shigeru Umebayashi follows up his great work on House of Flying Daggers with a haunting score.

The performances are all great, no surprise in a WKW film. Tony Leung is always enigmatic, but here he's able to play the same character he played in the previous film but evolves him into an almost entirely different character. Chow has fundamentally changed from his previous self and the layers to Leung's performance are masterful. Zhang Ziyi is great as one of his many lovers, as is Gong Li and Carina Lau. Faye Wong's is the performance to savor in this film as she plays two distinctly different characters and is absolutely perfect. It's unfortunate that she rarely acts as she is a famous singer but there is no doubt she is a gifted natural actress. Takuya Kimura, who is a venerable god in Japan as a j-dorama and music idol, redifines himself with his duel turn in as Faye's boyfriend and Tony's literary alter-ego. His performance in the future scenes are his best work period. Every aspect of 2046 is great...a MUST SE

gr8 review now its a must see for me the way u describe the movie im seen a must buy

I agree a must buy....want it......

i saw this movie and had no clue what the heck is the movie trying to tell me. but now that i read kikujiro's review, i understood more. saddly when i was watching it, i didn't like it. it looked so depressing. i watched this movie because i'm a fan of Tony Leung.
i would only recommend people rent it before buying it.

The cast is to die for, seems like a must watch!

It actually not that good. I didn't like it anywayz. I don't recommend buying it neither

This is a pretty weird movie. I guess it's supposed to be 'artistic' but I didn't really get it. The only thing I liked was Zhang Ziyi's acting, which I thought was great. Other than that, I don't know if I would recommend watching this.

yeah it definitely is suppoed to be 'artistic'. it was interesting, there's prolly some deeper meaning that can be explored but its not really interesting

I loved this movie. I watched all three films in a row (Days Of Being Wild, In The Mood For Love and 2046). So sumptious and perfectly made all of them. Tony is so cool. I love Zhang Zi Yi in this film her performance is great. And of course Faye is amazing. Ah I feel like watching them all over again now.

it seems that the cast are very well know especially Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, the reviews is quite so well and it looks interesting.