
Nico learned martial arts in Japan, and was in Vietnam for the CIA, and now is a cop in the vice squad of Chicago. A junkie tells him about a big drug deal; However it turns out that the deal was about C4 explosives and that one of the parties was the CIA. Nico gets ordered to keep out of it, but can't imagine why the CIA would sell C4, so he investigates further. While risking his and his young family's life, he discovers that the CIA tries to cover it's connections to drug ... (Full plot summary below)
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Nico learned martial arts in Japan, and was in Vietnam for the CIA, and now is a cop in the vice squad of Chicago. A junkie tells him about a big drug deal; However it turns out that the deal was about C4 explosives and that one of the parties was the CIA. Nico gets ordered to keep out of it, but can't imagine why the CIA would sell C4, so he investigates further. While risking his and his young family's life, he discovers that the CIA tries to cover it's connections to drug dealers in Middle America and wouldn't even stop from murder.
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| Washington PostDesson ThomsonWings is a soaring vision that appeals to the senses and the spirit. (Review of Original Release) |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAs in his previous film, Davis gets mileage out of supporting players who do not look or sound like professional actors and so add a level of realism to the action. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe conceit gets a little out of hand after one of the angels falls in love with the trapeze artist and decides to become human; but prior to this, Wings of Desire is one of Wenders's most stunning achievements. |
| TimeRichard CorlissAn ingratiating West German "Heaven Can Wait." (Review of Original Release) |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThough Wings Of Desire has a classic look, its mood and style is New Wave in every sense of the term. The synthesis of deep thought, leisurely pacing, and stunning visuals is in the spirit of work by the young European filmmakers of the '60s and '70s. (Reviewed in 2003 for DVD Release) |
| Tampa Bay TimesHal LipperHe's the anticop, one blood-soaked, quasi-psychotic symptom of Hollywood's desire to outgun, outkill and out-carchase itself. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonWoefully short on originality, intelligibility and anything resembling taste. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA jejune actioner that has pretensions of making a political statement about such things as drugs, smuggling and illegals. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrThe action sequences are sleek and strong enough, but the story that chains them together is too ambitious for its own good |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannStartlingly original at first, Wings of Desir' is in the end damagingly overloaded. The excesses of language, the ceaseless camera movement, the unyielding whimsy have the ultimate effect of wearing the audience down. (Review of Original Release) |