The real difference between “Wings of Desire” and “City of Angels” isn’t Nic Cage’s droopy drawers school of drama, or the replacement of the sultry french trapeze artist character by the ever perky ¡Meg Ryan!, nor the Goo Goo Dolls plagued soundtrack falling light years short of the original’s electrifying Bad Seeds performance.
No, my friends, “City of Angels” true flaw is its gaping lack of Colombo!

(Sipowicz couldn’t find his arse with two hands and a flashlight.)