Avenging Angel

R

1985

1h 33m

Crime

Drama

List

33%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

25%

1,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

In a sequel to the 1984 shoot-'em-up, Angel the vigilante returns to the streets to track down her guardian's killer.

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Angel now a collage graduate 🎓. Finds out the good cop who helped her in the first movie gets killed by the mob,the police won't do anything to help her so she gose back on the streets as a hooker to do her own decitive work with some familiar, faces helping her in fleshed out roles. They didn't wana give the orignal angle more money so she was recast. Instead foolish New world pictures spent there money on chopping mall and mountain top motel massacre. I personally would of taken the chance of a franchise by getting the same actress back.? Its a more visually impressive movie with a great soundtrack. For me the letdown is the actress not coming back

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/24/23

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Since I'm unable to review the first film ANGEL (1984) because FLIXSTER is completely inept at updating their app and search criteria, I'll just leave this here: they are ALL terrible. And I get it. The film is making fun of itself and the genre. But the watchability factor dissipates with each passing minute. Really awful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/09/20

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Well okay... It's not soo much hope jarring the change of actress is that makes this a bizarre follow up. It's more the choice to make it half comedy. But a goofy, cartoonish one, complete with silly sidekicks... Seriously, when they got the old man cowboy bronco-riding a gouney to outrun nurse Olga, so that they can use his expertise to find a glitter-obsessed pixie street-person to help take down the mob... well, you know you done messed up.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/09/20

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Angel failed to impress me, but being a fan of Betsy Russell I was still happy to see Avenging Angel. Now that Molly Stewart's life is at peace at the beginning of the movie, it doesn't immediately begin as a sad and solidary tale, but instead gives a sense that there are other characters in her life and that she is a more important person now that But the editing decides to fill most of the first 30 minutes with Vaudeville style slapstick music or excessively long repetitive beats which fills up all the sound and degrades the story to a childish level without ever trying to make it good. The soundtrack utterly sucks and doesn't have the kinetic 1980's energy from its predecessor. This proves to be the dowfall of Avenging Angel And for a film about the character Angel she really doesn't make much of a screen presence and she essentially plays second-fiddle to most of the strange characters on the streets and such which sufficiently lacks entertainment and originality, just like the script and much of the actors. And barely taking advantage of Betsy Russell, the film only dresses her in skintight clothing which show off her breasts to the audience beneath her shirt. Avenging Angel didn't have a great predecessor, but it even fails to live up to that or give Betsy Russell a chance.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Molly (Angel) is in law school now but returns to the street to find the killer of the cop who helped straighten out her life. Betsy Russell always a tremendous value add but this one should have played it straight instead of trying to add comedy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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loved the story.. it just became too comic.. but i love the plot

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Robert Vincent O'Neill

Director

Betsy Russell

Molly "Angel" Stewart

Rory Calhoun

Kit Carson

Susan Tyrrell

Solly Mosler

Robert F. Lyons

Lt. Hugh Andrews

Ossie Davis

Captain Harry Moradian

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

Unfortunately, two nice effects can't save a movie this relentlessly slapdash.

Jan 3, 2018

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

There's not much to get excited about in this unimaginative crime story.

Rated: B-

Sep 22, 2015

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Austin Kennedy

Film Geek Central

Should've been a fun cheesy movie, but every time it actually TRIES to be funny, it wasn't funny. The movie is uneven.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 19, 2013

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Jonathan R. Perry

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Rated: 1/5

Jun 1, 2005

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Michael A. Smith

Nolan's Pop Culture Review

Was Donna Wilkes not available? Where have you gone, Betsy Russell?

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2005

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Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Typical exploitation stuff. The B-level camp charm of the original is absent here.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 26, 2002

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Synopsis

In a sequel to the 1984 shoot-'em-up, Angel the vigilante returns to the streets to track down her guardian's killer.

Director: Robert Vincent O'Neill
Production Co: New World
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 6, 2015
Runtime: 1h 33m

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