Avenging Angel

1985

Action / Crime / Thriller

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 24% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 24% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 2249 2.2K

prostitute revenge

Plot summary

Molly Stewart, now a law student at UCLA, is determined to leave her prostitute past behind. After learning that the detective who helped save her life has been murdered, she quickly finds herself pitted against an underworld of mob figures who might be more than she's bargained for...

Director

Robert Vincent O'Neil Photo
Robert Vincent O'Neil

Top cast

Barry Pearl Photo
Barry Pearl as Johnny Glitter
Robert F. Lyons Photo
Robert F. Lyons as Lt. Hugh Andrews
Carl Bressler Photo
Carl Bressler as Professor Garfield
Ross Hagen Photo
Ross Hagen as Ray Mitchell
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808.22 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.44 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by merklekranz 6 / 10

Karin Mani , Robert Tessier , Ossie Davis , plus Angel, YoYo, Kit Carson & Solly

"Avenging Angel" is a worthy, but different sequel to "Angel". The same seedy Hollywood Boulevard locations, are again used to great advantage. Betsy Russell plays "Angel" this time,and along with her street comrades, Rory Calhoun and Susan Tyrrell, they go after the mobsters who killed their friend, Lt. Andrews ( Robert F. Lyons). Karin Mani has a brief, but memorable nude shower scene, Robert Tessier is a helpful tattoo artist, while Ossie Davis plays a police captain. The movie has moments of welcome humor, especially relating to springing Rory Calhoun from a sanitarium. Sure the violence is cartoon-like, but "Avenging Angel" is entertaining, and that's really all that matters. - MERK
Reviewed by gkaps007 6 / 10

Much less serious and dark than the original Angel, but more fun!

Completely tone than the first movie. Where the first Angel has a serious, somewhat sad, and grim take on the story of a young, smart woman working the seedy streets of Hollywood to pay for her private schooling and apartment, this movie is made with a much lighter tone.Betsy Russell takes over the role from Donna Wilkes. She does fine, but lacks the vulnerability and hurt that Wilkes brought to the role. Rory Calhoun is back and any restraint he used in the first movie is gone here. He plays WAY over the top, along with Susan Tyrell as the wacky, psychopathic apartment landlord. It is great! He is very likable and brings heart to the movie. Something, as much I as love her, Russell can not manage too well.The plot is more of the same. This time, Angel's cop buddy/mentor (played by a completely different looking actor from the first) is murdered and since the cops aren't doing much, it is up to Angel and her gang of misfits to avenge his death. The tone, as mentioned before, is quite silly this time around. It now feels more comic book adventure and less gritty drama.Everyone in this movie is out of their minds. Calhoun is convinced (and it never proven he is wrong) he is Kit Carson, legendary cowboy. Tyrell is a rodeo clown without a rodeo. Every time she shows up, the movie cranks up to an eleven! There is Micheal J Pollard look-alike,Steven M. Porter as "Yo-Yo Charlie". He is fun, but underused in this critics opinion. And finally, they add a new character, Johnny Glitter, played with zero restraint by Barry Pearl. I love how every time he enters the scene he is accompanied with a cloud of glitter. He is a very silly, unreal character. Somewhere is in all of this mess, Ossie Davis shows up a police captain who doesn't follow the rules, and a baby that is very well behaved, even while being hung over a high drop.Avenging Angel can be a fun movie if you go in with little expectations and just want to have some fun. Sit back, riff with your friends, and forget about the movie soon after.
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