Molly, former prostitute, has managed to leave her street life with help from Lt. Andrews. She studies law and leads a normal life. When Andrews is killed by a brutal gang, she returns to th... Read allMolly, former prostitute, has managed to leave her street life with help from Lt. Andrews. She studies law and leads a normal life. When Andrews is killed by a brutal gang, she returns to the streets as Angel to find his killers.Molly, former prostitute, has managed to leave her street life with help from Lt. Andrews. She studies law and leads a normal life. When Andrews is killed by a brutal gang, she returns to the streets as Angel to find his killers.
- Teddy Butts
- (as Timothy Rossovich)
- Mike
- (as Michael Andrews)
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Did you know
- TriviaBetsy Russell is 4 years younger than Donna Wilkes, who played Angel in the original movie.
- Goofs18 minutes into the film when Angel is walking down Hollywood Boulevard in front of extras some are looking at the screen and the three girls in the booth actually point and wave to the camera.
- Quotes
Solly Mosler: Can you imagine me a mother? At my fuckin' age?
Molly "Angel" Stewart: What are you going to do?
Solly Mosler: [cooing] I'm gonna get rid of the little bastard, that's what I'm gonna do, because he's a pain in my ass.
Yo-Yo Charlie: I know a guy at welfare. He can help ya.
Solly Mosler: You touch that phone and I'll break your dick!
- ConnectionsFollowed by Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988)
- SoundtracksWhy?
Performed by Bronski Beat
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.
- gkaps007
- Feb 17, 2020
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- Also known as
- Angel 2: Avenging Angel
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,622,787
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,755,264
- Jan 13, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $5,622,787