This week's movie review is for all of those crime and thriller enthusiasts out there, it's called Angel Of Death.
Here's a few details: Movie: Ed Brubaker's Angel Of Death
Directed by: Paul Etheridge
Written by: Ed Brunaker
Cast: Zoe Bell as Eve
Jake Abel as Cameron Downes
Vail Bloom as Regina Downes
Justin Huen as Franklin
Doug Jones as Dr. Rankin
and surprise gust star: Lucy Lawless as Vera
I've been wanting to see this movie ever since I had heard it was being made for Sony's new platform Crackle and was overjoyed when I could finally watch it. It was the uncut and unrated version on top of it too, I was in heaven. Zoe Bell was another reason I wanted to see this movie and while she's just getting started as an actress we can already see her progression since Tarantino"s DeathProof. I can't lie,I loved this movie and while it isn't perfect I felt the good far outweighed the bad. Beside, anyone that knows me already had a good idea I was going to enjoy this movie,especially since it was written by one of my favorite writers in the Comic Industry. Zoe Bell's performance as an unapologetic hitwoman that utilized over the top violence to take out her targets was perfect. I mean she is an assassin after all.
From the get go we get a good idea that Eve gets paid very well to carry out the dangerous hard to do jobs and she's expected not to fail. Except this time around Eve kills a little girl by accident and drops her guard, getting herself badly injured. She should have died but she survives. The only problem being is that now Eve sees the little girl's ghost everywhere. Maybe it's the real deal or maybe it's just Eve's conscience messing with her,either way the ghost tells her what she has to do to be free of her tormentor...
Her task?
She has to kill the people responsible that gave her the contract, so that the girl's spirit can rest in peace. No biggie,right? Afterall she jsut has to kill the members of a big crime family and try and stay alive while doing it.
The action kicks into high gear at this point and Bell doesn't dissapoint with her stunt and martial arts background. Some of the fight scenes I literally rewinded to watch again. Bell was beating the living hell out of the bad guys and she giving as well as she was taking. Quite impressive stuff.
While this movie didn't have a huge budget I felt like it rose above it's limitations to deliver a very solid crime/vengeance flick.
I won't give anything else away,except to say that if you've never seen this movie and want to have a good time,grab some popcorn and the drink of your choice and crash out and watch this little gem that snuck past most people's radar.
Richard Serrao
Co-owner of
Optimum Wound comics
http://www.optimumwound.com/
Creator,Writer and Artist for
Memento Mori Volume 1
and upcoming
Silent Scream Volume 1,2 and 3
