Angel of Death (2009)

1.85/stereo The premise was excellent. The story was excellent. I like the violence. I like the shooting. I like the punching and kicking. I like the cutting. The lack of surround sound was not a problem. Loading the list and having this one on top carried a lot of weight with me. All I then needed to know was have I watched this before. Checked the spreadsheet; not listed; then watch...

If ever there was a good example of a B movie, this is it. Also, there are scenes that wouldn't even be in a SciFy movie (like have a knife sink 4" into the top of your head...and you are conscience, not bleeding that much and show few side effects.I am definitively not a prude, but I think there is more swearing than action. And the action is pathic compared to watching a Cynthia Rothrock movie. No comparison.

This was a good movie how could you go wrong Zoe Bell and Lucy Lawless nothing but awesomeness. Zoe is going places and that so coolLove seeing the stars of Xena doing things

Three bounty hunters make a deal with a skip to let him go if he gives them a $100,000 skip's location. Bad enough they're braking the law doing this. Who are these three. A woman who can fight, has a daughter, and works as a bar tender in a strip club to make extra money. A twenty-something gut from a long line of cops who's medical issues mean he will not be following in the family tradition, keeps getting his butt kicked and talks his partners into doing the stupid thing mentioned above. And, finally, an older guy who's in love w/ the girl and can't decide whether to fish or cut bait. After these 3 get their big skip and cut the little one loose, the plot ends. From there, this movie turns into an easy to anticipate string of fights, abductions gun fights and pathetic dialogue.

"Angel of Death" is, indeed, a movie collected from episodes of an action/crime show that aired exclusively online. Luckily enough, this isn't a fact that you need to dwell on while you're watching the film: unlike other 'movies' compiled from TV episodes - like or a number of "Walker, Texas Ranger" features - "Angel of Death" feels pretty much like a real film on its own, without intentional restraints on story progression and individual scenes. Got it? Good. Now we can focus on the other things it is - a very good solo debut for stuntwoman Zoe Bell, the real heroine behind Lucy Lawless in and Uma Thurman in .The story: Eve (Bell) is the archetypal assassin - deadly, efficient, and utterly remorseless - but when a job gone bad and leaves her with a knife blade in her head, a haunted conscience is forced upon her, urging her to unravel a web of organized crime and take down the figures responsible for mass pain and suffering.If you've seen the trailer for the film, the knife-in-the-head scene undoubtedly caught your eye, and I'm happy to say that that kind of grittiness is persistent throughout the film. It's not a gore flick, but action director Ron Yuan () wrangles some remarkable moments of realistic hand-to-hand violence between Eve and her opponents. This is where Zoe Bell's expertise as a stuntwoman comes in: sure, it's great to see an actress tae kwon doing somebody in the face, but to see her thrown up against walls, flung down stairs, and slammed against the ground repeatedly - with her face in clear sight - is a rare bit of practicality that we don't get to see very often and instantly distinguishes Bell from, say, Milla Jovovich in . She's like an old-school Cynthia Rothrock without the wires - tough-as-nails and legitimately entertaining to watch in action - and it will be a Hollywood tragedy if she doesn't get many more prime roles like this one.The film runs at a slim 78 minutes in length, moving at a swift pace that allows you to enjoy its strengths and glance over its weaknesses - namely, a few underdeveloped main characters (like Jake Abel from as the head gangster and Vail Bloom of "The Young and the Restless" as his two-faced sister) and storyline tangents (e.g. Eve's romance with her employer, the black book). The movie goes for a comic book-style presentation that is neither very effective nor detracting from the overall look. The supporting cast is strong, with Brian Poth () doing well as Eve's employer, Doug Jones () proving himself entertaining even without a ton of makeup, and Ingrid Rogers () and Lucy Lawless make promising cameos.Despite its smooth production, "Angel of Death" still feels like a pretty small movie, albeit one with a lot of potential to build on. Chances are that it's not going to knock you down or become your new favorite movie, but it deserves recognition for being a lot more solid than a lot of what's being put onto the DTV market right now. If you like seeing kickbutt in general, pick it up for something out of the ordinary and I'll be surprised if you end up disappointed.

Zoe Bell is awesome in this stunt packed film. She really knows how to bring the cinematic pain. The story has a nice transition from the original and keeps the view interested. I'd recommend this to anyone not squeamish. It's even more impressive that Zoe does all of her own stunts. Hope to see her do more!

There's pretty much one reason to watch this flick and that's to see Zoe Bell in action. For those of you who don't recognize the name, Bell was the stunt double for Lucy Lawless in the Xena series and for Uma Thurman in the Kill Bill movies. She also performed stunts for Grindhouse and a slew of other movies. So when you watch the fight scenes, you know it's the real deal by a female lead who knows what she's doing. The story is quite thin but most martial arts films aren't deep anyway. The acting is quite limp and Lucy Lawless and Ted Raimi, who have cameos in homage to Bell's prior work with them, camp it up to the point you'll groan out loud.But as the other reviewer notes, if you watch it knowing it's a "B" flick, you can turn off your brain and simply enjoy one of Hollywood's finest stuntwomen.

She gets a Big blade...IN THE HEAD! And she kicks so much ass after! WATCH THIS!!! It's over the top. Grahmn sucks. Her acting isn't perfect yet. And if all she does is replace Strathen? (SP?) She CAN! It's called Angel of Death, for christsake. What were you expecting?

Just to let you all know out there the language is in English and Subtitles is in English and I have told amazon about this 5 times now and over a period off 18 months and have not change it at all very bad service from amazon update: almost 2 years now and still not been update to the right information.

zoe bell is mesmericsherilyn fenn stole the showthis movie is very grindhousetarantino would be proud

if you love strong women you'll love this

great service very pleased many thanx