Angels Revenge

Infobox Film
name = Angels Revenge


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caption = One-sheet for "Angels Brigade"
director = Greydon Clark
producer = Greydon Clark
writer = Greydon Clark
Alvin L. Fast
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starring = Sylvia Anderson
Lieu Chinh
Jacqueline Cole
Liza Greer
Robin Greer
Susan Kiger
Jack Palance
music = Gerald Lee
cinematography = Dean Cundey
editing =
distributor = Arista Films
released = February 1979
runtime = 97 min
country = United States
language = English
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imdb_id = 0078778

"Angels Revenge" is a 1979 movie from Arista Films, directed by Greydon Clark. It is also known as "Angels' Brigade" and "Seven from Heaven".

"Angels Revenge" has major roles for Peter Lawford and Jack Palance as the leaders of a drug cartel, and gives minor roles to famous character actors Jim Backus, Alan Hale, Jr., Pat Buttram and Arthur Godfrey (playing himself). Of the actresses who played the movie's seven female protagonists, however, the closest any had previously come to any degree of fame was Susan Kiger, who had been the "Playboy" Playmate of the Month for January 1977. Kiger played singer Michelle Wilson; her co-stars were Sylvia Anderson as stuntwoman Terry Grant, Lieu Chinh as martial arts instructor Keiko Umaro, Jacqueline Cole as high-school teacher April, Noela Velasco as model Maria, and Robin Greer as policewoman Elaine Brenner. Her younger sister Liza Greer plays high-school student Trish, who invites herself into the team.

Plot

The movie focuses on seven women who decide to fight the local drug cartel after the brother of Michelle Wilson, a Las Vegas pop singer, is found severely beaten. When taken to the hospital, the young man is found to have been on illegal drugs. The singer meets with April, her brother's teacher, and the two hatch a plan to destroy the local drug processing plant. They recruit four more women with special skills and connections to help them carry out their audacious goal. As they plan their first strike, they discover high-schooler Trish spying on them. The student gets relegated to phone duty, but eventually worms her way into their escapades. The "Angels" not only destroy the processing plant, but also manage to intercept one of the shipments. As a result, the women receive unwelcome attention from the local drug cartel.

Critical response

The movie was not well received by the critics or the general public, being seen as a cheap of the "Charlie's Angels" television series. The plot was seen as contrived. It also had a number of "" actors, namely Backus, Lawford, and Hale, all of whose popularity had fallen since the 1960s. Jack Palance played chief antagonist Mike Farrell, assistant to Lawford's kingpin character, but his presence did not help to improve the film's reception by audiences.

"Mystery Science Theater 3000"

Because of the poor response to the film, it faded into obscurity until March 11, 1995, when it was used as an episode of the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" television series. Mike Nelson and the Bots make various remarks pointing out the relative futility of stopping a single drug operation when illegal drugs are a worldwide industry. The movie was edited somewhat for "MST3K"; for example, the character of Miller (Neville Brand) is listed in the opening credits, but is only mentioned towards the end of the MSTed version, never actually appearing on screen.

Trivia

*According to the official "Mystery Science Theater 3000" website, the reference to the fictional film "Fox Force Five" in Quentin Tarantino's film "Pulp Fiction" is an homage to this movie.

*Sisters Robin Greer and Liza Greer, both actors in this film, later contributed to the group memoir "You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again", detailing their experiences with prostitution and drug addiction in Hollywood.

*Darby Hinton, who plays the teenage drug dealer Sticks, is perhaps most famous for his role in the original "Daniel Boone" TV series as Boone's son Israel.

External links

*imdb title|id=0078778|title=Angels Revenge
* [http://www.greydonclark.com/ Greydon Clark's Official Website]