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Avenging Angel (1985)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
5/20
5/20:
Why produce a sucky sequel despite the original having made millions of dollars?
Avenging Angel gets worse by the minute, and a quarter into it, I was ready to throw in the towel. It's because
I didn't want to see Solly's ridiculous face anymore. Rory Calhoun looks like he just had a lobotomy. Why did Ossie Davis
sign up for this?
If I thought Donna Wilkes wore too much makeup and was too old in the original, Betsy Russell is a gigantic improvement
and a natural beauty. She could've appeared in Miami Vice for all I know. The reality is Donna Wilkes
didn't reprise her role because she wanted more money. Ha! Betsy Russell proved she was replaceable.
There are lots of firepower thrown around, but everybody on the good side is never hit any time,
no matter how close they are. Angel can be seen running many times in high heels, even from fast-moving cars.
What an amazing talent she is. In the meantime, let me ask you this: does Johnny Glitter wake up in the morning every day and
start applying rainbows and shit on his face? I'm only asking this because it seems like lot of work.
If the name Tim Rossovich seems familiar, it's because his brother is Rick of Top Gun fame. He's
the bodyguard with a mustache and blue eyes. Once upon a time, Tim Rossovich was a former NFL linebacker for nine seasons who had
a reputation for being really, really crazy such as swallowing lit cigarettes, drinking motor oil, eating glass, setting himself
on fire, and driving a car off the pier. He once dove forty feet into a shallow river, damaging his legs, and then a few days
later, plunged into a contaminated pond which infected his leg wounds so badly that caused him to slip into a coma for four days.
Unsurprisingly, Tim Rossovich passed away a couple of years ago at age 72.
All in all, I hope not to see Solly again in the next sequel.