Angels' Brigade (1979)

User Rating:

1.7/10   

Director:

Greydon Clark

Writers:

Greydon Clark (writer)
Alvin L. Fast (writer)

Release Date:

February 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Seven super sexy girls take on the bad guys in an explosion of wild action, crazy stunts, and loads of laughs!

Plot:

Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless drug pushers.

Plot Keywords:

Drug Dealer | MST3K | Vigilante | Neo Nazi | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Sylvia Anderson	...	Terry Grant
Lieu Chinh	...	Kako Umaro
Jacqueline Cole	...	April Thomas (as Jacqulin Cole)
Liza Greer	...	Trish
Robin Greer	...	Policewoman Elaine Brenner
Susan Kiger	...	Michelle Wilson
Noela Velasco	...	Maria
Jack Palance	...	Mike Farrell
Peter Lawford	...	Burke
Jim Backus	...	Cmdr. Lindsey March
Neville Brand	...	Miller
Pat Buttram	...	Van Salesman
Arthur Godfrey	...	Himself
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Manny (as Alan Hale)
Darby Hinton	...	Sticks

Also Known As:

Angels Revenge
Seven from Heaven

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG | Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Arista Films

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Greydon Clark]as a movie director in the sequence involving the stunt motorcyclist.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Angels interrupt the beach drug drop-off, the sky goes from heavily overcast to clear and blue in seconds.

Quotes:

April: Women can make a difference!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Angels' Revenge (#7.22)" (1995)

Who brought the brain?

An extended jiggle-fest made watchable only through the gracious lens of "Mystery Science Theatre 3000", "Angels' Bridage" (aka "Angels' Revenge") is a truly embarrassing rip-off of "Charlie's Angels" seemingly written and directed by hormone-crazed 16-year-old boys and starring an overwhelming number of has-been B-movie character actors.

The plot, as much as there is one, involves a quasi-feminist schoolteacher trying to take out a drug ring that pushes to kids. She enlists the aid of six stereotypes...er, I mean characters: a sassy black stunt driver, an Asian martial artist (of course), a disco singer, an oversexed model, a tough cop that loves her weaponry, and a bratty, annoying teenager who happens to be one of the teacher's students.

This movie is filled with things that will either make you laugh, cringe, or simply scratch your head, depending on your tolerance for horrid cinema. There's the Vietnamese character with the Japanese name. The singer whose record is "still climbing" up the charts but is still recognized by every character in the film. The "top model" who does her fashion shoots in a mall parking lot. Jim Backus in thigh-high military boots. A genital-mutilation-as-interrogation scene played for laughs. A squad of bouncy women who paint their nails and wear spiked heels on a commando raid. And don't forget the score, which rips off all sorts of recognizable music, from the theme to "Charlie's Angels" to John Williams' opening music for "Jaws" to Strauss' "Thus Spake Zarathustra" (also known as the music from "2001: A Space Odyssey").

See what Aaron Spelling hath wrought? 1 out of 10.