Avenging Angelo (2002)

Director:

Martyn Burke

Writers (WGA):

Will Aldis (story)
Will Aldis (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

30 August 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Her life is his job.

Plot:

A woman (Madeleine Stowe) who has just discovered she is the daughter of a murdered Mafia chieftain (Anthony Quinn) seeks revenge, with the aide of her Father's faithful bodyguard (Sylvester Stallone).

Plot Keywords:

Bodyguard | Hitman | Death In Childbirth | Military School | Cheat On Wife

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Frankie Delano
Madeleine Stowe	...	Jennifer Barrett Allieghieri
Anthony Quinn	...	Angelo Allieghieri
Raoul Bova	...	Marcello / Gianni Carboni
Harry Van Gorkum	...	Kip Barrett
Billy Gardell	...	Bruno
George Touliatos	...	Lucio Malatesta
Angelo Celeste	...	The Priest
Ezra Perlman	...	Rawley Barrett
Carin Moffat	...	Ashley
John Gilbert	...	Whitney Towers
Dawn Greenhalgh	...	Peggy Towers
Angelo Tsarouchas	...	Thug
Nancy Beatty	...	Meter Maid
Lori Alter	...	Kay

Also Known As:

Mafia Love (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and sexual content.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA | France | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Dante Entertainment

Trivia:

Anthony Quinn's last film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jennifer says to Frankie that an Allieghieri will never bow down, Frankie says he wished he never said that to her. In fact, it was Angelo who told her that in his DVD message.

Quotes:

Frankie Delano: I believe there's a possible exception to every rule in a book.

Movie Connections:

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Give it a chance...you might be surprised

Disclaimer: I am not a Stallone fan, . but I readily admit that Sylvester Stallone has made both good and bad films. This is definitely one of the former.

Stallone rarely gets any respect for his acting in the mainstream press, which is accurate rather than biased: if he were an unknown in this role, and had given an identical performance, the press would laud him for his ability to handle subtle bits of comedy interspersed with action and gun-play. But he's Stallone- with all the baggage that this carries, both good and bad- so whilst he should know better, his work in the light hearted flicks is quite often overlooked.

If I were assisting Mr. Stallone's career, I would have suggested putting this out in film, and keeping 'Get Carter' for the nearest black hole. The director of this film works well but should be shot on sight for one scene, where the Merc is accelerating from the garage and the cars behind are happily catching up.

Madeline Stowe has rarely been annoying to me, and in this film, one has to admire her (again) her for her amazing physical shape: she's beautiful, with a figure that a lot of current 20-year-olds round here could never aspire to! She deftly handles both the comic and the pathos of the script, in much the same way as Stakeout 1.

Nice to know that Quinn and Stowe did it again for the last time with a simple story about adultery and revenge rather than a simple story about adultery and revenge.

Rent it with an open mind. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Quinn R.I.P.