Avenging Angelo (2002)

A woman who has just discovered she is the daughter of a murdered Mafia chieftain seeks revenge, with the aide of her father's faithful bodyguard.

Director:

Martyn Burke

Writers:

Will Aldis (story), Will Aldis (screenplay)

Stars:

Sylvester Stallone, Madeleine Stowe, Anthony Quinn

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sylvester Stallone	...	Frankie Delano
Madeleine Stowe	...	Jennifer Barrett
Anthony Quinn	...	Angelo Allieghieri
Raoul Bova	...	Marcello
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

Storyline

A woman who has recently discovered that she is the daughter of Angelo, a major mafia boss, decides to wreak vengeance when he is killed by a hitman. She's aided by his faithful bodyguard, with whom she soon falls in love.

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Plot Keywords:

stitching one's wound | adultery | flower | neo screwball comedy | mafia | 

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Taglines:

Her life is his job.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language and sexual content

Details

Country:

USA France Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 2004 (France)

Also Known As:

Angelo'nun Öcü

Filming Locations:

Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani, Sicily, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$824,597

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dante Entertainment, Epsilon Motion Pictures, Quinta Communications

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anthony Quinn's last film.

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Goofs

When Jennifer is watching the video of Angelo Allieghieri, shots alternate between her sipping from a glass and swigging from a bottle of Jack Daniels.

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Quotes

Frankie Delano: You ever read this book?
Bruno: Have I ever read that book? Not only does that insult my intelligence but it insults my ignorance. Why would a man like me, who happens to like himself, be caught dead reading a bit of boy toy fluff like that?
Frankie Delano: Because it's a killer.

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Connections

Referenced in Dust (2004)

User Reviews

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.