Sylvester Stallone, Madeleine Stowe, Anthony Quinn

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)...( read more  read more... ).

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R, 98 min.

Directed by: Martyn Burke

Release Date: January 1, 2002

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DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003

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  • May 16, 2008
    "I believe there's a possible exception to every rule in a book."


    Let's admit it: whenever you observe a poster or the cover of a DVD that flaunts Sylvester Stallone brandishing a firearm you'll discern that the film will at least be entertaining. Avenging Angelo<

    ...( read more)/i> is an unforeseen twist on Stallone's conformist tough guy persona. As an alternative he is sweeter and more appealing in this romantic action comedy.


    Stallone portrays long-time bodyguard Frankie Delano who has squandered his entire career working for an Italian mob boss named Angelo (Quinn, for whom the film is dedicated to). Frankie has been delegated by Angelo to watch over long lost daughter Jennifer (Stowe). Even after a number of years Jennifer has no idea that she is Angelo's offspring as it would endanger her life due to Italian assassins who endeavour to eliminate them both. As the film's title would suggest, Angelo is eventually whacked by the mob. Frankie pays a visit to Jennifer to divulge the truth: that Angelo is her true father. Owing to recent personal nuisances, Jennifer isn't intensely receptive towards any other people entering her life; let alone being informed of the deplorable truth concerning her recently-deceased real father. Subsequent to Jennifer eventually acknowledging her true heritage she teams up with Frankie to avenge the death of her father.


    Like a great number of Stallone's recent action vehicles, the film met with negativity from both the critics and audiences. The Razzie committee always take advantage of the latest action film featuring an aging Stallone (They didn't pick on him this time, surprisingly. They still pick on him frequently though). In my opinion I believe that Stallone did a surprisingly good job with this role. His dialogue is understandable for about 70% of the time, and his character's life doesn't revolve solely around firearms.


    Stallone was in his late 50s when this film entered production. It's great to see that he still has the charm and charisma we came to love and expect ever since Stallone graced the silver screen with Rocky. If you're a die-hard fan of only a mindless Stallone action vehicle then this would not be one to watch. Avenging Angelo is the furthest thing from a simple straightforward action film. In the place of frequent action we have a sickening love story, predictable sub-plots and a few clichéd close combat scenes. I prefer the days of Rambo and Cobra. Madeleine Stowe has a subtle screen charm. Naturally, her role is swimming in typical character clichés.


    Avenging Angelo tries to be both a romantic comedy and a crime film mixed with elements of an action movie. But the film never finds a rational comic tune; instead stuck with a screenplay that makes little sense and appears to move from silly plot point A to even sillier plot point B. The dialogue throughout the movie is laughably atrocious. I mean sure, the cast is decent and the filmmaking is solid. However I thought that without a good or decent screenplay then a film will be an embarrassing turd. In spite of a promising build up throughout the first half, it bogs throughout its middle section and its conclusion is incredibly conventional. I basically predicted the ending within the first 10 minutes.


    Avenging Angelo took tonnes of criticism with good reasoning. I am an enormous fan of Sylvester Stallone and his new guise is at least unique; however the man needs to make some better career moves. Instead of starring in silly low profile rubbish he needs to look past the money and try to find quality in a screenplay while choosing them. His soft touch here is appealing, but ultimately let down by the dopey screenplay and a terribly foreseeable string of events.
  • March 21, 2007
    I didn't see the whole thing, only bits and pieces. It looked funny enough, but I bet there was no real conclusion. Still, I can't talk until I've seen the rest of the movie.
  • August 6, 2009
    A nice change of pace for Sylvester Stallone, this was a pretty good movie
  • July 8, 2009
    I think this was a good movie and one that I had surely not seen before. The story line was great and I could not wait to see it happen to a nicer person, ya know guy gets girl sort of thing.
  • June 28, 2009
    I am so happy that my friend got me onto this web site because now I can see the movies that I have always wanted without worry. Thank you my friend.
  • June 24, 2009
    I cant believe this flick actually was aight!??? The black comedy worked for me, and the girl was cute.. Stallone aint to bad in this type of genre.. he needs to work more on that acting style and he could finish his career with a few good ones before he croaks..
  • April 18, 2009
    The movie's quite good but the music's NOT.
  • January 22, 2009
    well, we all from the 90's know who Sylvester Stallone is...and unfortunate he's not that good in this movie..but good try
  • October 18, 2008
    Pretty boring at times, but it's a Stallone movie, so I still like it.
  • September 7, 2008
    Stallone plays Frankie, the bodyguard of a mobster (Anthony Quinn) who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    Felling responsible for the mobster's death, Frankie is now the bodyguard of the Mobster's daugter (Madeleine Stowe).

    This was Anthony Quinn's last movie.

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