Angel's Dance Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
Don't mess with an angel and expect to be saved.
Tony wants to be a hitman for the Mafia, but first he has to learn from a master. Enter Stevie California-cool, eats veggie burgers and quotes Neitzche. Tony may not agree with Stevie's style, but he has to complete his training so he can go back and kill the Mafia's accountant, who's about to turn state's evidence. His final test: kill whoever is randomly picked out of the yellow pages. His target: Angel Chaste. Angel works the graveyard shift at a mortuary. She thinks a doll is her baby. Her mother left when she was little. Basically, Angel has PROBLEMS. When Tony, Angel and Stevie collide, it will change all of their lives.
| James Belushi | Stevie 'The Rose' Rosellini |
| Sheryl Lee | Angelica Chaste |
| Kyle Chandler | Tony Greco |
| Frank John Hughes | Nick |
| Ned Bellamy | Police Detective |
| Mark Carlton | Bob |
| Mac Davis | Norman |
| Jon Polito | Uncle Vinnie |
| David Bickford | Accountant |
| Timo Flloko | The Shank |
| Joe Luis Garcia | Johnnie |
| John Bigham | Young Priest |
| Chris Barnes | Irish Priest |
| Cameron Corley | Choir Boy |
| Kevin Cooney | Theodore Chaste |
| David L. Corley |
5.80 out of 10 (515 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Recommending warmly
posted on 30 Jun 2008It's funny, it's witty and you're sure to remember it. It's extraordinary - doesn't go along the usual lame Hollywood patterns. The actors bear their roles very well. I didn't even recognize Sheryl Lee first! The metamorphosis was excellent. Haven't been a fan of Belushi before, but he was just the right actor for this part.I have seen it several times already, and it still gives me many laughs and vibes, although I now know exactly what's happening and how it will end.
A well done mob hitman action flick.
posted on 23 Dec 2007Sheryl Lee carries the first few minutes of this movie.Her character is a rather strange young lady. ( Angel ) When James Belushi ( The Rose ) shows up things really get started.The hitman training is strange to say the least, I guess most of us just don't think like that, and the characters
all change though-out this movie.
Sheryl Lee & James Belushi are both great in this movie. Maybe there should be a sequel The Angel & The Rose
it might be interesting,A well done mob Hitman action flick. Check out the license # of the car at the end............
terrible
posted on 08 Oct 2007I can't believe the positive reviews of this movie - I thought it was one of the worst, most poorly executed and poorly acted movies I have ever seen. And the plot was completely ludicrous (sp?). She starts making out with him while he's tied to the chair? puh-lease. The worst part was that it wasn't even bad in a good, laughable way. Just plain terrible - I couldn't figure out why they even bothered to show it on HBO. I thought Belushi was ridiculously silly - very unbelievable as an "eccentric" hit man. idk, I could go on - again, I am shocked by the positive reviews. The only thing that kept me watching it is that it's fascinating to see how a movie can go wrong and what makes it bad. And the ending didn't disappoint in its silliness either! "live by the sword, die by the sword..." ridiculous.
I'm a sucker for a female hitman...
posted on 17 Aug 2007I caught this movie on HBO awhile back and was really surprised that it was good. As much as I love Jim Belushi as an actor, I have seen him appear in some seriously bad B movies in the last few years. He's usually not at fault. His acting abilities are great, but a bad movie is a bad movie and the best acting can't change the story. So, I went into Angel's Dance expecting it to be terrible. It ended up pulling me in. I admit I like movies about women brandishing weapons for some reason so I may be biased here, but my wife sat there next to me the whole time and said she liked it. Bottom line is: If you enjoy shoot 'em up movies you should find this entertaining. No one will get an Oscar for their performances, but so what? Some of the coolest films are the ones that only you find special.
No surprises or twists!
posted on 18 Jun 2007SPOILER ALERT!A few of the commentators wrote of a "surprise" twist ending. It did not surprise me in the slightest. As soon as Sheryl Lee's character started trying to protect herself i knew she would end up as the new assassin's apprentice.I could see Kyle Chandler's doe eyed character being her victim from the moment he thought she was "special".Both those events were signposted rather heavily and so for this reviewer the film did NOT go against Hollywood clichés and surprise the audience (ME!).Still a decent little film though!
Where is the dance here?
posted on 08 Mar 2007Dissapointing action movie with an interesting premise: a young Mafia would-to-be killer (Chandler) must demonstrate to his boss that he is a good man for the service so he goes to California to take some lessons with a very known professional killer (Beluschi). First and most important task: to kill a young woman (Lee) that is a completely strange for all of them. But is she a easy target? The movie goes on and on based upon this principal idea but the result is just bad routine; even the weird twist at the end does not save the movie. Good performance by Chandler. I give this a 4 (four).
A good Belushi film
posted on 04 Feb 2007Amazingly the little known Kyle Chandler is now playing a major role in Peter Jackson's King Kong. So perhaps now Angel's Dance will get minor recognition. Featuring Backbeat's Sheryl Lee and the jobbing James Belushi (as potential victim and professional hit-man respectively) this small B-picture is surprisingly watchable and at times darkly humouress.Opening with Jon Polito (in a familiar role established better in Miller's Crossing) sending a trainee hit-man to go with the best in the business to learn the ropes. For 'The Rose' (Belushi) this means teaching Tony (Chandler) to let go of any morals he once had and picks a random name from a phone book as the target. Neither one of them could predict that the target (Lee) would fight back with terminal force.Offbeat, quirky and with some decent action scenes (and some good costumes to boot) this is yet another film that won't be seen by most, but will be appreciated by most that do. Surely Belushi is long over due another half decent role like this, perhaps Tarantino will remember him in years to come...
The ending is the way a movie lover would want it to be.
posted on 10 Dec 2006This movie started kinda slow. In fact, I didn't really care about it all. Then I started watching it as the plot got going a bit. I mean, at first I was thinking, Ok, movie about a guy who's trying to kill a random girl in the phone book. Whoopee. Then I saw him (Tony) trying to snipe from across the street, in plain sight. Man, this guy's got MAD assassin skillz. Anyway, once the target starts fighting back, the movie starts getting REAL good. I mean, aside from the fact that these people couldn't hit the ground if they were falling, everything else falls together. They've even accounted for the proper amount of bullets in the gun!!! How many movies have THAT amount of foresight? And the ending is killer. My roomates and I were yelling about this one at 1:30 in the morning, and undoubtedly p****d off a whole bunch of our neighbors. The movie is just incredible for the ending alone.
10 out of 10
posted on 07 Oct 2006I don't usually like writing reviews so I only write about ones I passionately love or passionately hate! I absolutely loved Angel's Dance! After watching this movie I found myself with a grin that I couldn't rub off. For some reason every time I think about it I smile again.What I hated about the movie. Nothing! It's perfect just the way it is!What I liked. Everything!I love the soundtrack. It seemed to create the right mood.I love the way Angel "evolved" throughout.The lead players, James Belushi, Sheryl Lee and Kyle Chandler all fit their parts.The ending was somewhat unexpected and I loved that too!
Two stars: One in the head and one in the heart.
posted on 06 Aug 2006"Angel's Dance" features Belushi as the hitman's guru who tests a young protege with an assignment to "hit" a beautiful but freaky woman, Angel (Lee), selected at random. Both get more than they bargained for in this darkish comedy with some action and lots of quirky humor. The film is fresh in the beginning, languishes in the middle, and pulls itself together in the end making for a lukewarm watch overall with some deliciously sardonic tongue-in-cheek humor. An okay small screen watch for channel surfers looking for comedy/action.
Slightly disturbing, slightly funny ... a slight film.
posted on 09 Nov 2005It kept my attention to the end, however, without spoiling the film for anyone....... when she fixed the fridge by getting a book from the library, you knew how the film would end when she went back to library for a book on self defence against and assassin. The film, for me, said nothing of worth.... is becoming an assassin really a remedy for mental illness or just another symptom.
the acting was better than the script
posted on 09 Nov 2005I'll be honest- the reason I rented this movie was because I am a huge fan of Kyle Chandler's (most notably from Early Edition). Since he usually plays the good guy, I wanted to see him as in a different role (out of curiosity). The plot itself also drew me in; a wanna-be hitman (Tony Greco- a.k.a. Mr. Chandler) must kill a person at random before he is trusted with the life- or, rather, the death- of a witness who will testify against someone in "the family". The movies was nothing like I expected. It was sick, I hated the end (if you saw it, you'd know why), and there were so many unnecessary parts. Basically- it was filthy, and made little sense. Yes, it was a mob movie, and yes the guns do go BOOM. But there's more to a movie than that. This film acted as if it didn't have the time to go into detail- just deal with it and understand it. The acting really made up for it- James Belushi was pretty amusing as "The Rose". Sheryl Lee made Angel seem as believable as she could get. She surprised me the most. And Kyle Chandler was equally convincing as an anxious newcomer to "the family". If only the script did justice to the actors.
Good
posted on 15 May 2005Terrible title for a reasonably witty black comedy that has a hitman and his apprentice stalking a random target for practice. Only this target decides to fight back. And the target is psychotic to boot. Nice performances, especially from Sheryl "Twin Peaks" Lee as the seriously whacked hunted-turned-hunter. Jim Belushi turns in his usual laid-back, likable-character performance, with a bit of Zen thrown in this time. A straight-to-video job, with a touch of foul language and Lee wearing a series of killer designer outfits with -- as she likes to tell her favorite priest -- no panties on underneath. As if we needed her to tell us, with lots of nicely-lighted, silhouetted shots of her prancing around town. Wait until you see her in her form-fitting, UNDERWORLD-style body armor! This gal could definitely play Wonder Woman or Catwoman anytime.
The Accidental Tourist
posted on 06 Aug 2004Spoilers herein.I do think this little bit of silliness is worth watching. The reason is that it targets a specific flavor of quirkiness. Nothing unusual there. But it ruthlessly sticks to that clear focus of quirk. Perhaps it helps that the writer is also the director. Perhaps it helps that the writer's sweet spot is precisely where Murray lives. No matter. It works because the world it creates has coherence. It becomes real, and then becomes leverageable for the humor to exploit. I imagine this project was too unimportant for the studio bosses to get in there and scramble it all around. The clarity of this project is mirrored in the clarity with which Angelica acts. She studies, grounds her intuition and acts with commitment. We can too until the story slides a bit at the end in an unexpected way.Ted's evaluation: 3 of 4 -- Worth watching
Be patient at the beginning...it gets better.
posted on 04 Nov 2003Lags hard in the first 15 min. or so,but then the weapons & shooting scenes are really neat and realistic.The story line is average,but Belushi carries the movie well,as the true pro he is,and makes it convincing and funny,while the others are somewhat uncomfortable with their roles.It could have been a real flopper,but it seemed as though Belushi went the extra mile to make it a film worth watching,even just to see his great performance.The film also adds some interesting,unexpected twists.Worth your time.
What Can Angel Do in a World Has No Angels ?!
posted on 06 Oct 2002The most beautiful meaning this movie shows is what the decrees of fate could do when it impose what seems as absurd logic, which mixes the habitual with the non-comprehensible, to overturn the life of a pacific young girl, so she can find the last thing she'd ever expect : Her self.. Her truth, taking off the mask finally to see her hidden real personality as nothing but a professional killer ! This movie excelled in comprising the thriller action elements, the black comedy, the perspicacious vision for the actual meaning of transformation as a way to find the truth, and a bit of criticism for our modern world's materialism which turned it into a crazy absurd hell. However the good old story is still on; the story of finding one human's own self and the happy meeting eventually with the one's truth, as what he or she had been created for, even if it happened to be – as for us – so ugly thing ! It's a simple, deep and entertaining movie (to be the 3 together is so hard and rare !). It can attract both : the viewer who wants to think as well as the viewer who wants to view only. Look at the movie's witty structure : The ones who want love and piece, hate blood and violence are the perfect victims (the old angel, the killer student at the end). On the other hand the ones who kill, steal, bribe.. etc, are the masters of this world, the owners of its success and its most clever dancers (The killing master, the new Angel, the head of the gang) !! Really what a mad logic but dominant. Rather what a movie to fulfill interesting drama, excellent cogitation, and being a catchy picture all in the same time. You'd feel that it's short, but I bet you, that happens because we don't run into movies like this much, so you might love to have it longer than what it is !In conclusion; What Can Angel Do in a World Has No Angels ?! Well, she'll be killed OR dance the infernal dance ! (and what a gifted dancer she discovered in herself !). After all "what's life without dancing ?!" and what's enjoyable without killing in absolutely non-angelic world ?!! P.S : it's so provocative but I'll going to say it : what this movie could've been if it had (Jack Nicholson) as the killing instructor ?! It's provocative because the dearly loved (James Belushi) did a good job as a part of the whole work's kind of melancholic scoff, being integral as our sick days' image of new contemporary yet lethal Zorba ! But the thing is he, (James), is still dearly loved !
What can I say? DITTO!!!
posted on 23 May 2002Well... I guess there can be something said for an HBO "free preview"! I caught this film totally by accident during one of HBO's free weekends. I must agree with the other users, that the film did lag a bit in the beginning. But being a Jim Belushi fan, I decided to stick it out. I was NOT disappointed! Although the acting was far from academy award quality, Belushi and a very well written script continued to hold my attention. If you get a chance to catch this one, DO IT! It's really well worth it!
Watchable, rewatchable, rewatchable
posted on 09 Apr 2002There are any number of movies that are worth watching. There is a smaller number of movies that are worth watching again. And there are a very few movies that are worth watching over and over. "Angel's Dance" is one of those movies.This is due to imaginative writing and fine performances turned in by Jim Belushi, as the professional hit-man trying to train a mafia soldier to do wetwork, and Sheryl Lee, as the introverted, isolated woman who is supposed to be the apprentice's final exam. Nothing goes as planned for the assassins, as their intended victim reacts unpredictably and lethally to their efforts. As miserable and lonely as her life may be, she isn't at all ready to give it up yet.The movie has plenty of little surprises in it, yet none of them feel contrived. This is a movie you can safely pop into the VCR or DVD player on a rainy day and be assured of an entertaining ride, even if the ending isn't exactly a happily-ever-after one.
This is a sleeper...
posted on 28 Feb 2002Jim Belushi's movie to carry, it appears, but what it slowly becomes is a character portrait of the rebirth of a lost soul. Sheryl Lee as 'Angel', at first somewhat amusing as an eccentric mortician, becomes the real center of the film in her transformation from freaked-out ditz to a woman in control of her own destiny. I found her character fascinating, and the interplay between her and Belushi is like watching a dance with strangers evolve into an odd interplay of almost-love. Detached from the get-go, that same detachment carries Angel through to the end. And it's Belushi's character, the "Rose", who gets sucked up in the surprising finale. Quite frankly, this is a good watch.
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A whacky dark comedy about trying to whack this broad...
posted on 15 Jul 2009I don't know why movies with Jim Belushi don't get more attention when they come out. After I watched Angel's Dance I tried to remember a truly bad Jim Belushi movie, but I couldn't think of anything he's done that I didn't at least enjoy. Well, K-9, maybe, and there was a sort of time travel one where he was a real villain – not like the part he has in Angel's Dance – and I didn't like him playing a bad guy. Otherwise I think its safe to say: if Jim Belushi is in a movie it's probably worth seeing.Angel's Dance also gives us Sheryl Lee in a quirky, funny role that fits her like her body armor. Belushi is the slickest hit man in the business, living on the beach in LA and engaged to train a new guy for a hit Uncle Vinnie needs done in Chicago on a protected witness. The new guy (Kyle Chandler) has to put up with Belushi's Zen training method, and do a hit on a randomly picked victim named Angelica Chaste, played by Lee. Angelica is a very whacked out mortician who doesn't take kindly to being assassinated and decides to defend herself. From there the plot is lightweight, but intelligent, and there are some good laughs and enough action to keep it moving fast.Belushi is a very funny guy! (Oh, and there's a small but lovable bit by Jon Polito as Uncle Vinnie in the first reel.)Writer and director David L. Corley has two other films credited here at IMDb, but I've seen them both and the others don't measure up to Angel's Dance.