Career assassin Eve (stuntwoman Zoe Bell in fine fierce form) inadvertently kills a young girl after suffering a near fatal knife injury to the head. Suffering from visions of her previous victims and consumed with guilt, Eve decides to take out her mob boss employers. Director Paul Etheridge, working from a crafty script by Ed Brubaker, relates the familiar, yet still effective and entertaining story at a swift pace, brings a snazzy and cinematic live action comic book style to the pulpy material, further spruces things up with an inspired sense of sharp sarcastic humor, and delivers plenty of startling moments of nasty violence. Bell makes for a strong female lead and gives her formidable proverbial all in the rough'n'tumble fight set pieces. Moreover, the cast overall are quite sturdy, with especially praiseworthy work by Jake Abel as ruthless mob capo Cameron Downes, Brian Poth as Eve's loyal boyfriend Graham, Vail Bloom as icy and treacherous bitch Regina, Justin Huen as eager novice Franklin, Doug Jones as low-rent sleazeball Dr. Rankin, and Lucy Lawless as lovably kooky neighbor Vera. A potent underlying theme about redemption gives the picture extra substance while the tight 78 minute running time ensures that it never gets dull or overstays its welcome. Carly Herse's slick cinematography provides a cool splashy look. Spot-on groovy-grinding bluesy rock score, too. A seriously gnarly item.

A small-budget exercise in what can be accomplished in on-line video, "Angel of Death" is startlingly effective as a full-length product.Starring near-legendary stunt performer Zoe Bell ("Kill Bill," "Death Proof" and others), this action adventure never pulls its punches. Every shot hits - and some very bloody hits they are. It creates some of the same energy and electricity as "Wanted," with mordant humor and wonderful guest performances from brilliant mime Doug Jones (who created Abe Sapien in "Hellboy," the Silver Surfer and others) and the woman for whom Bell doubled for years, Lucy "Zena" Lawless.Terrific editing suits Ed Brubaker's potboiler plot, with camera angles and scene framing joyfully celebrating the story's hard core comic book feel. Darrel Herbert's music is derivative but effectively enhances the over-the-top approach of the action.To paraphrase Ordell Robbie, "When you absolutely, positively want to watch a warrior woman take out every m*-f* in the room," check out Zoe Bell as Eve. "Angel of Death" delivers the goods.

I guess I have to disagree with the comment that this is in league with but a few female warriors, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The fact is, this movie is in league with a great MANY other movies that I am reminded of including but not limited to the TV sensation Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Femme Fatale, Little Nikita, Elektra, Mr. & Mrs.Smith, Point of No Return-INDEED-, Aeon Flux (2005), Ultraviolet-BLAH-UNDELICIOUS-, Underworld, Just to name a couple. ;) Oh yeah, yikes, I almost forgot, KILL BILL VOL 1 & 2!!!!! The reason why there are so many of them is because women kicking serious be-hind is always a great theme especially when they come in the form of a Beatrix Kiddo - "Black Mamba." So my apologies for my eulogy, but as far as this movies goes I also believe that it is one of those gems that get tossed out because of a couple of bad scenes. Not that I haven't dismissed a great movie that had a crappy ending, but I felt that this movie should be viewed and enjoyed for the rest of its content, forgetting those bad scenes.

Ugh. This movie was pretty bad, but if you like B or grind-house-style movies then it might fit your taste. I don't mind the occasional B-flick, but grind-house/70's-era cheap pulp don't satisfy. The storyline of this movie was terrible and the acting was straight-up high school special! The way Eve carries out her hits is laughable and the fight choreography is wooden and contrived. Then there's the knife-scene... come on, really are you friggin kidding me?!?! Terrible and boring movie.Save yourself the time, get a different movie from the bargain-bin this will be in and save yourself the time/$5. Also, ignore the 10-star ratings, they must have some kind of invested interest in the film or are stuck back in the cheap cinematography days. Note to self... If all of Ed Brubaker's films are this bad, I need to remember to pass on any films bearing his name.