Angels' Brigade
Angels' Brigade
PG | 01 February 1979 (USA)
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Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless drug pushers.

Reviews
adiadv1

So bad that it's mind boggling! Without the MST3K version, I might not have made it through the torture of watching it. That episode is one of their best!It's like a having a 70's themed nightmare strongly influenced by Gilligan's Island and Charlie's Angels screen test outtakes.The production reminds me of the concept behind "Bowfinger." I picture the recognizable actors as either desperate, bound by contract, paying back a huge favor or they were cleverly tricked into being in the film. "Seriously, Jack (Palance), this is a golden opportunity. Peter Lawford and Jim Backus are in."

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bensonmum2

When I write one of these things, I generally try to sound reasonably intelligent. I try to do more than write "It SUX" or "Best Movie I've Ever Seen". I honestly try to put a little more thought into it than that. But with Angel's Revenge (or Angels' Brigade – which I actually prefer), I'm at a loss. Angel's Revenge has to be one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen. No deep insightful stuff here – just stupid! At every opportunity, the movie completely insulted my intelligence. Want an example? – The mere fact that this group of women in matching white jumpsuits could sneak into a heavily guarded compound with their feathered hair and jiggling breasts and successfully disarm the bad guys with their lame attempts at martial arts and blow-up the place would insult the intelligence of anyone with an IQ above that of pond scum.With that being said, it's hard to admit that I actually enjoyed much of Angel's Revenge. Regardless of how bad it was, I was inexplicably entertained. There's just something about mindless 70s junk that I can't resists. I can't bring myself to rate it any lower than a 4/10.Angel's Revenge is yet another MST3K viewing for me. I've always thought that MST3K did some of their best work with movies like this (include Mitchell and San Francisco International in that mix). The riffs are often laugh-out-loud funny. On my MST3K rating scale, I give this episode a 4/5 – an episode worth seeking out. Finally, I've seen Angel's Revenge compared with Charlie's Angels in a number of reviews. While Charlie's Angels may have "inspired" the making of Angel's Revenge, the comparison should end there. Kate, Jaclyn, and Farrah come across as thespians when compared with this group of women!

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deheor

I am not a so bad its good fan. I have never been big on the whole ironic viewing experience. Even with mediocre films that I enjoyed there was something I honestly liked about them. But now I am torn because other then the women I can't think of a reason to like this film and yet I did. Does that mean I am shallow, quite possibly. Does it mean I just like staring at cleavage, can't argue with that. But usually it takes a lot more then eye candy to get me to like a film but there is something about this one that gets me.The plot is simple, street pusher (Darby Hinton) sells drugs to children and no one can stop him except of course the seven from heaven. A school teacher, a vegas lounge singer, a martial arts instructor, a model, a stunt woman, a cop and a high school student all join forces to bring down the drugdealer's boss, the kingpin Peter Lawford who along with his right hand man Jack Palance seems to have cornered the primary school drug racket. The women are all gorgeous with special mention going to Playboy playmate and H.O.T.S star Susan Kiger as the singer. If you can keep your eyes from drifting lower during her sequences you are a far better man than I am.The film gets more bizarre as it goes along as these Magnificent Seven (or actually 14 if you consider how they are costumed) seem to bring down the bad guys with relative ease. This film was clearly aimed at young kids so no one ever poses any real threat to them. When one of the ladies are captured they only dump her in a pool tied to a tea set. Director Greydon Clark (a favorite of mine) helps keep everything moving at a fast clip and the actresses are all quite likable which makes it a big improvement over his previous film Satan's Cheerleaders.If you are nervous about watching this film pick up the MST3K version. The movie is shortened so it is even faster paced and their humour helps it through some slow patches. But if you have only seen that version you should keep your eyes out for the original on VHS. You will be surprised at just how watchable it is.

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Xarathos

I recently realized that I miss Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show where a guy and two robots watch bad movies. I realized that I had either tossed or thrown out all my episodes years ago. Fortunantly, I found a tape and this one was on it. The movie is about a school teacher who enlists the help of a group of crime fighters with some support from a Las Vegas pop star to blow a drug lab. That's it. With Mike and the Bots fun as had by all. Even through the opening and closing credits. The move is incredibly bad with stale acting and Jack Palance who plays the drug ring middle management guy who has to help the idiot drug pusher employees like Sticks. Sticks is an idiot who get captured by the chicks. The 'seven' first have to get an armored car from Mr. Haney (from Green Achers) and steal weapons from Thirston Howell the third, who is leader of a right-wing militia group. Even though only is it an embarrasing role for Jim backus, his uniform is better than most real militia members. Add in Alan Hale Jr as the singers manager and a song called 'Shine Your Love' and it tops off this horrendous film. Oh, Peter Lawford is the drinking drug kingpin who dies in a pool. Crow (from MST3k) adds his comment:"By this time my lungs were aching for booze." as Lawford lies dead in a pool.Angel's Revenge (as it was called on MST3K) is a incredibly bad movie. The MSTIE crew really had funny comments through out the film. It's really one of their best in my opinion. My best review of the actual film can be summed up by Mike Nelson when he said of the film: "Oh, this is offending one-celled animals" It was great to see all the seventies references for them to riff on. So only see this film with MST3k. It's Hilarious.

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