elshikh4 The second most beautiful thing in this movie is a question it asks and answers : what if the decrees of fate impose seemingly absurd logic, that mixes the habitual with the non-comprehensible, upon the life of a peaceful young girl? Well, that life would be overturned, and that girl would find the last thing she'd ever expect : Her self.. Her truth. Actually, she took off her mask and saw her long-hidden personality as nothing but a professional killer ! The first most beautiful thing in this movie is the way how it excelled in comprising the thriller action elements, the black comedy, and the perspicacious vision for embodying that meaning of transformation as a way to find the truth, all while the good story is still on. Externally it's a crime thriller, with many chases, gunfights, and surprises. And profoundly it's about one human who finds the meaning of life, and meets happily with the raison d'etre; even if it happens to be – as for us – so ugly thing !It managed also to make a sort of criticism for the modern materialism which turned our world into a crazy absurd hell. Look at the movie's witty structure : The ones who want love and peace, 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 this world's masters, owners of success and most clever dancers (The killing master, the new Angel, the head of the gang). Really, what a mad logic but dominant ! (Sheryl Lee) could be whisperingly innocent or explosively sexy, both while nailing one-of-a-kind prurient look in her eyes. (Kyle Chandler) did fair; being – however – the least charismatic one in the bunch. Now to a provocative point I hate to bring up; what this movie could have been if it had (Jack Nicholson) as the killing instructor ?! It's provocative because the dearly loved (James Belushi) did a good job as our sick days' version of Zorba (new, contemporary yet lethal). But the thing is he, (James), is still dearly loved ! With a bigger budget this movie could have been bigger. But who said that size matters ?! Yes, it might have been more visually dazzling, soundly hot, or famous. But I see that the movie, as it is, maintained a balanced condition where the "Hollywood" things come out as unneeded luxuries. Therefore, it just dazzles me the way it is. Originally, most of the flashy Hollywood movies fails to achieve the equilibrium made in here ! (Angel's Dance) is simple, deep and entertaining; 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 have fun only. It gathered interesting drama with excellent cogitation, and executed them rightly. You may feel that it's short, though I bet you, that happens because we don't run into movies like this much, so you just love it to be longer than what it is !So, in conclusion; "What can angel do in a world has no angels ?!" Well, she can 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 ?!!

gazineo-1 Dissapointing 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).

bbx This film is described as a action/comedy. The first 15 minutes and James Belushi's presence point to it being a humorous gangster film.However, the introduction of the ridiculous female lead begins a number of ludicrous plot twists which do little to conceal the contrived ending. The film moves between comedy(description used loosely) and surreal drama with some out of context adult scenes thrown in. The lead female (the Angel of the title) is poorly acted and the actress is not helped by the script which requires some unbelievable, extremes of character to be portrayed. James Belushi is the only one who handles his part well but is also let down by the poor script. One to avoid.

nootjes The movie is a simple good comedy with a great concept. James Belushi is as magnificent as ever, and the other actors aren't too bad either. I am a fan of this sort of movie, but I think everybody will agree that this movie is a great way to spend some time.