Avenging Angelo


Avenging Angelo is a 2002 American direct-to-video crime comedy film directed by Martyn Burke and starring Sylvester Stallone, Madeleine Stowe, and Anthony Quinn. The film received mostly negative reviews.

Plot

Years ago, a mob boss named Lucio Malatesta pinned the murder of rival Sammy Carboni on another rival named Angelo Allieghieri, which led to Sammy's son Gianni vowing revenge.
Frankie Delano has spent his life safeguarding Angelo as well as Angelo's daughter, Jennifer Barrett, whose unsavory husband Kip Barrett has had their young son Rawley placed in a boarding school against Jennifer's wishes.
Jennifer was raised by her adoptive parents Whitney Towers and Peggy Towers and is not aware that Angelo is her father.
After Angelo is killed in a restaurant by a hit man named Bruno, Frankie introduces himself, tells Jennifer who he is and what he has been doing.
A neurotic mess, Jennifer can barely handle the news that Kip is a philanderer, let alone the revelation that she is a gangster's daughter. But a DVD prepared by Angelo in the case of just such an event convinces Jennifer that it's the truth.
Jennifer certainly doesn't want a full-time bodyguard, even Frankie. She ditches Kip and then falls for Italian romance novelist Marcello, who lectures at her book club. Frankie has suspicions about Marcello, but his job is to stay on the sidelines.
Frankie rescues Jennifer from a string of attacks. With many of Angelo's enemies, including Lucio Malatesta, terminated, Frankie allows her to visit Italy with Marcello. But it turns out that Marcello is actually Gianni Carboni, who had Angelo killed. And now Gianni plans to kill Jennifer.
It is up to Frankie to protect her one more time.

Cast

Filming

The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily.

Release

Critical reception

The film was met with mostly negative reviews by most critics. Scott Weinberg for eFILMCRITICS.com wrote that "Sly - despite his seemingly unquenchable desire to prove me otherwise - deserves better than this".
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 13% approval rating based on 8 reviews, with an average score of 4.41/10.