Themes: Out For Revenge, Bodyguards, Woman In Jeopardy
Main Cast: Andy Garcia, Sylvester Stallone, Madeleine Stowe, Raoul Bova, Anthony Quinn, Harry Van Gorkum
Release Year: 2002
Country: US
Run Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Directed by Martyn Burke, Avenging Angelo centers around the life of bodyguard Frank (Sylvester Stallone) and his client, neurotic socialite Jennifer (Madeleine Stowe). Frank must constantly fight his emotions in order to maintain a strictly professional relationship with Jennifer, who has recently broken if off with her unfaithful husband. Matters are complicated further when Frank accidentally leads the sworn enemies of Jennifer's father, Mafia bigwig Angelo (Anthony Quinn), to her doorstep. Things are looking up for Jennifer, or so she thinks, when she meets Marcello (Raoul Bova), whom she believes to be a novelist. Unfortunately, Marcello is not what he claimed to be, and she finds herself in danger once more. With Frank by her side, she takes on the mob, and eventually, her feelings. Avenging Angelo was the late Anthony Quinn's final role. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Stefano M. Ortolani - Art Director, Evan Webber - Art Director, Mary Margiotta - Casting, Karen Margiotta - Casting, James Holt - Co-producer, Tracee Stanley - Co-producer, Maureen Norton - Co-producer, Denise Cronenberg - Costume Designer, Myron Hoffert - First Assistant Director, Martyn Burke - Director, David Codron - Editor, Kevin King - Executive Producer, Andrew Stevens - Executive Producer, Paul Rosenblum - Executive Producer, Mike Drake - Line Producer, Bill Conti - Composer (Music Score), Michael Lloyd - Musical Direction/Supervision, Eric Fraser - Production Designer, Ousama Rawi - Cinematographer, Tarak Ben Ammar - Producer, Elie Samaha - Producer, Stanley Wilson - Producer, Jaro Dick - Set Designer, Maurizio Argentieri - Sound/Sound Designer, Greg Chapman - Sound/Sound Designer, Will Aldis - Screen Story, Will Aldis - Screenwriter, Steve Mackall - Screenwriter
Years ago, a mob boss named Lucio Malatesta (George Touliatos) pinned the murder of rival Sammy Carboni (Gino Marrocco) on another rival named Angelo Allieghieri (Anthony Quinn), which led to Sammy's son Gianni vowing revenge.
Frankie Delano (Sylvester Stallone) has spent his life safeguarding Angelo as well as Angelo's daughter, Jennifer Barrett (Madeleine Stowe), whose unsavory husband Kip Barrett (Harry Van Gorkum) has had their young son Rawley (Ezra Perlman) placed in a boarding school against Jennifer's wishes.
Jennifer was raised by her adoptive parents Whitney Towers (John Gilbert) and Peggy Towers (Dawn Greenhalgh) and is not aware that Angelo is her father.
After Angelo is killed in a restaurant by a hit man named Bruno (Billy Gardell), 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 videotape 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 (Raoul Bova), 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.
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