Avenging Angelo is a direct to video Stallone flick before he made his comeback with Rocky Balboa. I can't blame Sly for trying something different after a decade of mostly bad or unremarkable film work. This is a romantic comedy action mob movie that seems to cater to women. I could see this being well received on the Lifetime network or something. However, if you are a normal film fan or a fan of Stallone's action movies I will recommend to stay as far away from this as possible. It does have a good cast with Stallone, Madeleine Stowe and Anthony Quinn in his last performance. However, this film falls flat with me as nothing really comes together in this really corny and substanceless movie. Sly's performance is actually not bad, but the film as a whole is painful to watch. The mafia stuff is as cliche and unauthentic as it gets, there is very little action and the rom com elements are as cheesy as it gets with some of the lamest, most cringeworthy attempts at humor on celluloid. The romantic elements are as equally clumsy and forced into a film that would be better suited being played in a more subtle manner. If you are a soccer mom or something, this might be for you. But for a man pushing 50, I hated this and found this to be a grating and forgettable watch.
Review of Avenging Angelo
