Angel III: The Final Chapter
{{short description|1988 film by Tom DeSimone}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Angel III: The Final Chapter
| image = File:Angel III - The Final Chapter (1988) VHS cover.jpg
| caption = VHS cover
| director = Tom DeSimone{{Cite book|title=Beyond the Stars|last=Loukides|first=Paul|last2=Fuller|first2=Linda K.|publisher=Popular Press|year=1990|edition=illustrated|series=Studies in American Popular Film|volume=3|pages=162|isbn=9780879726232}}
| producer = Arnold H. Orgolini
| writer = Tom DeSimone
| based_on =
| starring = Mitzi Kapture
Mark Blankfield
Emile Beaucard
Maud Adams
Richard Roundtree
| music = Eric Allaman
BerlinGame
| cinematography = Howard Wexler
| editing = Warren Chadwick
| studio = New World Pictures
| distributor = New World Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1988|11|10}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Angel III: The Final Chapter is a 1988 American action thriller film written and directed by Tom DeSimone.{{Cite book|title=The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography|last=Wayne Gunn|first=Drewey|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2013|isbn=9780810885882|pages=343}} It is the third installment in the Angel film series, and stars Mitzi Kapture in the role of Molly, a former prostitute.{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series|last=Armstrong|first=Richard B.|publisher=McFarland|year=2015|isbn=9781476612300|pages=9|last2=Armstrong|first2=Mary Willems|edition=illustrated}}
Premise
Molly, now a freelance photographer (having apparently abandoned law school) living in New York City, is at an art show and accidentally takes a picture of a woman who turns out to be her mother, who abandoned her over 14 years ago. Molly learns she has a sister and both are connected to a dangerous crime element. Molly goes to Los Angeles to find out if the woman is her mother. The reunion is short-lived when her mother calls her to tell her that her sister is in danger and later, her mother is killed in an explosion. Molly must once again become Angel to try and find her sister.
Cast
- Mitzi Kapture as Molly Stewart / Angel
- Maud Adams as Nadine
- Richard Roundtree as Lieutenant Doniger
- Mark Blankfield as "Spanky"
- Emile Beaucard as Shahid
- Kin Shriner as Neal
- Tawny Fere as Michelle
- S.A. Griffin as Roger
- Floyd Levine as Lieutenant Mellin
- Dick Miller as Nick Pellegrini
- Toni Basil as Hillary
- Anna Navarro as Gloria
- Julie K. Smith as Darlene (credited as Julie Kristen Smith)
- Paunita Nichols as Black Hooker
- Roxanne Kernohan as White Hooker
- Laura Albert as Nude Dancer
- Ashlyn Gere as Video Girl #2 (credited as Kim McKamy)
- Barbara Hammond as Video Girl #2
- Cheryl Starbuck as Video Girl #3
Reception
Michael Musto of The Village Voice stated that the film completes "a sort of Godfather trilogy of teen prostitution" and that he loves the film despite its poor quality.{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/05/12/great-bad-movie-alert-angel-iii-the-final-chapter/|title=Great Bad Movie Alert: Angel III: The Final Chapter|date=May 12, 2011|last=Musto|first=Michael|website=VillageVoice.com|access-date=July 12, 2020}}
Sequel
A fourth film in the series, Angel 4: Undercover, was released in 1993.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0094656}}
{{Angel (film series)}}
Category:1980s action thriller films
Category:1988 LGBTQ-related films
Category:American LGBTQ-related films
Category:American action thriller films
Category:Films directed by Tom DeSimone
Category:1980s English-language films