Angel of Vengeance
[a.k.a. Ms. 45]
Dir: Abel
Ferrara
Star: Zoe Tamerlis, Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto, Helen McGara
[2] Mr. Ferrara has had an interesting career, ranging from
the notorious (and highly tedious) Driller Killer, to TV movies such as The Gladiator, recently shown here. This film (not to be confused with Avenging Angel) falls in the middle,
chronologically, and is a lot better than either, thanks mostly to a great performance from Zoe Tamerlis as the mute who is raped twice in one day, which causes her to wreak revenge on every man who looks at her.
She overcomes the difficulty of having no dialogue very well and Ferrara does what he does best, painting a picture of the City as Hell on Earth. One supreme moment with Ms. 45, dressed as a nun, kissing the bullets as she loads them up, which is simultaneously the stuff of fantasy and nightmare.
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