Angel III: The Final Chapter
(1988)
Reviewed by Stephen Livingston
Rating: 3.5 Beans

uess who's back? That's right...

Only this time, she's played by Mitzi Kapture (a porn pseudonym if I've ever heard one), who amazingly looks a lot like a grown up Donna Wilkes (Angel #1), and a bit like Betsy Russell (Angel #2) with a few years on her. And I guess she failed the LSAT, because she's now a socially proactive photographer. And I guess time passes fast in movie land, because she now looks about 28, whereas three years ago she looked about twenty. And I guess Rory Calhoun et al finally figured out how bad this would look on their resumés, so they're gone. So much for continuity.

Anyway, Molly, through a stroke of luck, manages to find her Mom, who abandoned her way back in the first movie. Unfortunately, Mom gets dead shortly after she tells Molly that she [Molly] has a sister that's been missing for a while. No time for mourning, as Molly gets her Angel stuff together, recruits a completely new street person guy, and goes looking for her sister in the seamy underground world of white-slavery/coke-dealing.

This one is actually the best of the three, which, while not a recommendation, is sort of impressive given the history of the series and the logistics of sequeldom. The production values are decent, the performances acceptable, there's a lot of decent tits on display, and it moves along fast enough that you don't feel the need to shoot yourself. In other words, it's sleazy enough to keep one interested (what else would you expect from writer/director Tom DeSimone, the guy responsible for _Reform School Girls_?). So, if Angel went out with this one, at least she'd go out with a solid bang (no pun intended). Of course, as greed would have it, Angel III is not the final chapter (nothing new to the movie biz). There's an epilogue called _Angel IV: Undercover_ that I've yet to been able to find. But when I do, I'll let you know.

Things to Look For: I can't rightly remember... I saw this one before I started taking notes; maybe Joe Cala has an uncredited cameo somewhere, so look for him.

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