Memorable, crazy movie

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Dark Angel: The Ascent starts in hell where a young Angel named Veronica (Angela Featherstone) has arguments with her brutal father Hellikin (Nicholas Worth) who works in hell as a torturer, Veronica wants to leave hell &after a big argument with her father she does. A portal from hell leads Veronica out of a sewer & into a small town in America, there veronica his hit by a car & is taken to the nearby All Saint's hospital where kind doctor Max Barris (Daniel Markel) falls for her innocent child like ways & offers her a place to stay. Veronica is intrigued by her new surroundings but it's not long before the Angel in her comes out after she realises how much evil there is on Earth, as a punisher of evil back in the pits of hell Veronica reverts to type & brutally kills anyone she thinks is a sinner as both she & Max begin to fall in love but can a human man & a dark Angel from hell ever be happy together?This Romanian American co-production from Charles Band & his Full Moon Entertainment production company when he actually still bothered making decent horror & sci-fi films was directed by Linda Hassani & is an oddball sort of fantasy horror romance that isn't exactly brilliant but a lot more interesting than a lot of Band's later output. Dark Angel: The Ascent is an odd mix of religious ideas, romance, comedy & horror with a little vigilantism thrown in there too that is memorable if nothing else although by the end of the film it felt like a collection of moments rather than a coherent film. Scenes are set in hell, on Earth & Veronica is this dark Angel who falls in love with a mortal man while dishing out some brutal justice to sinners she meets. The main theme of the film is all about being as good a human being as you can otherwise the wraith of God will punish you in one way or the other, it's a rather heavy handed message & I doubt anyone watching Dark Angel: The Ascent will take any notice anyway but the makers tried I suppose. The romantic side of things are very straight forward, man meets girl & they fall for each other but in typical fantasy style the girl happens to have descended from hell. The horror angle is alright too with scenes set in a fiery burning hell where tongues are cut off & people are tortured for infinity & there are a few decent kills back on Earth as well. While a mixed bag of a film at only 80 odd minutes it moves along at a decent pace, the story maintains interest throughout & the mixing of ideas & genres works quite well although it does get a little fractured towards the end with seemingly random events happening. Of course it's not perfect, the dialogue is very forced & sounds weird, the subplot about the Mayor disappoints & while Veronica is stabbed at one point with no apparent consequences when she gets shot at the end she almost dies so there's not much consistently & most damming of all I just didn't have much fun watching it as it's all a bit matter of fact & preachy.The film looks alright but it's painfully obvious that this was shot in Romania & not in the US where it's supposedly set, the makers probably used local actors & crew & maybe that's why the dialogue sounds so strange & forced like everyone is speaking in broken English. The film has a dark cold look to it, it's quite stylish without ever being visually amazing. The scenes set in hell are quite good too with a red fiery depiction of hell & the idea that Demons have families & daughters & go home after a hard days torturing sinners to eat their dinner that their wife has cooked them is quite amusing, the whole idea that they have family problems & arguments & rebellious children is also neat but does feel a little out of place & a little bit like a comedy sketch. While in hell Veronica has a pair of bad plastic wings & two horns which magically disappear when she arrives on Earth. There's a bit of gore here, there's a severed hand, a cut off tongue, a ripped out spine, a mutilated body, someone has a large pole pushed through them, throats are slashed & a people are stabbed. There's also a bit of nudity & sex as well.With a supposed budget of about $350,000 this looks like it had more spent on it actually as it has decent special effects & production values but I suppose Romanian labour is cheap. The acting isn't great, again maybe the Romanian cast being asked to act as Americans & speak in English has something to do with that. Angela Featherstone as veronica is quite good although not brilliant & she looks alright I suppose.Dark Angel: The Ascent is a film with some good ideas that never really come to fruition, the makers never really develop them so they have proper meaning & while it's different I didn't actually enjoy watching it that much. An oddball horror romantic fantasy with religious overtones that is good but not great.

When I saw Charles Band's name attached to this one, I should have known it would smell worse than the pit from which the title character came. One has to wonder with whom the "starlet" slept, for it obviously wasn't her "acting" that got her the nod. As for the other characters, I can't recall ever seeing such a mish-mash of robotic emoting combined with overacting so ludicrous that it would have been over-the-top even in a spoof.I find it amazing that this gobbler got such a high rating. Apparently the entire crew, plus their families, friends and pets must have been the only ones that voted. Overall, the DVD of "Dark Angel" is not worth the hellfire to melt it. Give it a miss.

I am somewhat of a B Movie junkie. I've seen this film about 4 times. The first time I saw it I was 15(Late Night Cable). I was hypnotized by the innocence of a demonic being and the depth of the story line. It was one of the best B movies I had ever seen even now 7years later. Featherstone wasn't playing apart she was the part of a beautiful demonic angel full of innocence and bloody justice. Her character made the movie and having a good script to work with didn't hurt either. Is it so hard to believe that God runs Hell, Demons are God fearing, and we suffer for our sins until we realize and repent. If I wasn't such a sinner I'd ask God for a job.If you haven't seen it see it, if you didn't like or even appreciate it for what it was you weren't really watching it.

Low-budget indeed! So many shots in this "film" were bereft of any visual detail or texture, its straight-to-video intentions were painfully apparent. Why did I start to watch this flick? Generally positive reviews found here and, more to the point, Videohound's four-bone rating (highest on the scale). This causes me to doubt the trustworthiness of anything the Videohound wrote. Did I finish watching this flick? No. Do yourself a favor; don't start.