Also this Direct-to-video Thriller (Nostalgic for this type of Thriller as they used stacked up the shelves of Blockbuster video back in the day) is called Backflash 2: Angels don't sleep here but it's a name only "Sequel" to another Robert Patrick film that came out a year before this one called, Backflash & it was a Direct-to-video Road Movie Thriller where Patrick played a completely different character (a lonely but nice video store owner looking for adventure) & i think because that cheap flick did well as it was a twisty, weird Noir style Road Thriller that they used that title for a sequel but in name only.
I actually remember seeing this film on the shelves of my local Blockbuster, i miss the video days. This is the only film by Paul Cade!!! A one-off directed film & a very well directed B-movie thriller it is. Anyway these two greats aren't the main characters here but they do have alot of great scenes.
To have these two underrated "Character Actor's" share scenes together & have their names side-by-side & top-billed on the cover of the film is so exciting for me.
#ANGELS DON T SLEEP HERE SERIES#
Robert Patrick was also a favourite of mine since his iconic role as the T1000 is the Classic action sci-fi film T2 & the best Die Hard film that is Die Hard 2: Die Harder & then i absolutely loved him in the X-Files series & the excellent underrated action-horror sequel From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money & from there i checked out anything Patrick was in such as The Faculty, Cop land, Zero Tolerance, Tactical Assault, Rogue Force & many more, he's one of my favourite actors ever. Scheider has always been there in my movie-loving-world since i was little & consider him a legend of Cinema. I also watched Scheider in the early 90's Saturday evening sci-fi show Seaquest & of course loved him in the 70's Cop Thriller Classic, The French Connection & the 1983 Cult Classic Cop Thriller, Blue Thunder. Having these two greats starring together & sharing scenes together is to me more exciting than when De Niro & Pacino faced off in Heat!!! Roy Scheider I've been of since little & growing up watching Jaws & Jaws 2 & always loved his iconic role as police Cheif Brody. I had to track this film down because it stars two of my all-time favorite actors ever, Robert Patrick & Roy Scheider. This probably wasn't anywhere close to being a classic, but it wasn't garbage either. For the type of movie, this was not excessively violent, though violence was a part of it. By the end things were very confusing, so it would be hard to call this movie predictable. But a major development halfway through gave it a new energy, and the second half was not only exciting but sometimes chilling, helped by very weird music and sound effects that included heartbeats.
At first there didn't seem to be much to this movie, and flashbacks to Michael's earlier life (including scenes with his brother Jesse) were frequent and annoying. Meanwhile, someone is watching Michael's apartment and taking pictures of him. The mayor will do anything-short of hurting his daughter-to guarantee his re-election. She doesn't get along with her father, mainly because of his morals, and she tells Michael her mother was given six months to live two years ago. Porter (we're told he is mayor of 'this city' and shown that it is a large city, but never told what city). His former girlfriend Kate is the daughter of corrupt mayor Harry S. The twin brother of pathologist Michael Daniels has been missing for ten years, but Michael will not give up the search.
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