Angel of H.E.A.T.

It's clear that Angel of H.E.A.T. is crappy movie yet it's fairly entertaining. So you can say this is pretty good bad movie, not the best kind of though.

Marilyn Chambers is some sort of agent representing organization called Protectors. They work outside of the official organizations like FBI, CIA etc., so they can do stuff that real agents can't... Not that this is really shown in this movie. Her character is named Angel Harmony and in the movie she has to work with real agents to stop the mad scientist or something like that. If these agents are the saviors and protectors of the USA and the whole world, well, we are doomed. And this Angel Harmony should be the best of the best! OK, Marilyn looks good and it's great to watch her naked. There is some nudity but there should be more, then H.E.A.T. would be better trash. And if one have seen Chambers previous movies one is expecting more tits at least. Also Mary Woronow offers also some skin and nothing to complain about that either.

Action sequences are poor. Well, whole production is of course cheap and it shows.

There are some interesting characters besides Angel. In these kind of B-movies there's always has to be a midget and here we have one who tries to score our beautiful lady. Also, we have Asian martial arts expert called Hans (!) and Aryan looking agent called Wong (!) who is played by adult star Randy West.

Serious movie watchers: don't bother. But those who like all kinds of trashy movies and are remembering warmly 80's video era: you might want to check this.

Filmed in 1981 (and retaining its original shooting title as a subtitle "The Protectors Book #1"), "Angel of H. E. A. T." is a softcore sex science-fiction comedy failing to establish porn star Marilyn Chambers, in her second R-rated opus after "Rabid", as a female James Bond. Same territory was covered a decade ago in the successful "Ginger" series starring Cheri Caffaro, but the theatrical market has changed, leaving "H. E. A. T." unreleased and currently being telecast as cable-tv filler, as well as a homevideo title.

Stuck with an unfunny, sniggering screenplay, filmmaker Myrfl A. Schreibman goes for a silly tongue-in-cheek approach reminiscent of the spy spoofs of the 1960s, but the cast's arch readings become tiresome. His previous sci-fier (made with director Robert Fiveson) "Parts: The Clonus Horror", was also silly, but at least played straight Hokey plotting, which features numerous pauses in the action for verbal plot exposition, recaps and even a final wrapp, provides a surplus of good guys and a paucity of villains. Angel Harmony (Marilyn Chambers) leads a special unit of 'The Protectors', ex-intelligence agents turned international vigilantes, called "H. E. A. T. (acronym undefined), while Mark Wisdom (Stephen Johnson) and Samantha Vitesse (Mary Woronov) are government agents working parallel to her on the same mission.

Everyone's goal is to stop megalomaniacal scientist Albert Shockley (Dan Jesse), who is out to control the world with the aid of his android henchmen and high-frequency communications. Preposterous gimmick has his dwarf aide Randy Small (Jerry Riley) fronting a casino in Lake Tahoe where lab employees are bilked, forcing them to steal micro-circuits to pay their gambling debts and thus facilitate Shockley's Earth takeover bid.

Unfortunately, film wanders for the first few reels, with lots of dumb puns, bare breasts and failed gags, such as subtitles (with Yiddish words) for an all-American guy who talks with a Chinese accent and German accent for an oriental martial arts expert. There's also mud wrestling as a diversion and sex-crazed androids but precious little attention to the story.

Martial arts action scenes are poorly-executed, with the picture lacking the budget to compete with James Bond in stunts and special effects gimmickry. Chambers is convincingly sexy but the R-rated format restricts her and the film to teasing only. Interesting casting has the star of "Eating Raoul", Mary Woronov, who vaguely resembles Chambers physically (but is much taller) cast opposite her as a rival agent and later teammate. A surprisingly amoral touch has Woronov's lesbian role treated quite matter-of-factly.

Tech credits are good, with attractive lensing by Jacques Haitkin in the Lake Tahoe region. As lightweight, low-involvement entertainment, feature could work on the drive-in circuit or overseas where Bond imitations have an audience.

My review was written in July 1983 after watching the film on Cinemax.

Combining Marilyn Chambers and Mary Woronov into one film was a great idea. Woronov is one of the most underrated actresses in modern times. She's pretty funny when she wants to be and she's really got a killer body. The whole story is sort of convoluted like most of the 70s & 80s spy films. Other than Chambers and Woronov, the rest of the cast is full of period character actors and X-rated film stars doing some mainstream on their weekend off. There's lots of silly intrigue and excuses for Marilyn and Mary to take off their clothes. Maybe it should be a classic now that I think of it. It's out now and DVD and definitely worth watching.

One very funny,sexy movie. Miss Chambers is as beautiful as always, it's nice to see an adult film actress that takes her looks and career professionally. And Mary Woronov at 40 looking 15 years at least younger holds her own with Marilyn this was my first time seeing Miss Woronov and have been a die-hard fan since. The movie is pure escapism, just fun nothing to be taken seriously. My only issues are I can't find an affordable copy that is as clear and in focus and maybe it's just me but the way it was cut it gave me the impression that there was an X-Rated version that was cut down to an R-Rating, the mud wrestling scene in particular but still a very watchable and still very sexy movie. So as hard as I've looked for it (no pun intended) it has to be an amazing film.

Adult-film-star Marilyn Chambers makes an attempt at an R-rated comedy-adventure in "Angel of H.E.A.T." I don't know if this movie actually played theatrically or went straight to video. I only remember it from the Vestron Video, now defunct, release on tape and disc from the early '80s and have never seen it appear since on video.

There is a fair amount of nudity from Marilyn, but the film really centers on its story and not on sexual situations. The story seems a bit hard to follow and somewhat choppy. Marilyn is sent on an undercover mission to stop a world takeover plot. It sounds better than it actually plays out however and this feature ends up seeming longer than its actual 90+ minutes. I assume the LaserDisc represents the best this movie ever looked, though its transfer is pretty soft and blurry making one strain to make out details in the movie's many night/dark scenes. The movie is presented full-frame with mono sound.

I would say it is required viewing strictly for hardcore Marilyn Chambers fans, no pun intended, to see her in a non-hardcore movie. The only other non-xXx or mainstream feature I know from her is the 1978 horror movie "Rabid." "Rabid" is certainly Marilyn's best non-adult performance, but "Angel of H.E.A.T" is a semi-interesting curiosity item.