L'ange rouge

This is a tense, tragic crime story about prostitutes caught in a territorial struggle between pimps. One pimp is psychotic and the other is just a thug. The characters are believable enough that the tension works, you can feel the danger the women are in, and feel sorry for them when their friends are hurt.

There are a few shots of strippers in a nightclub and prostitutes at work, but no more than are needed to advance the plot. This isn't a soft-porn, it's a drama.

Hard to imagine a worse movie than this. Doesn't even qualify as a "it's so bad it's funny" flick. I couldn't place who the lead actress was until I looked it up and realized it was the same girl from the 80's sitcom "Head of the Class". What, besides $, would make her do this?

This movie barely falls into the "so bad, it's good" category of movies. It's basically about five prostitutes who live on the streets and dream of a better life. One of them cares for her mentally challenged brother, who is that way after being hit on the head as a toddler by an adult. After the brother witnesses the hookers' psychotic pimp kill one of their own, it's an all-out war:the pimp vs. the whores. The ending was suspenseful, and the acting was decent, but that was pretty much all this has to recommend to it. I got this as part of a Roger Cormon double feature DVD I got along with the movie Streets-that one was better. This was wasn't too good-OK at best.

** out of ****

It was actually a pretty decent late night film have a copy of it on it DVD a double feature with a similar film called streets both are rarer films but this particular one I found rather enjoyable seen it a few times I would recommend if you're a Jeffrey dean morgan fan

This is a bad movie that I happen to enjoy and find entertaining. I saw it on HBO about 7 years ago, and liked it enough to tape it and watch it a few times. Yes, I know it's exploitive and sleazy, but then again I certainly wasn't bored. I actually like the ending a lot. The last few moments are actually fairly well-done.