Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)

What do Nazis and Angels have in common?  Usually nothing.  But Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace and all its demon-killing weapons is about to change that as the Holy War returns to the streets of Los Angeles when a faithless Iraqi war veteran, with the help of his old platoon, sets off to find the Warriors of Peace, their only hope in defeating an archangel’s rising army of gargoyles and demons.

Strap in, Genre-Hopping Cinefiles, things are going to get bumpy.  This sequel is much better than it sounds . . . you just have to stick with it in order to get to all the winged demon killing . . . and a glorious showdown between Randy Couture and even more demons as William McNamara as Roman brings on the doomed legions!

"rock ‘em schlock ‘em late Friday night entertainment which should not be taken seriously"


That’s right, the age-old battle between good and bad continues in Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace.  It’s a sequel that few -if any - asked for but, thankfully, the on-screen battles between angels and demons works to create a supernatural mix of action and sci-fi thriller beats as stars Denise Richards (Starship Troopers), Josh Burdett (Loving Vincent), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), and UFC legend Randy Couture (The Expendables) take on the Archangel Michael, (Michael Teh; Paradise Cove, Days of Our Lives) and all sorts of CGI baddies in director Ali Zamani’s film.

Co-written by Zamani and Chris Kato, Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace merges the story of a Iraqi War veteran with a sudden Higher Calling to action as he attempts to get his old team back together to do the will of God’s messenger: Balthazar (Gooding), who is   sipping on the PTSD victim’s wine.  Don’t question it.  Just go along for the ride like Gabriel and his team does, bringing their skills - as damaged as their spirits might be - in war with them as they fight for the salvation of the planet against Michael and his Soldiers of Darkness.Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)

Okay, so this is B-grade material through and through.  It’s rock ‘em schlock ‘em late Friday night entertainment which should not be taken seriously.  Think of a slice of heavenly cheese on a wafer-thin cinematic cracker and you get it.  While it does have its moments of introspection - hinting at more to come from this mythology - nothing posited here should be taken outside of its running time.

All of this nonsense talk about the End of Times is thankfully salvaged by the script’s great use of comedy - punctuated by a funny scene in which The Raid 2’s Arifin Putra as Trigger tries to pay a stripper in cryptocurrency - and a healthy dose of some pretty good CGI in the bone-rattling finale is how it comes out on the winning side of movie-watching: it’s inherit ridiculousness is part of its charm.

Uncork'd Entertainment is releasing the action thriller Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace On Digital and On Demand July 9.

3/5 stars

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Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)

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Director
: Ali Zamani
Writer:
Chris Kato; Ali Zamani
Cast:
Denise Richards; Cuba Gooding Jr.; William McNamara
Genre
: Action | Adventure | Sci-fi
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Distributor:
Uncork'd Entertainment
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Release Date:
July 9, 2024
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Synopsis: Follows an Iraq War veteran called by a higher power, who embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.

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Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)