#Dark angel the ascent movie

If this movie was to work, it needed a Big Bad equivalent to The Crow's Top Dollar, and the absence of one feels like an empty space in the plot. Naturally there's a love story as well, between VeronicaĪnd a human, but it again is lacking the emotional weight or quality (in what seems like an unlikely homage to Taxi Driver),īut even that character is given almost zero weight or real There is a sleazy public figure who becomes the focus of her scorn Perhaps the biggest problem is that there is no real villain Progress, as none of it feels like it is building towards anything This robs the story of any sense of a three-act structure in Specific end, but is instead just generically going after evildoers. Veronica isn't hunting down any specific people or pursuing any Narrative thrust it feels far too haphazard and random. HerĪcts of vengeance against evil humans have no real direction or Nearly everything else about the script is pretty disappointing. It's a bit depressing how much our go-toĮxamples of systematic oppression and bigotry haven't changed orĭiminished at all in two decades. Pedestrians, a decidedly Trump-ish politician throwing around hatefulĪnti-immigrant rhetoric. Years ago when first released: racist cops beating up black Interesting, as it is every bit as relevant today as it was twenty Some of the types of human evils she encounters is also quite Theĭissonance between the visuals and the drama is used for a welcomeīit of humor, as the premise is established with tongue firmly inĬheek. Who just don't get her: it's a very normal, very human situation,Įxcept surrounded by Gothic horror set-pieces and fire. Observe our demon antihero, Veronica, living in Hell with her parents The early scenes in particular are very entertaining, as we The philosophical undertone that the residents of Hell aren't evil,īut are like a metaphysical justice system with a strict ethicalĬode. When she arrives in our world she is shocked and horrified by howĬruel and violent it is, and makes it her mission to dish out Living among humans (like some sort of hellish Little Mermaid), but

(Angela Featherstone) who dreams of going to the world above and It seems to be going for a dark, adult-oriented hybrid of superheroīut it never really finds a firm narrative drive. Ultimately it falls pretty flat, and is one of the weakerįull Moon flicks from around this time (though not quite at the Its core concepts to call it that – but it is nowhere near a It's not an outright failure – I was too intrigued by It by the low-budget, and I can only imagine fairly rushed, Unfortunately, this ambition hits a wall of limitations forced upon At a story level it is veryĪmbitious, and it has some very interesting themes at work. Get the blu-ray treatment is 1994's Dark Angel: The Ascent,Īnd we were lucky enough to get an early look at this new These restorations: they really show off just how good early-Full Watching these films on tape, I can't help but be really impressed by While part of me will always love the nostalgic experience of Time since whatever theatrical premieres they may have once gotten. Negatives or interpositives, overhauling the rushed-at-the-timeĬolor-correction, and releasing the films in widescreen for the first Some beautiful restorations for blu-ray: going back to the original

#Dark angel the ascent full

The last few years, though, Full Moon has been giving these films

Were, and it was an authentically nostalgic way to watch them. Still looked like the made-for-early-90s-home-video films that they This never bothered me, mind you: I just figured that they Laserdisc-quality transfers that we had been seeing since the films Re-releases typically featured the same old fullscreen Re-releases of the movies from their “golden era,” when they wereĪ subsidiary of Paramount. In the later-90s and never really recovered, they have neverįorgotten their roots, and over the years have offered several That were among the most well-made flicks produced specifically for Sci-fi, cranking out some very memorable films like Puppet Master

Moon Entertainment were the kings of straight-to-video horror and