''Angel's Dance'' is a 1999 American-German

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written and directed by David L. Corley and produced by David Bixler. The film stars

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and

Kyle Chandler Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965) is an American actor. He received critical acclaim for his performance as Eric Taylor in the NBC series '' Friday Night Lights'' (2006–2011), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding L ...

Premise

Tony wants to be a

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for the

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, but first he has to learn from a master. Enter Stevie "The Rose" Rosellini - cool, eats veggie dogs and quotes

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. Greco may not agree with Stevie's style, but he has to complete his training so he can go back and kill the Mafia's accountant, who is about to turn state's evidence. His final test: kill whoever is supposedly randomly picked out of the

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. His target: Angelica "Angel" Chaste, a very disturbed woman. Tony falls for Angel and fails to kill her, so Stevie sets out to finish the job.

Cast

as Stevie "The Rose" Rosellini *

as Angelica "Angel" Chaste *

as Tony Greco *

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as Nick *

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as Police Detective * Mark Carlton as Bob *

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as Norman *

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as Vinnie "Uncle Vinnie" * David Bickford as Accountant * Timo Flloko as "The Shank"

Critical reception

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'' wrote that ''Angel's Dance'' was, "A diverting, if just half-successful, attempt to put a fresh spin on the now-familiar mix of hit men and black comedy, "Angel's Dance" shifts the central p.o.v. to a female character --- then doesn't develop her well enough to make that refreshing switch pay off as well as it should."

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* 1999 films 1999 action comedy films 1999 black comedy films 1999 crime comedy films 1999 independent films American action comedy films American black comedy films American crime comedy films American independent films English-language German films Films about contract killing German crime comedy films German black comedy films German independent films Films about the American Mafia 1990s English-language films 1990s American films 1990s German films English-language independent films English-language black comedy films English-language crime comedy films English-language action comedy films {{comedy-crime-film-stub