''Angel of Death'' is an action

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created by

Ed Brubaker Ed Brubaker (; born November 17, 1966) is an American comic book writer, cartoonist and screenwriter who works primarily in the crime fiction genre. He began his career with the semi-autobiographical series '' Lowlife'' and a number of serials i ...

. The series stars

Zoë Bell Zoë E. Bell (born 17 November 1978) is a New Zealand Stunt performer, stuntwoman and actress. Some of her most notable stunt-work includes doubling for Lucy Lawless in ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' and for Uma Thurman in ''Kill Bill''. As an act ...

as Eve, an

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taking revenge on her former employers. The series also features

Lucy Lawless Lucille Frances Lawless (; born 29 March 1968) is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'', as Number Three (Battlestar Galactica), D'Anna Biers on the re-im ...

. It is produced by White Rock Lake Production and distributed by

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. The episodes were released on

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from March 2 to March 13, 2009.

Plot

The show is a thriller about the assassin, Eve, who is employed by a ruthless crime family. After suffering a severe head trauma (knife through her head) while on the job, she begins to hallucinate and becomes haunted by her victims. As a result of her injury, Eve is driven to seek revenge on those who ordered the hits in the first place—her mob employers.

History

While developing the story about a cold-blooded killer growing a conscience, Brubaker's original idea for the series was a hitman afflicted with brain cancer, but then remembered watching a scene in an old PBS documentary series where a patient walked into the ER with a hunting knife stabbed right through his skull, and drew inspiration from that for Eve's head injury. ''Angel of Death'' is Brubaker's first online series. The show reunites

Ted Raimi Theodore Raimi (born December 14, 1965) is an American character actor, director and writer. He is known for his roles in the works of his brother Sam Raimi, including a fake Shemp in ''The Evil Dead'', possessed Henrietta in ''Evil Dead II'', ...

, and

- who all worked together on '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. Bell was Lawless's stunt-double on the long-running series.

Other formats

Once the show finished its original online broadcast, it was released on DVD, with new footage. The DVD was going to be released in June 2009, but instead ended up being released on July 28, 2009. A feature-length compilation of the web series was broadcast on

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and was available for viewing on

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until 2017.

Cast

: Eve, the assassin. *

: Vera, Eve's next-door neighbor. * Doug Jones: Dr. Rankin, who helps Eve after her head trauma. *

Vail Bloom Vail MacMillan Bloom is an American actress. She portrayed the character Heather Stevens on ''The Young and the Restless,'' for which she received a Daytime Emmy nomination. Bloom has also appeared in television guest roles, independent films, a ...

: Regina Downes *

: Jed Norton * Brian Poth: Graham Prescott *Justin Huen: Franklin *

Jake Abel Jacob Allen Abel (born November 18, 1987) is an American actor. He has appeared in the film adaptations of the young adult novels '' Percy Jackson'' (2010–2013), ''I Am Number Four'' (2011), and '' The Host'' (2013), along with portraying mus ...

: Cameron Downes * Monica Staggs: The Madame

Episodes

References

External links

''Angel of Death''
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Zoe Bell
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Lucy Lawless
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Paul Etheredge
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Ted Raimi
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