Gabriel's World Saving

Bruce Von Stiers

There have been countless tales of good versus evil. Many of them are specific in detailing the good entities and the bad entities. Some pit humans against demons and others use humans to battle against dark angels. These tales are spoken stories and written down in books. And quite a few of those tales have been made into films.

One of the latest films to jump into the angels versus demons arena is Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace. The film takes an Iraq war veteran and has him undertake a mission to save the world from an army of the dead.

Gabriel had been a squad leader in Iraq. An attack leads him to be shot through the back. But that was in the past. Now Gabriel is back home and is trying to lead a normal life. But waking from a bad dream about how he got wounded, Gabriel finds a man in his kitchen. The man tells Gabriel he's been recruited. But, no, Gabriel did his time in the service and is out. But that's not what the guy meant. Gabriel is being recruited to save mankind. Gabriel's not having any of it.

There is a different guy who is trying to recruit other people. This guy tries to recruit a fighter who's just won an illegal fight. If the fighter can beat the guy, he gets a gym bag full of gold. If the fighter loses, the guy gets his soul.

The film has another one of those recruitment segments, this time with a psycho dude who butchers women.

The guy who's doing all the recruiting of these bad people is Michael. He is a fallen angel, doing the bidding of lucifer. That's kind of a flip-the-switch thing. In theology and other tales, Michael is a symbol of peace and a guardian of the Israelites. Here, he is a sinister being intent on destroying the earth.

Not to be deterred, Gabriel's visitor finally convinces him to gather up a team and save the world. Gabriel's visitor is Balthazar, who in biblical stories was one of the wise men who brought the gift of myrrh to the baby Jesus.

Gabriel's team is the one he served with in Iraq. Trigger was the team's sniper. Leah was their medic and Paul was a top shooter.

Though I'm not too clear on why, the team ends up in the country of Georgia. There they seek clues as to where to find Michael and his army of the dead.

A chance encounter at a strip club finds the team with sudden allies. And another ally is found in a woman named Deborah, who is some kind of weapons expert.

For the rest of the film, there are clues and obstacles the team encounters. There are setbacks and advances in the team's quest. And near the end of the film, there is a final showdown between good and evil.

Josh Barnett was Gabriel. His previous credits include co-starring in films such as Redcap and Warhunt. Cuba Gooding, Jr. was Balthazar. He's got well over ninety screen credits including Jerry McGuire, Selma and Freedom.

Arifin Putra was Trigger. He's noted for starring in the slasher horror film, Bloodlust Beauty. Korrina Rico was Leah. She starred in the thrillers Incision, Glass Jaw and Lost Angelas. Lee Kholafai was Paul. He was also in Glass Jaw and co-starred in Incision. Greg Canestrari was Padre, the leader of the other team trying to stop Michael.

The fighter I mentioned earlier? That was Randy Couture. Besides being a UFC champion, he's co-starred in all of the Expendables films along appearing in others such as Alpha Code and Final Kill. William McNamara was the psycho woman killer. He co-starred in Alpha Code.

Michael Teh was Michael. He has almost seventy screen credits, including a recurring role on Days of Our Lives.

The weapons expert, Deborah, was played by Denise Richards. From Wild Things to Starship Troopers to The Housekeeper, she has well over a hundred screen credits. In a cliché kind of thing, Deborah wears a white medical type of coat when she meets the team. Why do those weapon/gadget expert types of characters always wear doctor type of coats?

Also appearing in the film were Caitlin O'Connor, Silvio Simac, Monhib Abhat, Tehran Von Ghasri and Hanna Zamora.

Ali Zamani was the director and provided the story for the film. His previous directing credits include Opus of An Angel, Incision, Twisted Little Lies and the first film in this series, Angels Fallen. Chris Kato wrote the screenplay. He has over forty acting credits and has written screenplays for films such as Incision and Bang Bang Betty: Valerie's Revenge. Artur Gubin was the cinematographer. He's been the cinematographer for a bunch of short films, a few feature films and several music videos. Christian Davis composed the music for the film. His previous composing credits include the films Twisted Little Lies, Invitation to a Murder and The Quest For Tom Sawyer's Gold.

Bossa Nova Productions, Eleven Seven Productions, Millman Productions, Ron Lee Productions and Silent D Productions were the production companies involved in putting the film together.

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace is a pretty good action-adventure film. Good versus evil, good angel versus fallen angel and a ending of the world battle make for an entertaining viewing experience. The acting was well done, the filming showing the mountains in Georgia was terrific and the special effects were really good. Well, except for one scene where Gabriel gets wings. The wings were kind of cheesy looking.

The film is being distributed by Uncork'd Entertainment. Information about this film, and others that Uncork'd distributes can be found on their website at https://www.uncorkedentertainment.com/

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace is available now on VOD and streaming services such as amazon, VUDU and YouTube.

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