Avenging Angelo (2003)
A woman who has recently discovered that she is the daughter of Angelo, a major mafia boss, decides to wreak vengeance when he is killed by a hitman. She's aided by his faithful bodyguard, with whom she soon falls in love.
Her life is his job.
Frankie Delano: I believe there's a possible exception to every rule in a book.
Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
New York City, New York, USA
(aerial unit)
Never released theatrically in the United States. Went direct to DVD.
Anthony Quinn's last film.
Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe play father and daughter here. In Revenge (1990), Quinn and Stowe played husband and wife.
Anthony Quinn passed away during production of this movie, and was released posthumously.
When Sylvester Stallone is giving himself stitches to his gun shot wound, he tells Madeleine Stowe that's it's ok he's done this before. Possible nod to First Blood(1982) when Rambo stitches the cut on his arm.
Continuity
At the opera, the book and the candle on the table switch positions.
When Jennifer is watching the video of Angelo Allieghieri, shots alternate between her sipping from a glass and swigging from a bottle of Jack Daniels.
When Frankie and Johnny are talking on the dock, they are very close to each other when viewed from the front, but further away when viewed from the back.
When Jennifer says to Frankie that an Allieghieri will never bow down, Frankie says he wished he never said that to her. In fact, it was Angelo who told her that in his DVD message.
When Frankie and Jennifer talk in the kitchen, there's one candle on the table. Amy leaves and Frankie blows out a candle which was not on the table before.