Jannina Poynter is known only for one film...the one I'm reviewing now. Sultry and quite fit, the actress will be put through the grinder in this one. She'll also do something that many actresses refuse to do...she'll be gang raped as part of her portrayal. Miss Poynter is not an atypical actress to appear in a Ted V. Mikels film. He finds babes, who can act, and who will do what most won't. Tortured, humiliated, and violated, Miss Poynter will come through just fine in our exploitation gem today, the 1987 Ted V. Mikels spectacular, "Angel of Vengeance."
The sultry Tina (Poynter) is back in the town she grew up in. Now she is all grown up and has quite a shape. She rents a cabin in the woods with a plan to write a book about her dad...I know...yawn! A group of ne'er-do-well survivalists notice her and feel compelled to rape her. These survivalists first introduce themselves to Tina when Manny (Macka Foley) heads over to her cabin to rape her. Tina beats him up, calls the cops, but doesn't press charges. Major Hargrove (David O'Hara) leads the survivalists inside a desert compound. He hates women...all of them are trouble. He has no idea. He brings his survivalists into battle with a neer-do-well biker gang and they massacre the bikers. A sultry biker babe, Linda (Linda Eden) is taken prisoner.. She'll be raped a lot by Manny.
Then Tina is captured. She is beaten up, tied up, strung up upside down, and humiliated. She'll be put in the same cell as Linda. Manny comes by and promises to rape her. Unfortunately for Tina, she will be raped one by one by all the survivalists. Now the Major wants to slit her throat. When Tina gives him sass, he decides to let her loose in the wilderness and allow his men to hunt her down. Oops...he did not know Tina also has a survivalist background...he'll find out. Crossbows, grenades, machineguns, daggers, booby-traps, and sticks will all assume the role of weapons of choice. As hordes of survivalists begin the hunt, they have no clue they are the underdogs.
Will the gang rape of Tina make the deaths of the hulking survivalists bloodier? Is there a chance that Major Hargrove can prevail in his plans to cut Tina's throat? Is this the greatest feminist anthem, as far as film goes, since "I Spit on Your Grave"? Ms. Poynter gives an energetic performance and we love watching her run, sweat, being tortured, and prevailing. For some gratuitous revenge exploitation, see "Angel of Vengeance."
