HorrorMystery

Angel Heart

- It will scare you to your very soul.

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.

Release Date : 1987-03-06

Language :FrenchEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Winkast Film ProductionsUnionCarolco Pictures

Production Country : CanadaUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Harry Angel

Original Name : Mickey Rourke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louis Cyphre

Original Name : Robert De Niro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Epiphany Proudfoot

Original Name : Lisa Bonet

Gender : Female

Character Name : Margaret Krusemark

Original Name : Charlotte Rampling

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ethan Krusemark

Original Name : Stocker Fontelieu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Toots Sweet

Original Name : Brownie McGhee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Fowler

Original Name : Michael Higgins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Connie

Original Name : Elizabeth Whitcraft

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sterne

Original Name : Eliott Keener

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spider Simpson

Original Name : Charles Gordone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Winesnap

Original Name : Dann Florek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Kathleen Wilhoite

Gender : Female

Character Name : Izzy

Original Name : George Buck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Izzy's Wife

Original Name : Judith Drake

Gender : Female

Character Name : Det. Deimos

Original Name : Pruitt Taylor Vince

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baptism Preacher

Original Name : Dave Petitjean

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cajun Heavy

Original Name : Rick Washburn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cajun Heavy #2

Original Name : Neil Newlon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Voodoo Dancer

Original Name : Karen Davis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pastor John

Original Name : Gerald Orange

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-05

"Harry Angel" (Mickey O'Rourke) lives a pretty hand-to-mouth existence as a New York PI when he is hired to track down a musician named "Johnny Favorite". Now this fella really doesn't want to be found, and after a while our street-smart investigator begins to contemplate that maybe this search isn't really all that his employer "Louis Cyphre" (a Rasputin-esque Robert De Niro) has in mind. As the search becomes more intricate, "Angel" finds himself having doors slammed in his face, or even worse before he is immersed in a world of voodoo in a distinctly unwelcoming New Orleans. Corpses are starting to pile up and "Angel" is starting to get cold feet. Can he stay the course and discover the whereabouts of his quarry? Can he also discover quite why the enigmatic "Cyphre" wanted him on the case in the first place? This is one of those whodunit's where the quest itself is not one of the more riveting parts of the plot. "Angel" has an ability to turn almost everyone he sees into metaphorical stone - including Charlotte Rampling's rather mysterious "Margaret" - what's going on? Alan Parker keeps the Hjortsberg story moving along quite faithfully to the book, allowing us to gradually get a sense that all is not as it seems, that poor old "Angel" is being manipulated and that things are probably not going to end well for him! O'Rourke carries that off really well - he injects a swarthiness and grit to his character who clearly isn't quite as hard as he would like people to think, and De Niro - though infrequently on screen - also manages to create that slight sense of malevolence as the penny begins to drop for all watching. It's a bit slow out of the gate, but it does build well to a denouement that is amongst the best in this extensive genre.