Angel - Watch Order: Release Order
The Angel series is a gritty 1980s exploitation thriller franchise that follows Molly, a teenager living a double life as "Angel" on the streets of Los Angeles. The series explores themes of survival, crime, and urban decay through its protagonist's encounters with violence and corruption.
The first three films form a complete trilogy, with each entry recasting the lead role while maintaining story continuity. Angel III: The Final Chapter was intended to conclude the series, but a fourth film was produced six years later with only loose connections to the original trilogy and is generally considered non-canonical by fans. Also, it's terrible.
Linear Timeline: Release Order = Story Order
Angel
Molly Stewart, a teen at the top of her class who survives by working nights as a prostitute on Hollywood Blvd, finds her world beginning to fall apart when a depraved, necrophiliac serial killer begins targeting LA’s streetwalkers.
Avenging Angel
Molly Stewart, now a law student at UCLA, is determined to leave her prostitute past behind. After learning that the detective who helped save her life has been murdered, she quickly finds herself pitted against an underworld of mob figures who might be more than she's bargained for...
Angel III: The Final Chapter
Molly Stewart is now a successful freelance photographer in New York, and after seeing a familiar woman at an art gallery, begins to suspect that she might be her long missing mother. Following her trail to Los Angeles, Molly finds herself in the center of a major crime syndicate who will stop at nothing to execute their diabolical plans.
Angel 4: Undercover
Former prostitute Molly Stewart works as a police photographer. When an old friend, a groupie in pursuit of the lead singer of a rock band, is found murdered with a guitar string, she goes undercover as Angel to find the killer.
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