by Hal Erickson
synopsis
In writer/director Anne Wheeler's Bye Bye Blues, a blue-collar family finds all sorts of unorthodox means to confront the tribulations of World War II. In Angel Square, Wheeler deals with a more contemporary subject: random street crime. Ned Beatty stars as a standard-issue husband and father in a "safe" neighborhood. Beatty's sense of security is violated when he is brutally beaten by a youth gang. The familial spirit of Bye Bye Blues is carried over into the climax of Angel Square, with Beatty's neighbors uniting to track down his assailants.
characteristics
- Search
- Revenge
- Teen
- Vendetta
- Vigilante
- Vengeance
- Retribution
- Retaliation
- Bad-guy
- Avenge
- Coming-of-age
- Friend
- Neighborhood
- Good-guy
- Attack
