Back in the city, an abysmal group of men (Martin King, Kurt Hull, Jim Donald Ellis, and Scott Duthie) are on the run after a violent bank robbery. They need a place to hide out and head for the isolated safety of the woods. It’s inevitable that these diverse factions of the disheartened woman and the desperate men will become entwined and change each other’s lives in significant ways. Jessica’s calming night after the storm she has endured has in reality only entered the eye of it, and there will hazardous new twists when the tempest of fugitives makes her cabin their course. When the villains appear at Jessica’s door, her subjugated nature leads her to easily let them talk their way inside. She is unprepared and seeks only to escape rather than confront them directly. This brings their wrath upon her and she finds herself the target of four men of her husband’s ilk.
The film follows closely all of Jessica’s adversities as she tries again and again to free herself from the nightmare and how she endures repeated degradations at the whims of her unwanted guests. Her story is devastating to behold, yet Jessica stubbornly and continuously refuses to concede. The personal story of Jessica is even deeper than the up-front story of her night of terror. Her heartbreaking portrayal conveys the despair felt by victims of abuse and the pain seeps through the film to envelope the viewer.
Iman gives an intensely genuine performance as a woman beaten down by the world who is trying to reclaim her self-respect and femininity. Her Jessica is a woman on the edge of mental and emotional defeat, but not completely fallen. A refreshing bonus is she looks and acts like a real woman, not some barely-past-puberty casting-couch starlet. Iman is simply the best part of the film.

“Angel of Death” is not a comforting film and is not meant to be. The audience will experience every moment of anguish alongside Jessica and will rejoice in her ultimate retribution. “Angel of Death” is a tight independent thriller that will leave you traumatized.