about a project that the major networks wouldn't dare to touch. Yeah, perhaps it could have found a home on HBO, or it could have been released direct to DVD, but by creating it initially for the web, creator Ed Brubaker, at the time best known as a comics writer (he's written Batman, Daredevil, Captain America, the X-Men, and many other titles) was able to do things his way. Instead of having to stretch the story out or make it fit some conventional format, Brubaker presents his story as a series of ten 8-10 minute episodes each of which moves the story along quite nicely. It's the perfect way to tell the story he want to without worrying about advertisers or network restraints.Angel of Death is the story of Eve, an assassin for hire who, due to a nearly fatal brain injury she receives in the first episode, becomes haunted by visions of her previous victims. These visions eventually set her upon a path of revenge against her former employers. Bloody and violent, (the "nearly fatal brain injury" I mentioned earlier? Yeah, that occurs at the end of the first episode which sees Eve fleeing the scene of a botched assassination with a hunting knife sticking out of the top of her skull) there is a certain Tarantino-like quality to the proceedings, a feeling that is probably enhanced by the presence of Zoe Bell, who stars as Eve, and who was featured in Tarantino's Grindhouse effort Death Proof. Bell was also the stunt double for Lucy Lawless in the TV show Xena, Warrior Princess, and both Lawless and Ted Raimi (who was also in Xena) make appearances.
Angel of Death did eventually get a DVD release, and can be purchased in that format. but it is also still available for free on the web at Crackle, where it premiered.
I've embedded the first episode below, and you can click the Crackle link above to see the rest.
From Crackle:
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