{"id":15134,"date":"2026-10-10T12:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T16:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=15134"},"modified":"2026-10-10T12:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T16:55:51","slug":"angel-and-the-badman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2026\/10\/10\/angel-and-the-badman\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel and the Badman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Angel and the Badman<\/strong> (2026)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Angel\/Western\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 105 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG-13 (violence\/bloody images, suggestive material, language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Julio Quintana\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Jaime Hernandez, Kevin M. Townsend and Christopher Tuffin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Hanan Townshend\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Alex Quintana\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: October 9, 2026 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Zachary Levi, Neal McDonough, Tommy Lee Jones, Meg Fraser, Jean Louisa Kelly, Barrett Ellis Luca, Melissa Chambers, Maurice Greene, Jesus Carus, Sean Bridgers, Manny Greenfield, Eric T. Esparza, Nicholas Logan, John Pyper-Ferguson, Matthew Blood-Smyth.<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0By now, we all know what typically happens during the end credits of films released by Angel Studios. It happens again in Angel and the Badman<\/strong>, but it\u2019s a little different. Neal McDonough, in character, appears with gun in hand saying \u201cStick \u2018em up!\u201d before ordering viewers to take out their phones, scan the QR code and put all their money in his bag. I always said it\u2019s robbery what Angel does and now they finally admit it themselves (albeit unintentionally).<\/p>\n

\u00a0A lot of folks, particularly younger ones, don\u2019t realize that Angel and the Badman<\/strong> is a remake of the 1947 western starring John Wayne and Gail Russell. In fact, a lot of young people probably don\u2019t even know who John Wayne is. I just saw the original for the first time a few weeks ago. It\u2019s a good flick. I had my concerns about the new version, especially the casting of Zachary Levi in Wayne\u2019s role. He\u2019s no substitute for The Duke. Nobody is when you think about it. To the actor\u2019s credit, he doesn\u2019t try to imitate Wayne. He puts his own spin on the role. He\u2019s pretty good and so is the movie (mostly).<\/p>\n

\u00a0The story is generally the same; the difference is in the details. I\u2019ll get into that soon. First, let me give you a rundown of the plot. Quirt (Levi), a man who lives a life of crime and violence, is taken in by a family after he collapses on their land suffering from a gunshot wound. The Worths, led by widow Irene (Kelly, Mr. Holland\u2019s Opus), are a Christian family. They believe in loving thy neighbor and helping out those in need. The one tasked with tending to Quirt is daughter Penny (Fraser, Bloody Hell) who tries to resist, but can\u2019t help but be attracted to him.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Basically, this is Quirt\u2019s chance at redemption, to leave behind his evil ways. First, he has to deal with past; namely, the outlaw Laredo (McDonough, Captain America: The First Avenger) who wants back the stolen Confederate gold Quirt stole from him. He goes looking for him leaving a trail of violence in his wake. In addition, a marshal (Jones, The Fugitive) is on his tail just waiting around to catch him doing something criminal so he can legally hang him. Quirt will eventually have to protect his newfound family from Laredo and his gang.<\/p>\n

\u00a0There are a few differences between the two versions of Angel and the Badman<\/strong>. For one, the family patriarch is deceased. He\u2019s replaced by a feisty grandmother (Chambers, Mayfair Witches) who always speaks her mind. For another, McDonough\u2019s Laredo is much more vicious than Bruce Cabot in the OG. And the whole bit about Quirt and an associate pulling a cattle heist? It\u2019s gone! It\u2019s mentioned once, but never acted on. The ending is a little different too. But like I said, the overall story is the same.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Levi doesn\u2019t do too badly as Quirt. He\u2019s fine as long as you don\u2019t sit there comparing him to John Wayne. If anything, he makes the character more believable because he\u2019s not Wayne. Audiences have certain expectations from Wayne, he\u2019s The Duke. He\u2019s always The Duke. Levi doesn\u2019t have that issue. What we get is an outlaw looking for redemption for the love of a good woman. He\u2019s not sure if he\u2019s worthy of either, but he tries. He may not be the western hero played by many a fine actor (e.g. Randolph Scott, Clint Eastwood) but he does the part justice.<\/p>\n

\u00a0McDonough excels at playing villains and does so again in Angel and the Badman<\/strong>. His Laredo is a cold, twisted SOB whose days are numbered due to an unspecified illness (TB, I think). The way he deals with a barroom full of strangers when one of his associates accidentally calls him by name is harsh and violent. It doesn\u2019t even faze him. Fraser is okay as Penny, a proper young lady trying to tame a wild stallion, a metaphor for the man she falls for. Chambers gets the best lines. Jones, on autopilot here, plays the grizzled marshal with his usual rough, no-BS style.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Angel and the Badman<\/strong> gets more into religion than the OG, but it\u2019s never preachy about it. Director Julio Quintana (The Long Game) weaves it seamlessly into the story. It\u2019s an interesting contrast to the non-bloody violence in a few scenes.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I don\u2019t think Angel and the Badman<\/strong> is great, but it\u2019s better than it should be. I liked it just fine. Of course, it pales in comparison to the 1947 film. But like I said, try not to think about the OG. You\u2019ll like the remake better that way.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Angel and the Badman (2026)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Angel\/Western\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 105 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG-13 (violence\/bloody images, suggestive material, language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Julio Quintana\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Jaime Hernandez, Kevin M. Townsend and Christopher Tuffin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Hanan Townshend\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Alex Quintana\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: October 9, 2026 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Zachary Levi, Neal McDonough, Tommy Lee Jones, Meg Fraser, Jean Louisa Kelly, Barrett Ellis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-now-playing"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Angel-and-the-Badman-POSTER.jpg?fit=620%2C918&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15139,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15134\/revisions\/15139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}