jamericanbeauty Review of Angel Cop

Angel Cop (1989–1994)

First Half Hooks and Thrills You. Second Half is an Unfocused Lucifer Show.

[6/10 · 20 March 2022]

Terrorists attack a U. S. Embassy in Japan. The Special Security Force (SSF) are put on the case. Great detective work, graphic action, thrilling motorcycle chases, gruesome torture, counterterrorism, government corruption, and classified documents revealing a chemical weapon plan (unloading nuclear waste on the Japanese population) all unfold. And it all worked. I loved it! Enter a group of psychic hunters who are also pursuing the terrorists. Their abilities change to serve the plot (I hate that). You'd think they and the SSF are on the same side. Right? They both want to stop terrorist attacks against Japan. However, midway through the series, the nuclear weapon, government corruption, and terrorism story is sidelined. Instead, one of the three psychic hunters named Lucifer goes rogue and starts fighting and killing the SSF. Lucifer starts off as a tall, cold-stone fox (think young Brigitte Nielsen). Later, she becomes some huge, Hulk-like villain who battles the SSF, mainly Angel Cop and this goes on and on. She's indestructible, so the fights go on and on and on until the final episode. It became a different series. It became the Lucifer show. In the end, the show tries to bring it back to the nuclear waste, terrorism, corrupt government story, but it's rushed and too late to save the series.