Pistolera is 2020 American action film starring Romina Di Lella, Robert Davi, Danny Trejo, and Damian Chapa.
When ruthless drug lord Raffaello murders the family of the little girl named Angel in a gangland hit in Spain, he makes one fatal mistake : Letting her live. Thus Raffaello sets in motion a bloody chain of events in a gritty street tale of revenge and its cost.
Tropes:
- Action Dress Rip: Angel yanks the skirt off her flamenco dress to chase after one of the thugs who hits Rodrigo's restaurant.
- Action Girl/Dark Action Girl: Pistolera blasts her way through a drug cartel on a murderous Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
- An Arm and a Leg: Indio cuts of Rodrigo's hand with a machete so they can send it to his father as proof they have him.
- Chain Pain: After a prolonged chase and fight, Pistolera finally strangles Edwardo to death with a length of chain.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Star Romina Di Lella wrote and performed the title song "Pistolera".
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": Pistolera does not like people addressing her by her real name of Angel and threatens to put her cousin Rico's eyes out if he does so again. only her uncle Indio can call her Angel with impunity. Nevertheless, she does call herself Angel when she goes undercover at Rodrigo's club.
- Finger in the Mail: After they kidnap Rodrigo, Angel has Indio cut off Rodrigo's hand and send it to his father Raffaello as proof that they actually have his son.
- Gatling Good: As a young girl, Angel uses a mini-gun to mow down Raffaello's thugs after they invade her villa and murder her parents.
- Girls with Guns: Angel (nickname: 'Pistolera') goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge where she blasts her way through the ranks of Raffaello's drug cartel with a variety of high power firearms,including a mini-gun at one point.
- Guns Akimbo: Pistolera wields a pistol in each hand during many of her gunfights.
- Hellbent For Leather: Apart from when she is undercover, Pistolera spends the movie dressed in a variety of skintight, Stripperific black leather outfits.
- Hero Stole My Bike: Pistolera carjacks a car from a pair of yuppies who are inexplicably parked in an abandoned housing development to chase after Edwardo.
- Human Notepad: The title character has a bullet tattooed on her back for each person she kills on her Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
- Just Got Out of Jail: Following the opening flashback, the film jumps to Angel being released from prison.
- Kill Tally: The title character has a bullet tattooed on her back for each person she kills on her Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
- Little Girls Kick Shins: When young Angel is grabbed by one of the hitmen who killed her parents,she kicks him in the shin hard enough to make him let go.
- One-Word Title
- Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?: When Angel is being released from prison, one of the guards grabs her and pins her up against the wall. She responds by wrapping her legs around his waist, and then remarks that it had better be a knife in his pocket.
- Painted-On Pants: Pistolera's most common outfit for her Roaring Rampage of Revenge is a leather tank top and extremely tight leather pants.
- Protagonist Title: 'Pistolera' is Angel's nickname.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After their parents are murdered by Raffaello's goons, cousins Angel and Rico return as adults to cut a swathe through Raffaello's operations to reach the main man himself.
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: As children, Angel and Rico gun down half a dozen or so armed thugs who murdered their parents. Also, Rico has been smoking cigars since he was a young boy.
- Villain Protagonist: Pistolera and Rico are career criminals who commit murder, assault, kidnapping, armed robbery, and many other crimes: some as part of their Roaring Rampage of Revenge and some just for their own benefit.
