Terry Dean (Paul Hogan), a professional burglar specialized in sabotaging electronic surveillance systems, stands before his release from yet another stint in prison.

Following a fellow inmate's suggestion, he decides to switch to bank robbery instead, with a special twist of his own design: first by having the security cameras record TV shows he would connect them to with a modified remote control, then entering disguised as a celebrity; the confusion over this unexpected appearance would serve to confound a detailed description.

Terry's first heist (disguised as Willie Nelson) is successful, but shortly afterwards he witnesses a young boy about to be run over by a van; he impulsively pushes the child away and is himself hit.

While in the hospital, he has a nebulous experience (which may have been caused by Highway to Heaven playing on the room's TV) in which he meets God (Charlton Heston) who introduces himself as Terry's 'probation helper'.

The center itself, however, is in financial difficulties, since its backer George Bealeman (Parley Baer), while claiming himself to be a faithful Christian, refuses to provide any more funds.

Barton's (Ben Slack) telecast (which Bealeman watches reverently) and fitting the cross at the rooftop of the center's church with lighting effects, triggered by his universal remote.

Afraid of death, Steve feels lost but is reassured he will find a place in Heaven when Terry uses the remote to trigger the lighted cross, creating a sign from God.

"[6] Chris Hicks of the Deseret News in Salt Lake City wrote that "this Frank Capra-style comedy manages a gentle, occasionally sweet nature, but "Almost An Angel" just isn't funny enough—and at times not even interesting enough—to hold the attention of the audience.

Hogan, who made his international reputation as "Crocodile" Dundee and wrote as well as executive-produced this new project, delivers his lines here as if the sandman had just sprinkled his script—he gives them the Perry Como treatment.