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Charlies Angels: Full Throttle
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
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Directed by
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McG
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Rated PG-13 for action violence, sensuality and language/innuendo
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Starring
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Cameron Diaz
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Drew Barrymore
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Lucy Liu
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Demi Moore
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Bernie Mac
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1.5 stars
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Full tilt!
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The Angels, Natalie, Dylan and Alex (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, & Lucy Liu), fight crime and those perpetrators that fall into their personal "axis of evil." Assignments are handed down from their boss Charles Townsend (John Forsythe) through an intermediary, Bosley (Bernie Mac). Demi Moore (looking very buff) is a retired Angel gone bad, who makes more than a cameo appearance.
Two silver rings have been stolen that when combined have codes that will reveal the names of people in the Witness Protection Program. The Angels think the job is over when the rings are recovered only to learn that Dylan is in the program and her former boyfriend Seamus (Justin Theroux) is seeking revenge for the 2,920 days he spent in jail because she was a witness for a murder he committed.
Delightfully clueless supporting performances are turned in by John Cleese, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc, and Crispin Glover. They provide a respite from the death defying falls from high places by the Angels, and the martial arts skills that would have Neo ("The Matrix: Reloaded") turn and run. The film never takes itself too seriously, as it maintains a certain ditzy attitude.
If you liked the first "Angel's" movie three years ago, you won't be disappointed with this one. There's more action, more sexual double speak, and more sensuality. It goes for the action that will put it in the league of "The Matrix: Reloaded."
George's notion of the original film is "a trashy adult cartoon with real people," and not a lot has changed. Cameron Diaz is easy to look at; Bernie Mac can snap out those funny quips; Drew Barrymore uses her considerable talents at being silly; and Lucy Liu is in a race neutral role. Bosley describes the three of them falling from a building as, "it's raining white women." Who can argue about a film that has both Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, where she uses her tough guy skills picked up in "GI Jane," he gets killed and she doesn't have to do it?sh
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George O. Singleton © 2003
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for the 16-year-old males, at whom this movie is aimed. For girls, seeing women in take control situations where they have the brains and the brawn to overcome the baddest macho men who cross their paths, gets an A+ for self-esteem. Then they are in T&A and ditz modeositives are a wash.
If you are like George and want to relax by checking your brain at the door, get your popcorn, see plenty of action and still laugh, minus the cheese factors of this film, be sure to see "The Italian Job," "Hollywood Homicide" or even "Bruce Almighty."
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