The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
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Film Cast:
- Natalie Cook: Cameron Diaz
- Dylan Sanders: Drew Barrymore
- Alex Munday: Lucy Liu
- Madison Lee: Demi Moore
- Jimmy Bosley: Bernie Mac
- Seamus O’Grady: Justin Theroux
- Ray Carter: Robert Patrick
- Thin Man: Crispin Glover
- Max Petroni: Shia LaBeouf
- Pete Kominsky: Luke Wilson
- Jason Gibbons: Matt LeBlanc
- Mr. Munday: John Cleese
- Charles ‘Charlie’ Townsend (voice): John Forsythe
- Randy Emmers: Rodrigo Santoro
- Roger Wixon: Robert Forster
- Momma Bosley: Ja’net DuBois
- Deranged Mongol: Yuen Cheung-Yan
- Demented Mongol: Daxing Zhang
- Large Mongol: Bruce Comtois
- Crooked-Tooth: Khin-Kyaw Maung
- Wrestler: Tanoai Reed
- Cop: Andrew Wilson
- Alan Caulfield: Eric Bogosian
- Self: Eve Jeffers Cooper
- Coal Bowl Starter: Pink
- Mother Superior: Carrie Fisher
- Thin Boy: Zack Shada
- Nun: Jennifer Gimenez
- Nun: Kate Hendrickson
- Hot Priest: Josh Janowicz
- Irish Henchman: Tommy Flanagan
- Irish Henchman: Chris Pontius
- Irish Henchman: Luke Massy
- Bosley’s Cousin: Big Boy
- Bosley’s Cousin: Anthony Griffith
- Bathroom Guy: Wayne Federman
- Bathroom Guy: Steve Hytner
- Crazed Fan: Bob Stephenson
- Treasure Chest Dancer: Shanti Lowry
- Treasure Chest Dancer: Nadine Ellis
- Treasure Chest Dancer: Cyia Batten
- Treasure Chest Dancer: Staci B. Flood
- Treasure Chest Dancer: Carmit Bachar
- Self: Béla Károlyi
- Self: Ricky Carmichael
- Self: Carey Hart
- Self: Chris Gosselaar
- Self: Jeremy McGrath
- Prison Guard: Mark Cotone
- Bystander (uncredited): Melissa McCarthy
- Future Angel (uncredited): Ashley Olsen
- Future Angel (uncredited): Mary-Kate Olsen
- Kelly Garrett (uncredited): Jaclyn Smith
- William Rose Bailey (uncredited): Bruce Willis
- Machine Gun Mongol (uncredited): Sven-Ole Thorsen
- Beach Lady With Sandcastle (uncredited): Joan Blair
- Mongolian Key Keeper (uncredited): Khristian Lupo
- O’Grady’s Goon (uncredited): Matt McColm
Film Crew:
- Visual Effects Producer: Crys Forsyth-Smith
- Story: John August
- Producer: Nancy Juvonen
- Producer: Drew Barrymore
- Original Music Composer: Ed Shearmur
- Sound Effects Editor: Peter Brown
- Production Supervisor: Spencer Franklin
- Casting: Justine Arteta
- Executive Music Producer: McG
- Production Design: J. Michael Riva
- Editor: Wayne Wahrman
- Special Effects Supervisor: Matt Sweeney
- Director of Photography: Russell Carpenter
- Stunts: Kenny Alexander
- Stunts: Matt McColm
- Sound Effects Editor: Craig Berkey
- Foley Artist: Vincent Guisetti
- Rigging Grip: Tim Collins
- Grip: Paul Wilkowsky
- Post Production Supervisor: Desmond Cannon
- Digital Colorist: Steve Bowen
- Unit Production Manager: Denis L. Stewart
- Producer: Leonard Goldberg
- Set Decoration: Lauri Gaffin
- Supervising Art Director: David F. Klassen
- Art Direction: Richard F. Mays
- Unit Production Manager: Robert Latham Brown
- Second Unit Director: Mic Rodgers
- Screenplay: Cormac Wibberley
- Screenplay: Marianne Wibberley
- Special Effects Makeup Artist: Matthew W. Mungle
- Executive Producer: Patrick Crowley
- Executive Producer: Jenno Topping
- Costume Design: Joseph G. Aulisi
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Steve Reinhardt
- Orchestrator: Peter Rotter
- Stunt Double: Chris Daniels
- Associate Editor: Randy Bricker
- Executive Producer: Joe Gareri
- Series Composition: Ivan Goff
- Series Composition: Ben Roberts
- Music Producer: Deborah Lurie
- Stunt Double: Jennifer Caputo
- Stunts: Clay Cullen
- Storyboard Artist: Adolfo Martínez Pérez
- Production Manager: Omar Veytia
- Prosthetics: Gary Archer
- Hairstylist: Alicia M. Tripi
- Assistant Property Master: David Saltzman
- Stunts: Edward Conna
- Stunts: Will Leong
- Stunts: Jason Rodriguez
- Assistant Art Director: Wendy Riva
- Special Effects: Gary Zink
- Stunts: Justin Rodgers Hall
- Hairstylist: Colleen Callaghan
- Visual Effects: Scott Harper
- Leadman: Ben Woolverton
- Standby Painter: Jay Koiwai
- Stunt Double: Julia Morizawa
- Props: Helen Wilson
- Sound Effects Editor: Cindy Marty
- Digital Compositor: Andy Davis
- Sound Recordist: Travis Randall
- Stunts: Doc Duhame
- Thanks: Dita Von Teese
- ADR Voice Casting: Joey Naber
- Stunt Double: Bob Minor
- Stunts: Craig Shugart
- Utility Stunts: Shawn Patrick Lane
- Associate Producer: Stephanie Savage
- Stunt Coordinator: Tim Trella
- Makeup Department Head: Kimberly Greene
- Makeup Artist: Michele Teleis-Fickle
- Choreographer: Robin Antin
- Assistant Costume Designer: Kimberly Adams
- Stunts: Doc D. Charbonneau
- Stunts: Mark Stefanich
- Assistant Set Decoration: Florence Fellman
- Associate Producer: Amanda Goldberg
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Jonathan Rothbart
- Casting: Kim Davis-Wagner
- Assistant Art Director: Suzan Wexler
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Stetson
- Set Designer: Eric Sundahl
- Visual Effects: Greg Derochie
- Property Master: Russell Bobbitt
- Animation: Jordan Harris
- Assistant Costume Designer: Roland Sanchez
- Stunts: Tom Elliott
- Additional Camera: Simon Jayes
- Orchestrator: Jeff Toyne
- Executive Visual Effects Producer: Marc Sadeghi
- Makeup Artist: JoJo Myers Proud
- Digital Compositor: Chris Flynn
- Camera Operator: Philip Lee
- Hairstylist: Connie Kallos
- Stunts: Khristian Lupo
- Additional Photography: Jack Garrett
- Stunts: Tim Rigby
- Choreographer: Brian Friedman
- Stunts: Larry Rippenkroeger
- Storyboard Artist: David E. Duncan
- Stunts: Peewee Piemonte
- Stunt Double: Debbie Evans
- Special Effects: Thomas L. Bellissimo
- Stunts: Clay Donahue Fontenot
- Set Costumer: Philip Maldonado
- Dialogue Editor: James Matheny
- Sound Effects Editor: Martin Lopez
- Second Second Assistant Director: Hans Berggren
- Wardrobe Master: Peri Richards
- Makeup Artist: Douglas Noe
- Assistant Costume Designer: B.J. Rogers
- Grip: Steve Graves
- Costume Supervisor: Cheryl Beasley Blackwell
- Music Programmer: Bryan Carrigan
- Stunts: Thomas Robinson Harper
- Transportation Coordinator: John Orlebeck
- Music Editor: Daryl B. Kell
- Executive Visual Effects Producer: Blondel Aidoo
- Stunts: Steve Griffin
- CG Supervisor: Kevin Baillie
- Art Department Assistant: Susannah Carradine
- Set Designer: Noelle King
- Special Effects: G. Peter King
- Boom Operator: Marvin E. Lewis
- Stunt Double: Clayton J. Barber
- Makeup Artist: Amy Lederman
- Special Effects Technician: Wayne Burnes
- Script Supervisor: Tricia Ronten
- Set Dresser: Werner Hoetzinger
- Still Photographer: John Bramley
- Camera Operator: David E. Diano
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Ian Hunter
- Key Costumer: Kenn Smiley
- Steadicam Operator: Kenji Luster
- Utility Stunts: Mike Justus
- Executive Visual Effects Producer: Shannon Blake Gans
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Greg Orloff
- Visual Effects Producer: Jenny Fulle
- Set Designer: Ernie Avila
- Set Designer: William J. Law III
- Stunts: Scott Workman
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary C. Bourgeois
- Costumer: Monica Haynes
- Music Editor: Alex Gibson
- Script Supervisor: Kristine Greco
- Camera Operator: Joseph V. Cicio
- Visual Effects Supervisor: David Sosalla
- Camera Operator: Steve Koster
- Foley Artist: Pamela Kahn
- Costumer: Janet Sobel
- Sound Effects Editor: Richard Burton
- Chief Lighting Technician: Len Levine
- Hairstylist: Cheryl Eckert
- Visual Effects Editor: Kosta Saric
- Gaffer: Dan Riffel
- Digital Compositor: Glenn Morris
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Payam Shohadai
- Unit Publicist: Spooky Stevens
- Storyboard Artist: Marc Messenger
- Hairstylist: Merribelle Anderson
- Set Costumer: April Hunter-Krueger
- Picture Car Coordinator: Cyril O’Neil
- Supervising Sound Editor: Michael J. Benavente
- Electrician: Juan Morse
- Rigging Gaffer: Dennis J. Lootens
- Key Costumer: Nancy Smytka
- First Assistant Editor: Gordon Antell
- Special Effects: Eric Cook
- Stunt Double: Regis Harrington
- Costumer: Nino
- Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Roxanne Dorman
- Electrician: Russell Griffith
- Assistant Sound Editor: Denise Okimoto
- Makeup Artist: Erin Ayanian
- Visual Effects: Lyoung Hui Kim
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Arin Finger
- Digital Compositor: John E. Sasaki
- Set Dresser: Samuel J. Tell
- Propmaker: Chris Barber
- Director of Photography: Jonathan Taylor
- Sound Mixer: Douglas J. Schulman
- Construction Foreman: Brian Walker
- Assistant Sound Editor: Greg ten Bosch
- Location Manager: Ken Lavet
- Hair Department Head: Barbara Olvera
- Stunt Double: Brian Smyj
- Foley Mixer: Kyle Rochlin
- Driver: Joey Freitas
- ADR Editor: Andrea Horta
- Visual Effects: Christine Lo
- Hair Department Head: Melissa Yonkey
- Art Direction: Greg Richman
- ADR Mixer: Howard London
- Still Photographer: Darren Michaels
- Animation: Alfonso Alpuerto
- Makeup Artist: Marsha Shearrill
- Hair Department Head: Laine Trzinski
- Hairstylist: Robert Hallowell II
- Animation Supervisor: Christopher Walsh
- Visual Effects: Alyssa Fong
- Visual Effects Producer: Jamie Stevenson
- Orchestrator: Robert Elhai
- Digital Compositor: Rob Meyers
- Animation: Jeff Lin
- Costumer: Sandra Bojin-Sedlik
- Video Assist Operator: Chris Wagganer
- Set Production Assistant: Chris Castaldi
- Propmaker: Mark Bialuski
- Stunts: Jacob Chambers
- Set Dresser: Adam Austin
- Driver: John F. Teeple
- Stunts: Eliza Coleman
- Supervising Animator: Bill Diaz
- CG Supervisor: Jake Morrison
- Music Supervisor: John Houlihan
- Animation: Matthew Hackett
- Art Department Coordinator: Amina Allean Dieye
- Stunt Double: Boni Yanagisawa
- Production Assistant: Scott Berrie
- Special Effects Technician: Edward T. Reiff Jr.
- Hairstylist: Christina Raye
- Animation Supervisor: Pepe Valencia
- Music Coordinator: Season Kent
- Makeup Artist: Robin Fredriksz
- Makeup Artist: Bonita DeHaven
- Makeup Artist: Erin Wooldridge
- Hairstylist: Lona Vigi
- Dialogue Editor: Jeena M. Phelps
- Costumer: Michael A. Russell
- Transportation Co-Captain: Don Poole
- Scoring Mixer: Chris Fogel
- Production Sound Mixer: Willie D. Burton
- Standby Painter: Bill ‘Kauhane’ Hoyt
- Stunts: Bruce Comtois
- Sound Recordist: Sean Landeros
- Foley Editor: Mark Pappas
- Hairstylist: Edward Morrison
- Electrician: Brian Bartolini
- First Assistant Director: Mark Cotone
- Digital Effects Supervisor: James Marbas
- Choreographer: Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks
- Costumer: Linda S. Cormany
- Makeup Effects Designer: Christian Burgoyne
- Choreographer: Jennifer Hamilton
- Color Timer: Dennis McNeill
- Music Consultant: Karen Glauber
- Armorer: Vincent Joseph Flaherty
- Painter: Gloria Ciraolo
- Additional Photography: Crisoforo Aguilar
- Visual Effects: Xye
- First Assistant Camera: Carson Reaves
- Assistant Camera: Steve Hertler
- Special Effects Technician: Rich E. Cordobes
- Compositing Artist: Brad Kalinoski
- Stunts: Lisa Hoyle
- Stunt Double: Heidi Moneymaker
- Visual Effects: Amanda Morrison
- Music Coordinator: Patrick Houlihan
- Art Department Coordinator: Claudia Bonfe
- Set Decoration Buyer: Helen Kozora
- Visual Effects Producer: Luke O’Byrne
- Driver: Jack Jay Reece
- First Assistant Camera: Erik L. Brown
- Video Assist Operator: Adam Barth
- Visual Effects: Alberto Noti
- Rigging Grip: Todd Grunberger
- Utility Stunts: Dino Dos Santos
- Pilot: Peter McKernan
- Utility Stunts: Paul M. Lane
- First Assistant Director: Albert Cho
- Costumer: Lee Harris
- Visual Effects: Bill Coffin
- Foley Editor: Michael Dressel
- Painter: Daren Cornell
- Set Medic: Scott ‘Ice Paq’ Baron
- Production Coordinator: Susan Dukow
- Production Assistant: David Irvine
- Set Production Assistant: Hunter Lee Soik
- Special Effects: Bob Stoker
- Stunt Double: David Castillo
- Electrician: Antar Abderrahman Jr.
- Second Assistant Camera: Kirk Bloomberg
- Animation: Joel Behrens
- Electrician: Dara Norman
- Special Effects Technician: John P. Cazin
- Key Makeup Artist: Tammy Ashmore
- Digital Compositor: Phil Pham
- Key Grip: Loren Corl
- Special Effects: Robert Simokovic
- First Assistant “C” Camera: Louie DeMarco
- Production Assistant: Eric Glasser
- Lighting Technician: Dylan Rush
- Sequence Supervisor: Rob Engle
- Negative Cutter: Mo Henry
- Stunts: Paul Eliopoulos
- Assistant Production Manager: Kevin Flatow
- Visual Effects: Colin Drobnis
- Assistant Production Coordinator: Andrew Zilch
- Dolly Grip: Bill Daimant
- Key Production Assistant: Elizabeth Tompkins
- Dolly Grip: Paul V. Perkins
- Stunt Double: Leigh Hennessy
- Stunts: Jeff Podgurski
- Grip: Pat O’Mara
- Painter: Reese St. Amant
- Animation: Renato Dos Anjos
- Lighting Technician: Jesse Mather
- Second Assistant Director: Christina Fong
- First Assistant Sound Editor: Tricia Linklater
- Set Production Assistant: James Currier
- Electrician: Mike Gerzevitz
- Stand In: Lisa Marie Boiko
- Second Assistant Director: Conte Mark Matal
- Sound Mixer: Leslie Fernandes
- Driver: David Severin
- Grip: Brad Heiner
- Set Dresser: Stephen McCumby
- Set Production Assistant: Matthew Heffernan
- Set Production Assistant: Jeremy Meyer
- Assistant Hairstylist: Anthony Miner
- Stunt Coordinator: Christopher J. Tuck
- Stunt Double: Anita Hart
- Animation: Michael Hemschoot
- Storyboard Artist: Mike Swift
- Second Assistant Accountant: Wendy Kutzner
- Stunt Double: Scott L. Treger
- Utility Stunts: Gary Guercio
- Stunt Double: Alisa Hensley
- Grip: Mark Hyde
- Visual Effects: Artaya Boonsoong
- Visual Effects: Justin Johnson
- Hairstylist: K. Troy Zestos
- Animation: Keith W. Smith
- Assistant Production Coordinator: Jenifer Bonisteel
- Assistant Camera: Tamas Mack
- Payroll Accountant: Ilana McAllistor
- Extras Casting Coordinator: Maryellen Aviano
- Stunt Double: Annie Ellis
- Craft Service: Michael Randolph
- Visual Effects: Sarah Moore
- Animation: Bill Tessier
- Visual Effects: Thomas Pushpathadam
- Extras Casting: Brad Kenny
- Musician: Bryan Pezzone
- Production Coordinator: Rebecca Hilliard
- Boom Operator: Gregg Frazier
- Vocals: Guy Maeda
- Visual Effects: Len White
- Camera Operator: Mark R. Jackson
- Digital Compositor: Brian Wolf
- Stunts: Charlie Estepp
- Grip: Brad Boyer
- Second Second Assistant Director: Mark Trapenberg
- Assistant Sound Editor: Todd Harris
- Set Costumer: Damien Quinn
- Set Dresser: Richard D. Wright
- Stunts: Amy Rydell
- Graphic Designer: Doreen Austria
- Stunt Double: Gloria O’Brien
- Assistant Property Master: Gloria Murphy
- Grip: Andy Waldron
- On Set Dresser: Merdyce McClaran
- Visual Effects Supervisor: David Jones
- Property Master: Terry Haskell
- Digital Compositor: Carlos Morales
- Libra Head Technician: Rocky Babcock
- Special Effects: James Ochoa
- Visual Effects: Dong Yeop Shin
- Craft Service: John Wayne Randolph
- Second Assistant Director: Melody Beam
- Assistant Property Master: Lee Lee Baird
- Extras Casting: Ajay Dass
- Grip: Ian S. Casas
- Electrician: Ronald R. Koch Jr.
- Visual Effects: Dan Ziegler
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Branch M. Brunson
- Compositor: Mark Alan Loso
- Executive Visual Effects Producer: Emma McGuinness
- Costumer: Nina Padovano
- Post Production Accountant: Mady Manson Burza
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Andrew MacDonald
- Rigging Grip: Mark Vollmer
- Second Assistant “B” Camera: Marcos O. Lopez
- Extras Casting Assistant: Vesper Burnett
- Payroll Accountant: Debbie-Lynn Siegel
- Assistant Art Director: Tamlyn Wright
- Rotoscoping Artist: Cecile Tecson Broas
- Visual Effects Assistant Editor: James Bluma
- Digital Compositor: Jance Allen
- Driver: Dana Swartout
- Visual Effects: Grant Anderson
- Assistant Editor: Bronwyn Shields
- Driver: Mark D. Hysen
- Editor: Tritia Espinoza
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Kathryn Liotta
- Grip: Jeff Tomhave
- Set Production Assistant: Ahmed Kirdar
- First Assistant Accountant: Lucy Herrera
- Set Production Assistant: Jeff Fuller
- Rotoscoping Artist: Maura Alvarez
- Camera Loader: Debbie Silverman
- Special Effects Technician: Christy Sumner
- Music Score Producer: Adam Michalak
- Makeup Department Head: Corey Jeen
- Makeup Artist: Melanie Mills
- Hairstylist: Verina Schafer
- Additional Second Assistant Director: Mark Carter
- Assistant Property Master: Travis Bobbitt
- Propmaker: Sven Fodale
- Set Dresser: Steve Lauritzen
- Sound Engineer: Mario McNulty
- Special Effects: Andrew Miller
- Special Effects: Robert Sturgis
- Special Effects Technician: Paul Deely
- Special Effects: Christine Onesky
- Visual Effects: Christian Cunningham
- Visual Effects: Francisco De Jesus
- Digital Compositor: Max Harris
- Visual Effects: Wensen Ho
- Digital Compositor: Simon Holden
- Visual Effects: John T. Lee
- Compositor: Scott McLain
- Digital Compositor: Rob Moggach
- Animation: Ted Pratt
- Digital Effects Producer: Christopher Sage
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Steven Schmidt
- Visual Effects: Jeff Shank
- Visual Effects: Thanapoom Siripopungul
- Rotoscoping Artist: Christine Troianello
- Compositor: Bruno Vilela
- Visual Effects Editor: Carl Walters
- Digital Producer: Jeff Werner
- Stunts: Louie Franco
- Stunt Double: Cara Hemperly
- Stunt Double: Ming Qiu
- Stunts: Richard C. Taylor
- Stunts: Keith Tellez
- Video Assist Operator: Mark Agostino
- Grip: Loren Hillebrand
- Grip: Doug Dole
- Electrician: Gene Hara
- Key Grip: Eugene B. Kerry
- Second Assistant Camera: Craig Kohlhoff
- Electrician: Dave Lujan
- Rigging Grip: Scott Odermann
- First Assistant “A” Camera: Kevin C. Potter
- Grip: Christian Franz Staab
- Rigging Grip: Shawn Talley
- Dolly Grip: Dietmar Wendelin
- Assistant Camera: Scott Whitbread
- Casting Assistant: Yasmin Redoblado
- Wardrobe Intern: Io Bottoms
- Costume Assistant: Sarah Jane Gardam
- Costumer: Guy Miracle
- Dresser: Lisa D. Quercioli
- Costumer: Tim Wilson
- Colorist: Laura Jans Fazio
- Editorial Production Assistant: Gene A. Lewis Jr.
- Online Editor: Simon Bjoergvin Veredon
- Location Manager: Quentin Halliday
- Assistant Location Manager: Lary Vinocur
- Orchestrator: Sandy DeCrescent
- Transportation Captain: Daniel Dowling
- Transportation Coordinator: Rupert Cole
- Transportation Captain: Scott Howard
- Driver: Paul Jones
- Driver: Harry Marks
- Transportation Captain: Tony Peralta
- Animal Wrangler: Sheri Apap
- Production Assistant: Lance Barton
- Payroll Accountant: Lamonte Bell
- Producer’s Assistant: Natalie Borresen
- Production Assistant: Jason Cardillo-Lee
- Production Assistant: Cory Cate
- Set Production Assistant: Misty D. Lahti
- Technical Advisor: Cheryl Lynch
- Production Assistant: Matthew J. Lynch
- Set Production Assistant: Meaghan F. McLaughlin
- Producer’s Assistant: Rizelle Mendoza
- Stand In: Sumiko Muto
- Production Secretary: Jessica Otto
- Set Production Assistant: Robert Rizzolo
- Production Assistant: Benjamin J. Roberts
- Production Assistant: Colleen Casey Shariat
- Assistant Accountant: Patrick Shiffrar
- Production Assistant: Bryan Snodgrass
- Second Assistant Accountant: Emily Takehara
- Set Production Assistant: Donna Tegan
- Production Assistant: Mark ‘Free’ Friedlander
Movie Reviews:
- JPV852: Really poor sequel that has outlandish action scenes and lame jokes. If there’s such a thing as a movie that epitomizes the early 2000s, this is it. Maybe it’s my older age, but the T&A aspect holds little weight anymore. **1.75/5**
- The Movie Diorama: Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle fully accelerates whilst narratively stuck in second gear. Can I order a McG sandwich please? Huh? You have no filling? Sure, I’ll just take the overly stylised sauce. My personal adoration for this sequel’s predecessor is one that cannot be described fully without tackling the realms of lunacy and diminishing my own critical insight. It’s just a special piece of camp nostalgia for me, even if its construction is more amateurish than Diaz’ dance moves. Interestingly, this continuation was also on repeat as I galloped around the room to the soundtrack of The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers, witnessing physically impossible aerobatic stunts. However, after all these years, it’s time to succumb to the realisation that Full Throttle is a bad film.
Much like the first feature, its plot is a secondary product to the outlandish femme fatale antics. This time the angels must secure two H.A.L.O. rings which probably has something to do with monetisation and greed. Don’t ask me! For I honestly do not know. A stationery Barrymore sliding fully under a low table without the use of her arms had me entranced. Liu leaping sixty feet into the air by just jumping off a table had me hypnotised. And of course, Diaz bopping to MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” had me salivating. These, including the last point (have you tried side stepping that rapidly!?), are physically impossible to perform.
The wired stunts and choreography are so exaggerated that it becomes laughably terrible, juxtaposing the semi-realistic narrative that McG is attempting to convey. Driving off a dam whilst trying to fly into a helicopter and take off (all in mid-air by the way…) before it crashes? Sure. Why not. Performing motocross stunts whilst upside down and shooting the angels? Eh. I’ll let it slide. Using a lace cape as a squirrel suit, throwing a bomb into a film premiere and perfectly landing in a car whilst being pursed by the angels who are hanging onto illuminated wires? Ummm. I guess. Being tossed through a shop window, like a rag doll, and walking it off before getting changed for the premiere? Now wait just a minute! Heightened stunts and ‘Matrix’-styled slow motion is all fine and dandy, but I need an ounce of realism in order to feel threatened by the danger on screen. The angels are invulnerable to everything, making the entire ordeal worthless.
Yes, using a flamethrower to “Firestarter” is bonafide brilliance and shaped me to be the man that I am today. Yet the random action set pieces (to which there are loads!) cannot justify the narrative’s direction. Again, frustrating considering the onscreen chemistry of Diaz, Barrymore and Liu. The one and only Demi Moore is used for an underdeveloped plot twist, as she suggestively licks Diaz’ face. Oh, and Bernie Mac replaced Murray. A fine replacement, but again, under-utilised. Let’s not even discuss Theroux’s insulting Irish accent. The technical aspects, especially the garish green screen and floaty human CGI, unintentionally adds characteristics to the film in general, yet still executed terribly. And the callback “humour”, mostly consisting of the “creepy thin man” and the angels’ relationship, were cringeworthy at best. Although, the ongoing innuendos between Alex and her father did make me chuckle continuously.
Is it enough to substantiate a sequel that showcases the apparent curse of “more is better”? Absolutely not. Whilst the heart of Charlie’s Angels resides within, its discombobulated exterior diminished most of the heavenly fun to be had.