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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Movie Stats & Links |
Starring: |
Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore,
Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore |
MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
Released By: |
Columbia Pictures |
Web Site: |
.../charliesangelsfullthrottle/ |
Kiddie Movie: |
Lots of fighting. |
Date Movie: |
Only if you hate
your mate. |
Gratuitous Sex: |
Lots of skimpy
outfits. |
Gratuitous
Violence: |
Lots of shooting
and fighting. |
Action: |
Lots of chasing
and jumping. |
Laughs: |
A line or two. |
Memorable
Scene: |
The Angels do a
great impression of M.C. Hammer. |
Memorable
Quote: |
Bosley:
"It's rainin' white women!" |
Directed By: |
McG |
Produced By: |
Leonard Goldberg,
Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen |
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Charlie's Angels:
Full Throttle
A Movie Review |
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One of the good things about writing for this web site
is that there really aren't any guideline as to how long a review
should be. Thank goodness, because for "Charlie’s Angels: Full
Throttle" there isn’t much to write about, pretty much because there
really isn’t a story.You get the three angels back, Natalie
(Cameron Diaz), Dylan (Drew Barrymore), and Alex (Lucy Liu), and this
time you get Bernie Mac playing Jimmy Bosley, the brother of John
from the first movie. The story basically goes that there are these
two rings that contain all of the information as to the whereabouts
of those in the witness protection program. Oh, how much would they
be worth to mob leaders who’ve been ratted out! It’s up to the Angels
to get them back, especially since it turns out Dylan is on that
list, and that her real name is Helen Zass (insert any available ass
joke here). To do so our trio will do whatever possible in as little
clothing as possible while wiggling their butts as much as possible.
And, oh yea, Demi Moore plays Madison Lee. She used to be an Angel
but now is on the wrong side of the law, and also seems to be the
only person who can shoot a gun straight. Intertwined with this we
are also introduced to Alex’s dad, Mr. Munday (John Cleese) who
thought his daughter was a nurse, but now, thanks to Jason Gibbons
(the triumphant return of Matt LeBlanc), he is under the impression
that his daughter is a prostitute. And, oh yea, Thin Man (Crispin
Glover) is back and creepy as ever.
That’s enough of the story because pretty much for an hour and
three quarters you can ignore the plot and just wait for the next
scene where either a) the Angels dance to an 80’s song, b) the Angels
must have entered "The Matrix" because they seem to be able to dodge
bullets, c) the Angels kick the asses of a bunch of dudes with guns,
yet they have none, or d) you get a lot of bad jokes and one-liners.
Demi Moore looks great, but a little scary at times, and Bernie Mac
is pretty much wasted in this movie, which is too bad because he can
usually add a breath of fresh air to a dull movie. The trio dances
around in cute little outfits and perform death-defying stunts
regularly, including but not limited to landing on and starting a
helicopter in mid-air, jumping motorcross bikes better than the pros,
using a luge thingy to tap the cell phone of a bad guy while he's
driving, and being tossed from a speeding car, through some windows
and down some stairs, and still able to jump around at will.
If you thought the first movie was stupid, this kicks it up a
notch on the stupid scale. It tries to generate a message of
empowered women, the importance of friendship, and that guns are bad,
but for me it was just an hour and forty five minutes of "Yea, I know
it’s a movie, let it go."
You know exactly what to expect for this movie if you saw the
first one, just don’t expect to have a plot that at least made a
little sense. This movie doesn’t pretend to say "I’m a film
masterpiece," so I guess the good thing is that there is no deceiving
the public into seeing the film. You’ll see it if you want to, and
for being a brainless movie it leads the pack with 4 out of 5 stars.
But as a movie it shows you don’t need a story to make a movie, just
some hot actresses and a big enough budget to do all kinds of special
effects, and for that it’s 1 star out of 5. I’ll average them
together for 2 ½ stars out of 5.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |