... With any Charlie's Angels film, you go to the film expecting to see the indiscrepancies of the plot washed over by the action sequences; the film-makers know that all you’re looking for is to pass an afternoon looking at gorgeous babes! On the other hand, if you’re looking for ... Read review
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttleis a big, fun, bubble-brained mess of a movie and that's ... more
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America's greatest secret weapon is being unleashed again as Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore ... more
and Lucy Liu reunite in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.The Angels are ready to strike without warning and kick some serious butt as they go undercover to reclaim...
America's greatest secret weapon is being unleashed again as Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore ... more
and Lucy Liu reunite in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. The Angels are ready to strike without warning and kick some serious butt as they go undercover to reclaim two titanium rings encrypted with information that reveals the identities of every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program.When witnesses start to turn up dead, and a sexy ex-Angel (Demi Moore) returns to cause havoc, only the Angels can stop the perpetrator, using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts.Burning with attitude and sex appeal, the girls are heading for a do-or-die thrill ride that never slows down! Crime-stopping has never been so heart-stopping!
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next level as a movie from Hong Kong action legend Corey Yuen (The Transporter). Three beautiful women each a sizzling martial arts mistress - are invited to the world's ultimate secret fighting tournament to slug it out for a $10m prize.Charlie's Angels: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu are Charlie's Angels - a trio of elite private investigators who, with the latest in high-tech gadgets, martial arts techniques and a vast array of disguises, unleash their state of the art skills on land, sea and air. Aided by their faithful lieutenant Bosley (Bill Murray), and under the sure hand of their suave playboy boss, notorious for his clever ways of avoiding face-to-face meetings, the girls must foil an elaborate murder-revenge plot that could destroy individual privacy and corporate security worldwide. Adventure has never been more beautiful!Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle: The Angels are ready to strike without warning and kick some serious butt as they go undercover to reclaim two titanium rings encrypted with information that reveals the identities of every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program. Burning with attitude and sex appeal, the girls are heading for a do-or-die thrill ride that never slows down! Crime-stopping has never been so heart-stopping!
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Advantages: Gorgeous babes, impressive stunts Disadvantages: Tries to be something it isn't
...times downright unnecessary. With any Charlie's Angels film, you go to the film expecting to see the indiscrepancies of the plot washed over by the action sequences; the film-makers know that all you’re looking for is to pass an afternoon looking at gorgeous babes! On the other hand, if you’re looking for a plot, stay well away!
The problem was that I fell into the former category, but ended up disappointed. Charlie’s ... more
What’s this? Three delectable young women whose ability to kick butt is only rivaled by the skimpiness of their attire? This can only mean one thing: Charlie’s Angels is back with a vengeance! All this sounded good to Matt for obvious reasons, so, accompanied by one of his only-partially-interested lady-friends, Matt went to check it out.
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept behind Charlie’s Angels, I’ll quickly recap it for you. It started out some 25 years ago as a television series, centering around three young women employed by private investigator Charles Townsend. When I say employed … they didn’t really know him; their only communication was when Charlie got onto their assistant Bosley to feed them details of their latest assignment, each one of which was traditionally completed with a great panache and lots of butt-kicking action.
Incredulous as it may seem, Charlie hasn’t been sleeping in the time he’s been away from our screens. Instead, he’s been busy recruiting new Angels to replace those who can’t fit into those skimpy clothes any more. For the Angels’ big-screen debut in 2000, he came good with three real stunners – Lucy Liu as the sexy Alex Munday, Cameron Diaz as the bubbly and beautiful Natalie Cook, and Drew Barrymore as the streetwise Dylan Sanders. All three are retained for this second installment.
So what’s the story this time? Well, in an attempt to protect the real identities of those protected by the federal Witness Protection Program, the government has encrypted this information onto two titanium rings, the idea being that each ring will have a separate guardian, and that the rings will not reveal their information unless both are brought together. One is issued to Agent Ray Carter, the other to a Senator. Anyone like to hazard a guess at what happens? You’ve got it; the bumping-off of one of the ring-bearers releases the ring out into the open. Fearful that the other ring may too fall into evil hands, the Government deploys its secret weapon, Charlie’s Angels, to make sure Ray Carter keeps a firm grip on that other ring.
The opening sequence to the film sees the Angels inserted into a remote location in Mongolia to save Carter from a large number of men who look like they mean business. Although Carter gets away with his life courtesy of some Matrix-style fighting from the Angels, the ring is lost. Worse is to come; when protected witnesses start turning up dead, the Government has a potentially embarrassing and life-threatening problem on its hands. Who do you suppose is deployed to clean up this mess? Right again – the Angels themselves.
Right from the beginning, you get a strong idea of what to expect from the rest of this film. The above opening sequence, which features the deliciously bendy Alex being inserted into the crime scene inside a box, and the perennially-smiling Natalie arriving as an interesting diversion when things start to look nasty, is all action right from the beginning. Deserving of particular mention is the end of this scene, in which the Angels makes their escape by flooring four dozen men and then legging it sharpish in a truck, which subsequently gets immersed in water. The stunts are impressive, and if you think this is just for the purpose of a bold entrance you’re wrong, for the whole movie is equally action-packed and outrageous.
Naturally the rest of the movie revolves around the Angels' skimpily-clad efforts to return the rings to their rightful owners, but there are too some sub-plots. One of these is somewhat pivotal to the movie, as we learn that Dylan herself received a new identity under the threatened Witness Protection Programme, after witnessing a brutal murder at the hands of Seamus of the infamous O’Grady criminal family, who also happened to be her boyfriend. On his release from prison, we can be sure that O’Grady will have some scores to settle with Dylan. Pretty lucky that Dylan received a new identity really; as her original name was … wait for it … Helen Zass. Geddit? Unfortunately, this is an example of what I disliked about this film, which I’ll come onto later.
Another character with scores to settle is gun-toting ex-Angel Madison Lee, played with a sexiness denying her age by Demi Moore. After growing tired of doing Charlie’s bidding, Madison has elected to work for herself, and would like nothing more than to see the back of those pesky Angels, which she aims to ensure with some Matrix-style shooting: “When I was an Angel, we had guns.”
A slightly more serious edge is added to the film by Natalie’s imminent marriage to her boyfriend. This gets Dylan and Alex rather het-up – they consider for the first time having to find an new Angel if Natalie leaves, which they seem to consider an inevitability.
In general, the casting of this film is very good. Liu, Diaz and Barrymore are just perfect for the roles of the Angels; they’re stunning and sexy, whilst refusing to take themselves too seriously. It’s plain to see that all three of them enjoyed filming this movie immensely, and this shines through in an accomplished performance from all three. Cameo appearances from Pink and Bruce Willis among others add some nice touches to the movie. The acting isn’t perfect, however. Bernie Mac has taken over the part of Bosley, the Angels’ link to Charlie, from Bill Murray; rumour has it that Murray didn’t get on with Lucy Liu too well! This is definitely to the detriment of the movie; Bernie always looks a little uncomfortable and out-of-place here, and his character a little contrived. It’s a blemish on an otherwise fine acting performance.
The stunts and special effects of Full Throttle rival those of The Matrix. In fact, many of them could have been borrowed straight from The Matrix, notably the slow-motion movements. These all look very impressive, and must have cost a fortune to pull off! Unfortunately, I think it was all a little wasted; whilst this sort of thing is just fine in Matrix, which is after all predominantly a sci-fi movie, stunts like jumping twenty feet between moving motorbikes can’t help but look a little out of place in Full Throttle, which is more of an out-and-out action film.
Humour is used to good effect in the film, as you’d expect. I’ve yet to read a review of the film which doesn’t mention the scene involving cocks and beavers! You’ll have to see it to find out! Humour comes predominantly from the sexual innuendoes intrinsically associated with a film like Charlie’s Angels. It’s a winning formula – why change it?
So – Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle has something which bears a definite resemblance to a plot, the acting is generally pretty good, the stunts are high-budget and impressive, it’s pretty funny, and best of all it has Diaz, Liu and Barrymore in skimpy outfits. So why have I only given the film three stars?
I’ll tell you why. Because, despite all this, I came out of the cinema feeling vaguely unsatisfied. In fact, it was more than that – I felt rather bored half an hour before the end of the film, and began rebelliously fiddling with my mobile. It took me a while to pin down exactly what it was that caused this.
The first thing was that the film was simply too long. It’s nine minutes short of two hours, which is just too long for a film lacking the intricate and involving plot of Lord of the Rings et al. We came to see an action movie, and for all its stunts and bootylicious babes, it all felt a little too padded out.
The second thing was that it was just too outrageous. Yes, I know these films are supposed to be outrageous, but when it goes over-the-top it just detracts from the film somehow. As I mentioned before, some of the stunts just weren’t suitable for a film of this type.
You almost feel that if Full Throttle had never even pretended to have some semblance of a serious film, and had instead gone for all-out silliness and action, it could just about have pulled it off. But, instead, there are the sub-plots such as the Angels’ fears on the loss of Natalie, and Dylan’s worries about her identity being discovered. All of this doesn’t quite work given the character of the film; it all feels a bit insignificant and farcical. For these scenes to work, I think the film should have taken itself more seriously. As it is, it would have been preferable just to leave them out totally. Some films just weren’t meant to have a plot, and this is one of them.
Overall, there were parts of this film which I enjoyed immensely, particularly those scenes which saw the Angels kicking butt. There were also facets to the film which I found a little prolonged, and at times downright unnecessary. With any Charlie's Angels film, you go to the film expecting to see the indiscrepancies of the plot washed over by the action sequences; the film-makers know that all you’re looking for is to pass an afternoon looking at gorgeous babes! On the other hand, if you’re looking for a plot, stay well away!
The problem was that I fell into the former category, but ended up disappointed. Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle just tried to hard to be something it was never intended to be: a serious film. Ultimately, I thought this let it down.
Thanks for reading my first-ever film review! Matt
Advantages: Angelic babes, Comedy, ASS ASS ASS Disadvantages: Plot? What plot?
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This year is set to go through the greatest number of sequels ever released at once. With X-2 hitting the silver screens in May, 2 Fast 2 Furious next, T3 will be arriving within the next fortnight and with other trilogy/sequels being released into the movie-world like the Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle half-heartedly tagged along.
The advertising strategies for other Sequel ... ...(which I have seen – completely irrelevant, I just wanted to boast) with teaser trailers giving us a sneak preview of the blockbuster months in advance following up with a long trailer identifying main themes of the upcoming sequel (most noteworthy was the Matrix’s teaser that tickled our fancy and left us wetting ourselves in excitement – OK, not so graphic). Charlie’s Angels 2 did not follow in this trend. It was only two weeks before it’s initial ...
j_mcb 23.07.2003 (26.07.2003)
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Advantages: Highly comical, the girls kick some serious ass! Disadvantages: Wheres Charlie? some parts of the plot vague and unexplained
Well this is the time of year in which the summer holidays hit and boredom strikes! This year I was determined not to let that happen and so for the first few days things seemed to be going quite well and then came the first Monday, the day I class as the first real day of my summer and I had nothing to do. I sat all day doing nothing until to my relief I received a text from Joe (j_mcb) inviting me the cinema. Great I thought to myself and on the ... ...cinema came the big debate. Which film did we see!? After a few moments of arguments we managed to come to an agreement of Charlie’s Angels 2 – Full Throttle. I didn’t really know what to expect from this film as I hadn’t seen the first but I was outnumbered and forced to buy this ticket (Yes I was with 2 males desperate to see Cameron Diaz!) There hadn’t really been much of a hype about this film unlike some of the other sequels released earlier ...
jenni_a 30.07.2003
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Advantages: fast paced, great action, gorgeous people Disadvantages: you'll either love it or really, really hate it
...is the beauty of the Charlie's Angels, once you get past the obvious unbelievability of the entire thing, you're in for the ride of your life. If you thought the first film was action packed and fast-paced, you really ain't seen nothin' yet!
This is a sequel, but there's no real need to see the first film to explain anything, unsurprisingly, this film doesn't centre around a complicated plot and deep character analysis. Though it does have a plot, ... ...(Lucy Liu) make up the Charlie's Angels, a trio of crime-fighting private investigators who work for the absent Charlie, a millionnaire who funds the Angels, but whom nobody has ever met. He contacts the girls via Bosley, a kind of generic, stupid male presence, just for the sake of it. In the first film, Bosley was played by Bill Murray. But he's absent in this film (rumour has it he and Lucy Liu didn't get on...) so his even more incompetent brother ...
PrincessGem 16.07.2003
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Advantages: Turn your brain off film! Disadvantages: Can you turn it back on?
Last summer just as the holidays started I typically caught a really bad cold. I am almost certain I was dying and, no I'm not being melodramatic, and it was then that I first saw Angels bathed in a heavenly glow! To be more precise it was Charlies Angels and the glow was coming from the tv screen, but you get the picture. Their ass kicking antics, snappy musical numbers and Charlies soothing voice all worked together to ease my fevered brain and ... ...when Charlies Angels Full Throttle (Directed by McG?)came out in the cinema I had to go see it to discover whether it was the fever that had made me enjoy Charlies Angels or whether I actually have bad taste!
This may surprise some of you but there is actually a plot to this movie, though blink and you might very well miss it. Basically two rings which somehow store information about the witness relocation program have been stolen by some naughty ...
Sara82 19.08.2003 (22.08.2003)
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Advantages: Sexy girls, good effects Disadvantages: Lack of plot, any opportunity for an explosion is grabbed
...And that is how Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle starts. From that piece you can basically gather everything you need to know about the rest of the film: Diaz is the kooky, fun-loving one, Barrymore is tough tomboy, and Lui is the stylish classy flexible one, the plot doesn't matter at all, the angels always win, with ne'er even smudging their lipstick, and they do all of this in ridiculous heels.
Full Throttle is an appropriate name. Everything ... ...are some great parts to Charlie's Angels. One scene in particular where they fight some Irish cons in a warehouse to Prodigy's Firestarter is excellent, if a little implausible. As usual, the girls stay looking flawlessly made-up and clothed all the way through, even when they set the whole place on fire. However, it is one of the highlights of the film and if you don't think too hard about the stupidity of it, it is great entertainment. The girls ...
franproc 29.08.2003
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Charlie's Angels are back and this time their mission is to retrieve two missing gold wedding rings. The rings contain information that identifies the names of every one in the Federal Witness Protection Program. As the body count rises so does the need to get hold of the rings...
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DVD
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SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS, UCA; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
McG Telestrator Commentary, Writers Commentary, Angel Vision Trivia Track, Angels Makeover Hansen Dam Featurette, Dream Duds Featurette, Full Throttle Featurette, Theres No Such Thing As A Short Shot Only And Overworked Producer Featurette, Music Video Pink Featuring William Orbit Feel Good Time, Cameography, DVD ROM Link, Angel Film School, Pussycat Dolls Featurette, Rolling With The Punches, XXXtreme Angels Featurette, Full Throttle Jukebox
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2.40 Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English Polish Hungarian
Professional reviews
Review
"...The stars are on top, straddling and driving the movie's actions chassis....Diaz, Barrymore, and Liu are never more triumphantly feminine than when they're trumping men at their own kick-butt game..." (Entertainment Weekly, p.57, 11/07/2003)
"...As insistent as it is skillful..." (Los Angeles Times, p.C1, 27/06/2003)
"...McG gets top-notch performances from his stars..." (Sight and Sound, p.41-2, 01/08/2003)
"...Bigger, sleeker and better than the first, sequel CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE is a joyride of a movie that takes the winning elements of the year 2000 hit to the next level..." (Variety, p.22-31, 23/06/2003)
DVD Description
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE reunites Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu as they once again wage battle against some formidable opponents. This time around the three angels are on a mission to track down two stolen rings that contain encrypted information relating to the Witness Protection Program. Naturally the girls kick some serious butt, often facing some familiar villains in the shape of a returning Crispin Glover (as the Thin Man) and Justin Theroux (as Seamus O'Grady), a former beau of Barrymore's character. To further spice things up, there is an ex-angel, played by a shapely Demi Moore, who is rather keen on getting her hands on the rings, all adding up to lots of thrills and spills for the girls. Director McG returns from the original movie, this time upping the action ante with a series of spectacular stunts and CGI-assisted tricks. Employing a neverending array of celebrity cameo appearances, McG builds on the momentum of the previous movie and neatly balances the combination of comedy set pieces and action sequences. Cast and crew keep their tongues planted firmly in their cheeks throughout, leading to a not-too-serious romp that is a feast for the eyes.
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