As I sat down to watch this film, based on a 1970s TV series, I could easily have thought I was watching a typical James Bond prologue. It starts serenely in a jetliner with a passenger complaining about the in-flight film choice. This is promptly followed by two parachute jumps, the disarming of a bomb and agents whizzing to shore in a speedboat!
Charlie (a mysterious voice on a speakerphone done by John Forsythe) is the head of a detective agency that uses three beautiful women, or Angels played by Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu, to investigate unscrupulous people and cases. A proper plot and believability are substituted for fast-action, physical exuberance and total mayhem! The three angels are dressed in black, skin-tight ninja costumes. Diaz sports a fair degree of visible frontage and Liu achieves a marathon-mileage of sexy hair tosses! Many male viewers may find themselves wondering where they can land a job like Charlie's where the three beautiful women rush around in order to please him and ask only that they should have the privilege of meeting him in person one day!
The Angels windmill their way through 90 minutes' worth of assorted bad guys and doofus boyfriends in an attempt to save the day which culminates in an attempt to save the elusive Charlie from being assassinated. Along the way they perform countless splits, high kicks and martial-arts pirouettes.
Special features of the DVD include deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage, music videos, outtakes and interviews.
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Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
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
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1970s jiggle show. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced) and Lucy Liu star as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung-fu fighting trio employed by the my...
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1970s jiggle show. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced) and Lucy Liu star as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung-fu fighting trio employed by the my...
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Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu are Charlie's Angels - a trio of elite private ... more
investigators who, with the latest in high-tech gadgets, martial arts techniques and a vest array of disguises, unleash their state-of-the-art skills on land, sea ...
Advantages: Anything that has Cameron Diaz in it, wet and 'unzipped' to the waist has got to get 5 stars Disadvantages: not sure Lucy Liu was the right casting for the 3rd 'Angel'
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Review of Charlie's Angels (DVD)
Advantages: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz... Disadvantages: The most stupid film ever, even worse than The Avengers, possibly as bad as Batman and Robin
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