Charlie's Angels

Movie Title: Charlie's Angels
Official Website (it might still work): Charlie's Angels
Rating (out of 10): 7
Reviewed By: Robin McFetridge
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The Review:

And they were kung fu fighting, those chicks were fast as lightning. . . well er uh maybe the slow motion action sequence scene's stolen or borrowed or copied, however you look at it from The Matrix is the new hype in action movies. Action movies attracting chicks no less. Yeah I love the action flick, the more explosions they better. It is even better when it involves a high body count. But this movie attempted to pass on a heavy message. It was all about the women. They don't need guns to be powerful and beat those big bad men. They use all their talents to beat the bad guy. The bad guys who do have all the guns and missiles and bombs and swords.

Charlie's Angels directed by McG adopts the same basic theme at the television series from the mid 1970's. Three beautiful women working for a man they have never met in his detective agency, Charlie's Angels of and their mentor Bosley. These crime-fighting angels take on all the undercover roles that give young boys and men fuel for their undercover fantasies. Like the series we don't get any gratuitous nude shots but what they do show throws more gasoline on those boy's fire. Yes they are right it is better to leave some to your imagination of just that hope that yes something just might pop out. Ohhh.

We have Drew Barrymore (from Home Fries) as Dylan, the one and only Lucy Lui (True Crime) as Alex the smart one. Cameron Diaz (Being John Malkovich) is the adorable athletic one, Natalie. And we sure can't forget Bosley played by Bill Murray (Rushmore). Instead of a competent middle age mentor, Murray makes Bosley out to be a buffoon. Then what would Charlie's Angels be without the smooth voice of John Forsythe the one and only Charlie Townsend.

Unlike the TV series, we get a brief peak at the Angels personal lives, which I found unnecessary for the balance they were looking for. Barrymore told the Rosie O'Donnell show that they did all their own stunts. That they studied Bruce Lee and Drunken Master movies to get the martial arts affect. Maybe the action sequences would have spoke for themselves if it was more Martial Arts and less of a rip off of the Matrix style of action, without the kewl sci-fi appeal.

The plot was easy to figure out from the start, the only surprise would be the costume or hair color the angels would show up in next. Most of the scenes were given away in the trailers. But for the young boys and some men this film is their Victoria Secret catalog on a big silver screen. For me I was slightly amused and I can get the appeal that this movie would draw so I give it a seven on the About-Movies couch rating. There is no real nudity and I sure didn't get close to seeing a cute male ass, there were no cute males in this film. There was however a freaky ugly skinny guy with a fetish for pulling out chunks of women's hair and keeping it as a souvenir.

Last updated: Saturday, October 28, 2006 05:37:31 PM

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