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Musiq_One 2012-05-25 14:18:42

May not be intellectually stimulating, Yet it manages to be better than lord of the rings

Cameron, Drew and Lucy are back with another 2 hours of mad cap escapismfunand inspiration as the sexy, fun lovin', hard workin' angels.The sequel this time round features a thicker plot, more side stories oneofthem hilariously played by Matt le Blanc and John Cleese as they ponderwhatdoes Alex do? Bigger soundtrack, bigger laughs, bigger romances, sexierduds, cameos from John Cleese, Carrie Fisher and Bruce Willis to name afew.McG has an eye for beauty as every shot manages to capture ecstatic neverending fun. The girls chemistry made me horny as did their outfits and thefighting in my opinion was the best fighting of 2003 til I saw Kill Billwhich Lucy also rocked in.Basically this film is more of everything. My advice to you don't expecttobe craptastically wowed by stuff like Lord of the Rings and Titanic thosemovies were for stupid people.Grab some popcorn, kick back and just get ready for a dazzlingmovie.If only films like these could win Oscars instead of all those intelligentfilms which took blood sweat and tears to make the world would be a funnerplace.

Spod-3 2012-05-25 11:01:05

A live-action cartoon feature

This is the flip side of 'Toy Story' and "Shrek'. Those were animatedfilmswith characters which looked and felt like real people. This movie has allthe realism and excitement of a Road Runner cartoon.So much of the action is not at all live - I don't mind CGI in films butthis is so obvious that many sequences look like a B-grade PC game. Al-o-n-g and tedious dirt-bike sequence has so many patently absurd'movements' that you start to wonder if they even bothered to employ anystuntmen or just went straight from actors to sprites.I'm not sure if the director has done anything other than music videos,buthe (or she, a name like McG gives nothing away) seems to have approachedthis as if it was just another one. Virtually every scene is filled withgratuitous music backing and some even have J-Lo style dance segmentsthrownin for some inexplicable reason.I guess the 'Angels' are not much worse than in the first film, but thereare so many awful cameos by good actors who should know better. Demi Moorerolls out her evil-bitch "Disclosure' persona, Bruce Willis could havebeenanyone else, and John Cleese takes on possibly the worst role of hiscareer.For what it's worth, the plot looks dangerously like a Lord-of-the-Ringsrip-off: two rings with names of witnesses in hiding have been stolen andthe Angels have to get them back. This is the cue for lots of scenes thatmake any James Bond film look hyper-realistic.This film is a sort of modern-day 'Robot Monster'. It's so dreadful thatitcomes close to being a parody of itself, but the jokes in it are so lameandthe plot is so uninspired that you can't even laugh at it, let alone withit.

chimpacabra 2012-05-21 08:02:05

2 hrs and 9 bucks i'll never get back

this movie (if you could call it that) is a monumental waste of amillion feet of film and 100 million dollars. mcG should be put indirector jail for this complete piece of garbage. granted, i knew thiswasn't going to be a 'great film' but it wasn't even watchable! it's theworst movie i've seen since striptease (hmm...) and i watch a lot ofterrible s**t, most of which i enjoy on some twisted level. not here.don't even bother with this movie. the action is lame, the girls lookfreakish & digitally altered, and overall it's about as funny as acrutch. when matt leblanc gives the best performance in the film,your movie is in deep ass trouble.

vip_ebriega 2012-05-20 10:41:29

Big, dumb but a lot fun just the same.

My Take: Fast and fun, just not as good as the first. CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE, the sequel to the surprise hitCHARLIE'S ANGELS (itself, a follow-up than a remake of the classic TVseries), is just much like the first film, with style flowing oversubstance. The plot is empty and the film's just stylish action scenes,incomplete without the famous slow-motion shots. But it's a lot of fun,and it also seemed that it took as much fun to make it. It's enjoyablypleasant enough, even if it's dumber than usual.Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu are back for more serious,sexy spyin' as Angels Natalie, Dylan and Alex, on a mission to stop theusual bad guys, while also trying to fix things with their everydaylives. Natalie is still on a long-time relationship with her boyfriend(Luke Wilson) and wondering if ever he is going to propose. On theother hand, Alex's father (John Cleese) has just returned home anddiscovers that her daughter's career is far beyond what he was made tobelieve (she was supposed to be a doctor). Dylan on the other handconfronts his ex-boyfriend who she discovers to be a hit-man, nowworking for the bad guys. Supporting roles are provided by Demi Moore(as an ex-Angel), Crispin Glover (back as the bizarre "Thin Man") andBernie Mac (as the Angels' new sidekick replacing Bill Murray from theoriginal). Also watch for a cameo appearances by Bruce Willis andCarrie Fisher.Director McG gives the film a MTV-feel, some of which is prettystylish, some of which are just plain dumb and silly. The script,although has a number of clever comedy bits, is just a retread of thefirst film, and using leftovers from the original. There's nothingreally new about this sequel, but what else is new? Sequels to summermovies tend to be dumb, derivative and repetitive, but few are actuallyreal fun ones. FULL THROTTLE is not fun for more than the run time, butit's enjoyable for most of the time. Stars Diaz, Barrymore and Liu arehaving a ball-clowning with their roles, having just as much fun as inthe first film.FULL THROTTLE is not for everyone's taste. Those who can't takesilliness and dumbness for an hour's worth of running time may not makeuntil the end. But those who can suspend their disbelief for the sakeof one silly dose of summer madness, CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLEdelivers exactly what its expected from it.Rating: *** out of 5.

2012-05-16 23:53:46

Angel cakes!

Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz & Drew Barrymore steam up the screen again to retrieve 2 titanium rings which are encoded with the names of the Witness Protection Program. Demi (hubba hubba) Moore co-stars as "the angel gone bad" & tries to kill the angels. Great scenes: Demi in a bikini & Demi in skin-tight leather. MMM-MMM GOOD!

freemantle_uk 2012-05-16 18:47:23

McG!!!!!!!!!!

Charlie's Angels is one hell of a franchise. It started off as a badtelevision show in the 1970. Drew Barrymore brought the rights to theshow for her Flower Films production company, as a pet project for herand hired McG (most stupid name ever!) because she liked his promos,music videos and adverts. The first Charlie's Angels film was by nomeans a cinematic classic but it has some enjoyable action scenes andmade a big profit at the box office. A sequel was inevitable and had anumber of writers involved, including the pretty good John August toSimon Kinberg, one of the worst writers in Hollywood.The plot, what there is of it, is two titanium rings with everyone onthe US Witness Protection programme's details on them have been stolenand placed on auction for the highest bidder. The Angels, have beenasked by the US Marshalls to find them and bring them back. On the waythey have fight a lot of people including the Thin Man (CrispinGlover), Dylan's (Drew Barrymore) ex Irish boyfriend Seamus O'Grady(Justin Theroux) and ex-angel Madison Lee (Demi Moore). Within the filmthey are sub-plots, like Alex's (Lucy Liu) dad (John Cleese) visitingand having to relieve that she is really a crime-fighter, not aneuro-surgeon. Natalie (Cameron Diaz) moves in with her boyfriend. AndDylan relieves she is one the Witness Protection list and worries aboutthe break up Angels.I have nothing wrong with films just setting themselves out to be fun,but they is still a basis requirement of being coherent. The script andthe direction lack both. They is barely a plot; the film makes fun ofMission: Impossible II, but even that is a better film then this. McG'sinexperience as a storyteller shows. He's background as a music videodirector shows, because just focuses on stylist set pieces and can'ttell a story. Charlie's Angels is a collection of bits, from the almostJames Bond style pre-credit scene, to the fight with the Irish guys tothe Cape Fear reference. The film at times tries to be like a Bond andMission Impossible film but fails. Throughout the film the girls dressup in a number of disguises, but that wears thin really quickly. Somebits are embarrassing. The humour is flat and unfunny and they arestupid motions like when the Angels are dancing in Natalie's new house.There are some decent fight scenes, but that is not enough and there isbetter out there.The film has female protagonists, major women action heroes. I have noproblem with that, hell, I want to see more of that. But in this filmthere are sexist bits, like when Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore dressingup as sexy dancers.Most of the acting is weak, but this isn't an actors film. Bosley ischanged from a skinny white guy, Bill Murray, to a big black guy,Bernie Mac. I like consistency in a film series.Compare Charlie's Angel 2 to other action films that have been releasedaround the same time. X-Men 1 and 2, the first two Bourne films, thefirst two Spider-man films. Audience want films with substance, withskilled, experienced story tellers at helm.McG needs to grow up, and Simon Kinberg, the writer of films like XXX2, X-Men 3 and Jumper needs to quit the film industry.

2012-05-16 01:27:34

Great Movie! I don't know why people said it suck!

When I saw Charlie's Angels 2, it trutly blew me away. It was a lot better than the first part and it had a good plot. The action was cool and alot better than that stupid movie "The Matrix Reloaded". I reccommend this movie to anyone who are fighting fans! The only part they messed up on was when Demi Moore jumped off the building and flew throught the sky. That looked too fake!

Private Ryan-2 2012-05-15 16:12:55

An insult to anyone with an IQ over 80: pure Hollywood trash

While one is expected to suspend your disbelief when watching any movie,this atrocity named "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" is just beyondridiculous. Easily, this is one of the worst blockbusters ever made, and oneof the most unbearable pieces of garbage released by a major Hollywoodstudio.It's understandable that the core audience for this movie is almostexclusively teenagers, but the flick lowers every standard to such lowlevels that it becomes a joke. The producers may keep justifying this messwith the good old "it's just camp," or "it's just fun." Whatever; it doesn'tfly. The movie is an insult to anyone with an IQ over 80.Namely:- The Charlie's Angels can fly through the air, jump away from explosionsevery 10 minutes, and defy gravity on a constant basis for no reason at all.It's only funny the first twelve times...- The paper-thin plot is laughable, replaced with an overwhelming amount of"Matrix-like" CGI effects displaying the girls dodging bullets in the air inslow motion. This is done so many times during the movie that it makes youhope nobody uses this effect ever again in a movie. Ever!- Characters, all of the sudden, develop the ability to fly (DemiMoore).- Characters, all of the sudden and without much explanation, go from being"bad: to being "good" (Thin Man), and from being "good" to being "bad" (DemiMoore, Robert Patrick).- The jokes are lame, unfunny, and worst of all, rehashed straight off thefirst movie. - John Cleese should fire his agent for getting him into thismess.- Bernie Mac. Why, oh why?- Did I mention the girls constantly fly away from explosions, and defy anylaw of physics with no apparent explanation (mind you, these Angels do notlive inside the Matrix.)With the overblown production budget of this horrendous flick, you couldproduce five or six half-decent movies. This movie is a disgrace, anotherexample of the mindless trash that Hollywood keeps popping out. Avoid at allcosts. I give it a 1/10 because there's no "0" option in the rating.

2012-05-06 11:47:02

Buns, Puns, Booms, and Some bad special effects...

"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" is most simply a perfect popcorn movie. You pop this in the DVD player, turn the speakers up, sit down, turn your brain off, and watch the action sequences unfold, one after another. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu are back, sans Bill Murray's Bosley in the second installment for more insane action sequences, fight scenes, and gratuitous booty shots. The plot is really quite simple. The government hid the names of people in the Witness Protection Program on two rings, one containing the real names and the other containing the aliases. Someone has stolen them and its the Angel's job to get them both back. Seems simple enough. Its not.From the first explosion to the last landed blow, this film is a mess, but it benefits from being so. If it were to take itself as a serious action movie, it would've been the first "Mission: Impossible" (which actually had the same plot) just with three really hot chicks. Since the producers of the movie decided to let everyone know the major surprise twist in the casting announcements and even the films trailer, finding out that Demi Moore was the villian didn't come as a shock but they did do a good job of hiding it from people who hadn't seen the trailer.Bernie Mac does a pretty good job of replacing Bill Murray as Bosley, who wasn't such a big part of the first film anyway. John Cleese is good as Lucy Liu's father, seeming disappointed and shocked in his daughter's chosen line of work (after a bit of a mix-up due to Alex's ex-boyfriend, Matt LeBlanc). Justin Theroux, Shia LeBeouf, and Crispin Glover (reprising his Creepy Thin Man role) are all good, even though the latter never says a word except "AAAHHHH!!!". The one thing that really bothered me about this film was the last act, where Demi Moore jumps off a building and literally flies for 5 blocks with these attachments on her dress. It was aforementioned in the film that she had won a Nobel Prize for her research on flying mammals, so that figures that she would know how to do it, but come on. Even in action movies some things are a little over the top. The special effects are real bad there. Otherwise, they were okay. Nothing Oscar worthy in this film. The score for this movie is exponentially better than that of the first film. There is an internal conflict within Drew Barrymore's character so there are some real somber musical moments. The show's theme is used a few times and of course, the "plot thickens" theme is used to great effect. Even the songs in the movie were good, like "Breathe" and "Firestarter", during the Coal Bowl and sailor fight, respectively, by Prodigy.Buy it if you want a good, funny action movie to spend a Friday night watching. Avoid it if you don't like over-the-top action. Lord knows theres plenty of it in this movie. He should after all...it is a movie about Angels.

Kurry Stap 2012-05-05 20:19:56

Charlie's Angels: Best Sequel of the Summer(except for Reloaded)of course!!

Charlie's Angels full throttle was an unbelievable movie. The acting wasgreat, despite the lightheartedness of the film. The entertaining valueofthe film was superb and who could resist watching cameron diaz in TheTreasure Chest Club. Watch it, you'll see what i'm talkin about. Themoviewas a fun mix of action and humor, mostly provided by Bernie Mac, who wasanexcellent addition to the film. Charlie's Angels is a film for everyone,itis truly a great sequel and a great movie.

Jerry-137 2012-05-05 10:59:40

Oh my!

I'm only half-way through the DVD and it's taken me 3 days to get this far. This is a terrible movie, maybe as low as the bottom 10 of all time. It'sjust plain stupid.Maybe the kids will like all the fake action but the story line and the waythey did it was horrible. Reminds me of the Austin Powersfilms.

RawNerve 2012-05-05 02:33:17

This was way better than the first!

This was way better than the first. There was a lot of comedy, and a lotofaction. Demi Moore is hott, and I can't believe she is forty. This wasinteresting because it has a better story and way better acting! Anywaysthis is a exellent film that I recommend. GO SEE IT!

2012-05-04 03:41:08

A Very Comedic and Sexy Movie

All the main actors put in a well-done, comedic job. Drew Barrymore is sexy, and so is Cameron Diaz, and all the angels are so wonderful to watch. This is a particularly silly film that is fun to watch when you just want to relax and have a good laugh. I LOVED the "Cape Fear" parodies. Those were soooooo funny! I am a huge fan of the thriller starring De Niro and Nolte, and there are these very funny parodies of the film throughout "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle". GREAT MOVIE!! Recommended for anyone with a silly, lighthearted, fun sense of humor. :)

Kristine 2012-05-03 17:29:51

I remember hearing one good thing about this film: How great Demi looked! Wow, that is pretty sad, isn't it?

I know that the Charlie's Angels series was kind of hokey and I thinkthat's what they were going for with for the sequel. I figured that Iwould give it a shot and see if this was any kind of an improvementfrom the first movie, and I have to say: Nope. It was reallydisappointing and had way too much CGI effects, not to mention, I'msorry to disappoint, but I bet you anything, CGI helped with Demi'slooks as well.The second Charlie's Angels is about how the girls need to get ahold ofa loose file of the witness protection program, that also includesDylan, she was formally known as "Helen Zass", which that joke was wellplayed out, and the angels meet old wings gone bad, Madison Lee. She isthe leader of the gang that is trying to find all the people in thewitness protection program and kill them.Like I said, some jokes were just too played out and the CGI was wayout of control. It's really sad that movies like this get a huge budgetwhile other movies with great potential get diddley! Charlie's Angels:Full Throttle was mainly about money and a cheap soft porn dream forall the teenage boys! I'm sorry, but I would recommend to stay awayfrom this flick.2/10

2012-05-02 16:38:32

A refreshing film with plenty of action and laughs!

Charlie's Angels Full Throttle is a great film - its refreshing from all the confusing and rubbish films such as The Matrix 2&3 because its actually fun to watch! In every scene there is a different style - the colours are bright and the soundtrack is great! When Ive read peoples responses to this film, they say its "unrealistic", but thats what makes it fun as you can escape reality and go into another world! The aim of this film is to entertain and make you feel good, and it definintely does this!! Watch this film again and again...you wont be disappointed!

2012-05-01 21:38:53

Unmitigated Garbage

It would be hard to put into words how awful this movie was, and after wasting the better part of 2 hours of my life on it, I won't spend much time. Let me simply add my voice to the warnings; this was dreadful. Zero stars should be added to the review options just for this movie. The plot must have taken half an hour for the writers to flesh out, and the dialog another 2 hours. Non-stop bombastic "action" that was boring beyond belief. Only an idiot could like this movie. John Barrymore must be rolling in his grave at the swill his descendent is guilty of. Everyone involved with this picture should be ashamed beyond belief, and anyone who gave this movie a positive review, you have a serious problem.

jon7krakow 2012-04-28 08:27:53

Porn movie or action movie?

When I first decided to go see Charlie's Angel's Full Throttle I thought Iwas crazy. But I knew I would have to go in with an open mind. That didn'teven help make this movie any more entertaining. This movie was a cheapployjust to bring people to the theaters and make money, not caring weatherthemoviegoers enjoyed it or not. The script may be the EXACT reason why BillMurray decided not to join the ORGY! The action used in this movie was thesame cheap action they used in the first Charlie's Angel's. If I remembercorrectly the original Television show didn't use the butts of theircharacters to be the butt of the jokes. And for no apparent reason theyhadto make Demi Moore run to her car in slow motion instead of walk to hercar,the running had NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER in the film. Little sidenote she didlook good for 40. If all that doesnt pursuade you to not waste your moneythen you should hear the plot. They are trying to recover two stolen ringswhich when put together will reveal the identities and location ofeveryonein the witness protection program...HUH??? You figure it out. Anyhow,that'sthe way I see it.

2012-04-28 05:32:31

Hot Humour!!!!

Are you people kidding me here??!!!This movie was hilarious. It never took itself seriously once and was made to poke fun at serious movies in the genre of cop, spy or karate flicks.It was so blatantly silly that you just had to laugh and it was meant to be this way.Come on, what were you expecting???It was done very well, because this is the way these movies should be done, in a fun, lighthearted way. Just watch Starsky and Hutch and you'll see alot of those similarities.Lighten up, here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gridoon2011 2012-04-23 01:16:20

Fluff, Part 2

This sequel to "Charlie's Angels" is pretty much more of the same -energetic, colorful and cartoonish fluff. There are parts that work:the girls spontaneously dancing to M.C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This";Jacklyn Smith's guest appearance as Kelly Garrett (she still looksgreat); brief moments of the fight scenes, mainly the one near thedock, that show Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu can do this even without thewires; Demi Moore's bad-girl role (though I still prefer Kelly Lynchfrom the original). However, much of the time is again taken bynot-especially-funny supporting characters and way overblown actionsequences, some of which (the pre-title, the one with the bikes, etc.)seem to have been done at least 75% on a computer. The cast is game andclearly had fun, if only McG could restrain himself a little theaudience might have more fun too. ** out of 4.

scarletminded 2012-04-22 03:35:16

MAXIMUM EXTREME!!! (No, really we are so extreme! We mean it!)

SPOILERS! EXTREME SPOILERS!Yipes! I can see why Billy Murray said no to this one.I liked the first one, but this one is trying to be so extreme, ithurts. I know, it is trying to be funny and cheesy, but many times Iwas groaning more than laughing. This happened at the beginning withthe mechanical bull. I mean, all they needed was to hose the Angelsdown for the male audience! (Something which does happen at the closingcredits when they are washing a car and hosing themselves down!) Dittothe Matrix fight scenes done to death, the "ass" jokes, the whole Dylansubplot (she can beat up a 1,000 men but not the one she loved! Gasp!)and the weird exploitation of the Angels, the 80's and early 90's,which isn't really that amusing.The only real joke in the film was the use of the movie title, MaximumExtreme, which could have been the title of this film since it reallywanted to be Maximum Extreme, but came out Cheesily Lukewarm. I wouldlike to point out it is the movie Alex's boyfriend, played by MattLeBlanc, is in. For some reason, LeBlanc cannot escape a Joey likecharacter, even in the theater. John Cleese is totally forgettable asAlex's dad, since he is just there to make faces because he thinks thathis daughter is a hooker and not an Angel (oh the innuendo, it justdoesn't stop!) The talent of these actors, plus the Angels and CrispinGlover, was very wasted.Glover's character had a bit of backstory, so you thought he was goingto be in the movie more, but I guess all that buildup was just so hecould die. Then again, no one really dies in this movie. I am assumingDemi Moore's character will live on, somewhere, that the Thin Man willcome back. I mean, the Angels themselves got hit with bullets andlived, only to "die" again in another scene and then come back to liveagain. I don't even know what the story was with Moore's characterexcept she was angry at the Angels for some reason (my theory by herlesbian ways- almost kissing and licking Diaz's character- she wantedto sleep with the Angels and they rejected her, so she turned to a lifeof crime...that makes as much sense as anything else, really).By being cheesy, lacking character development and trying to be"extreme," the second movie loses any fun the first one had. It isworth it to see if you like the Pussycat Dolls or are male. If I was a13 year old male, I would be super excited to see this one! Maybe Iwould play that car wash scene in slo-mo! :)