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one of the worst films I have ever seen.
If I were to be given a choice between watching this movie again, or bashing myself in the head with a blunt rock, I'd find the biggest boulder I could find and smash away.

This movie was just god awful. Plain and simple. If I were to take anything out of the movie, I would learn that

1- it is possible to be in the air on a motorcycle, then go upside down, off the bike, fire 8 shots from two guns, and then land back on the bike in less than 2 seconds.

2- people can fly

3- The angels have a combined IQ roughly equal to a cucumber
AND
4- Bill Murray made the wisest decision of his career to ditch out of this movie.

Do yourself a favor, and avoid this film like the plague. I am dumber for watching it.

"Angel" Cake
The "Charlie's Angels" films are much like the opera. You either love it or hate it. I personally like 'em (this film was much better than "The Matrix Reloaded". That movie was pure geekboy trash (yes, I got all the metaphysical monkey crap & I still hated it)).

In "Full Throttle", the Angels are hired by the Justice Department to retrieve a set of titanium rings that have secured files (once hooked up and downloaded onto a computer) of all the applicants of the witness protection program. If fallen into the wrong hands, these files can be bought and sold at a mighty high price.

The film itself, just like the original, doesn't take itself seriously (come on people, its based on a jiggly 70's T.V. show for God's sake!). The Angels do have there own personal problems, among the best of them is, Dylan worrying if the Angels might be splitting up (Dylan has a vision of the future Angels, among them, her being teamed up with the Olsen twins!). The soundtrack is great including songs from Rob Zombie, Loverboy, The Beach Boys, and Pink.

The action is, sadly, what bogs the movie down. It's great to have a cool action sequence in a film like this, but, when the film relies way, way too much on "Matrix" style fighting and "Bullit" Time slow-motion, you can't help, but, role your eyes and feel there should be something original in its place. The action is also way too cartoonish. I'm not a big fan of motorcross but even I know a cyclist can't do a handstand, pull out a gun, fire off three shots, turn back around, and land perfectly on the ground! If there is a third film, McG should calm the action down quite a bit(how about just a plain old shoot out or bar fight w/ no slow-motion?) and have a good solid plotline (how about something along the lines: The Angels have to catch a killer who is slowly wiping out former Angel members). Overall, the movie is worth the rent.

Solid Sequel
"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" reunites Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore as Natalie Cook, Alex Munday and Dylan Sanders for another fun romp to save the world.

THE STORY:

The Angels are called in to recover the stolen One Ring of Sauron (well, no actually), but they are called in to recover a stolen pair of power rings before they fall into the wrong hands. Not too sure WHAT the rings were supposed to be able to do but the actual plotline of the movie was not its strong point. In a moment of character development the girls also come to realize what true friendship is as changes in their lives threaten to break them apart.

THE COOL THINGS:

Like the first movie, the plot was simply a good excuse for the three ladies to get out into the world in their cool outfits, kick some booty girl power style and generally have fun. Trust me, this movie was TONS of fun.

The action and undercover hijinks are WAAAY up from the first movie as it is obvious the girls are now comfortable in their roles and it is OBVIOUS they are having a blast out there. The fight scenes and action sequences are more daring them the first movie and the pop culture parodies are even funnier than the last (including homages to MC Hammer and CSI!!!).

BEST SCENES:

1. CSI Parody Scene

2. 'O Grady Wharehouse Battle

3. The Motocross Scene

4. The Final Battle

THE DVD Extras

Like the first disc and most new discs, Tri-Star and McG spared no expense here as you get a TRUCKLOAD of extras the explore the movie and make this disc a worthy addition to the collector's vault.

Here's what you get:

1. Two Audio Commentary Tracks: 1 featuring Director McG and the other featuring writers

2. Angel-Vision Trivia Track: Cool feature found on more releases lately that you can play during the movie that gives you nifty factoids on the film

3. 8 Featurettes

a. "Pussycat Dolls" - 4 ½ minute feature detailing the filming of the strip club scene and the involvement of the infamous Pussycat Dolls troupe

b. "Rolling with the Punches" - 5 ½ minute feature on the fight choreography for the film

c. "XXX-Treme Angels" - 9 minute feature of the motocross scene and the pro-bikers involved

d. "Full Throttle" - 17 minute feature about the selection of the all the bikes and trucks that appeared in the film plus the Big Foot team

e. "Designing Angels" - Cool 7-minute feature of the wardrobe and lighting techniques used to highlight each actress

f. "There's No Such Thing As Short Shot, Just an Overworked Producer" - 8 ½ minute feature on the challenges producing this ambitious film including the expenses and the trouble they had to go through to get some of the more spectacular (yet SHORT) scenes shown in the film

g. "Angel's Makeover: Hanson Dam" - 4 minute look at the CGI and scale models that were needed to film the opening sequence in the film

h. "Dream Duds" - 3 minute slide showish feature showing off the actresses' various costumes and production sketches of them

4. Cameo-Graphy: Fun facts and quick cuts to scenes featuring actors and other celebrities who made appearances in the film

5. Full Throttle Jukebox: McG and the music director talk about how they selected the songs that appeared in the movie followed directly by those said scenes with the music in the background. SOLID feature

6. Music Video: "Feel Good Time" by Pink

7. Filmographies for the Cast and Crew

8. Trailers for Charlie's Angels I and II, Bad Boys II, Mona Lisa Smile, Something's Gotta Give, and S.W.A.T.

THE VERDICT:

Overall this was just a REAL fun film to watch. The story was forgettable, but it wasn't really about the story. The film was what it was, a simple fun 2 hour escape from reality featuring great action, beautiful girls in great costumes and an overall fun look at our lives through the pop culture pokes. The DVD package outdid itself as you get TONS of great extras. Obviously a lot of love and fun went into this film and it shows.

Final Grades:

Movie: 4 stars
Extras: 5 stars

Total: 4.5 stars

Highly Recommended

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