Even as a girl fantasy flick, "Full Throttle" fails because the filmmakers are more distracted with bad music video set pieces than telling a story.
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
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Reviews Counted:170
Fresh:72
Rotten:98
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Eye candy for those who don't require a movie to have a plot or for it to make sense.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for action violence, sensuality and language/innuendo
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Jun 27, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $100,685,880
Synopsis: They’re beautiful, they kick ass and they work for Charlie. On June 27, 2003, America’s greatest secret weapon will be unleashed again as Natalie Cook (Cameron Diaz), Dylan Sanders (Drew... They’re beautiful, they kick ass and they work for Charlie. On June 27, 2003, America’s greatest secret weapon will be unleashed again as Natalie Cook (Cameron Diaz), Dylan Sanders (Drew Barrymore) and Alex Munday (Lucy Liu) reunite for a challenging new adventure in Charlie’s Angels®: Full Throttle, a sequel to the blockbuster action comedy, directed by McG and inspired by the phenomenally popular television series. The Angels prepare to strike without warning as they go undercover to retrieve two missing silver bands. These are no ordinary rings. They contain valuable encrypted information that reveals the new identities of every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program. When witnesses start turning up dead, only the Angels, using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts, can stop the perpetrator, a mysterious ‘fallen’ Angel (Demi Moore). Aided by their trusty colleague, Jimmy Bosley (Bernie Mac), the Angels’ adventure begins at a remote Mongolian outpost and ends only after Dylan (Barrymore) is forced to face a dark secret from her past -- a secret that puts the lives of her two best friends in danger. Columbia Pictures Presents Charlie’s Angels®: Full Throttle starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. Also starring Bernie Mac, Crispin Glover, Justin Theroux, Robert Patrick and Demi Moore. John Forsythe returns as the voice of Charlie. Rounding out the cast are Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc, Rodrigo Santoro, Shia LaBeouf, Robert Forster, John Cleese, Eric Bogosian and Carrie Fisher. Charlie’s Angels®: Full Throttle is directed by McG. The screenplay is by John August and Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley from a story by John August. The producers are Leonard Goldberg, Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen. Jenno Topping and Patrick Crowley are the executive producers. The distinguished production team includes Academy Award®-winning director of photography Russell Carpenter, ASC and production designer J. Michael Riva. The film is edited by Wayne Wahrman A.C.E. The special visual effects are by Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc. The Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor is Mark Stetson. The music is composed by Edward Shearmur. The music supervision is by John Houlihan. The costume designer is Joseph G. Aulisi. Charlie’s Angels®: Full Throttle is based on the Television Series “Charlie’s Angels” created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts. Charlie’s Angels®: Full Throttle is rated PG-13 for Action Violence, Sensuality and Language/Innuendo [More]
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore, Luke Wilson
Director: McG
Director: McG
Screenwriter: John August, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley
Producer: Nancy Juvonen, Leonard J. Goldberg
Composer: Ed Shearmur
Studio: Columbia Pictures
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Reviews for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
The special effects sequences, silly jokes, tantalizing outfits and overbearing soundtrack seem painfully forced and fake. Or maybe a better word is shallow. This film, for whatever it achieves, is painfully shallow.
It's like a third-rate Austin Powers picture cut to the whacking, attention-deficit-disorder tempo of Moulin Rouge.
Well, at least the title is apt -- this aggravatingly incoherent series of subpar music videos did make me want to see someone fully throttled.
Once again, the tone is that of a giggly, sweetly knowing, megabucks slumber party.
To paraphrase Steven Soderberg, if having fun on a set was an indication of how good the movie will be then Cannonball Run would be the greatest movie ever made.
Stupid stunts that defy rational belief, wasted casting that infuriates and annoys, and more skin than any woman with a brain, agent and reputation should display on screen.
My idea of hell: being locked in a theater for eternity with these Angels.
[A]s with the first film, it’s a complete goof, meant to be enjoyed with a large popcorn and lots of air conditioning.
Plays more like a video game -- with a prepubescent boy, suffering from Twinkie syndrome, at the controls.
Cameron, Lucy, and Drew are back as the Angels, with Bernie Mac and Demi Moore spicing it up. You’ll clap along even as you realize how plain dumb it all is.
A protracted, anti-feminist wet t-shirt display, in search of characters, plot and intelligence.
If you want to see what $125 million worth of nothing looks like, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is the picture for you.
A lot less fun than 2000's Charlie's Angels, this sequel made for the ADD generation jumps from one thing to the next like a mongoose on crack, and yet comes up with nothing.
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