{"id":22212,"date":"2019-10-23T21:43:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T04:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=22212"},"modified":"2020-12-22T09:43:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T17:43:38","slug":"review-charlies-angels-full-throttle-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/10\/review-charlies-angels-full-throttle-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Charlie\u2019s Angels: Full Throttle<\/em><\/strong> exemplifies the early 2000s so damn well, and yes I realize McG was parodying the action schlock from that time period (like M:I2<\/em>) but doesn\u2019t do it very well, or at least the humor rarely lands.<\/p>\n

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Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Comedy<\/span>
\nSony | PG13\/Unrated \u2013 105 min. \/ 107 min. \u2013 $14.99 | October 22, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/23\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>McG
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>John August (story), John August and Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, Bernie Mac, Crispin Glover, Justin Theroux, Robert Patrick, Shia LaBeouf, Matt LeBlanc, Luke Wilson, John Cleese, Robert Forster<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Featurettes, Trivia Track, Music Video, Theatrical Trailer
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\n<\/span>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>41.68 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>33.27 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 1.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>The Angels \u2014 Natalie (CAMERON DIAZ), Dylan (DREW BARRYMORE) and Alex (LUCY LIU) \u2014 are ready to go undercover, with the help of Bosley (BERNIE MAC), to retrieve two missing silver wedding bands containing valuable encrypted information: the new identities of every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program. When witnesses start to turn up dead, only the Angels can stop the perpetrator, one of their own (DEMI MOORE), by using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage, and martial arts.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Charlie\u2019s Angels: Full Throttle<\/em><\/strong> is a movie that epitomizes the early 2000s of cinema. Re-watching this for the first time in 15 years, I marveled not only how lousy the movie is and the humor that landed like a piece of led, but there were some aspects that were utterly dated (like Matt LeBlanc as Liu\u2019s sort-of boyfriend not to mention the music choices or cameos by the Olsen twins). The action here I believe was a parody of the likes of Mission: Impossible 2<\/em> (capped off with a parody movie within the movie) and for the most part I spent the bulk of the time just wishing the torture would end.<\/p>\n

The thing of it is, it\u2019s not like I don\u2019t appreciate ridiculous action, look no further than the Fast and the Furious<\/em> franchise which has had more than its fair share of outrageousness, however for the most part I\u2019ve had a lot of fun with how outlandish it is. Comparatively, the scenes in Full Throttle<\/em><\/strong> just never landed the same way, and it doesn\u2019t help the acting from a generally respectable cast, felt like they were phoning it in.<\/p>\n

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As talented as this core cast is, and going from my memory, it seems like they played the roles better in the first movie than here, where the plot feels slapped together with cameos galore but nothing that felt genuine, most scenes done to get a laugh, and failing spectacularly. I will say, and she doesn\u2019t give any sort of incredible performance, but I did like Demi Moore in the villain role at least.<\/p>\n

Just for fun, as it\u2019s no longer available online, I managed to find a raw file of my original movie review from the time period, and lo and behold, all these years later, my opinion, and rating for that matter, pretty much remained the same, though my mindset has changed where the whole T&A aspect really holds little weight, for whatever reason; like to think its maturity, but I doubt it as I do tend to laugh at juvenile humor.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a semi-glossy slip cover<\/strong> and redemption code for the Digital HD<\/strong> copy. Most of the features from the DVD have been ported over.<\/p>\n

Check Out the New Charlie\u2019s Angels<\/em> (2:16)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Promotional video advertising the reboot.<\/p>\n

Commentaries:<\/strong><\/p>\n