“Charlie’s Angels” is the latest classic-television series to be made into a major motion picture, which is about three crime fighting women who work for an anonymous millionaire. The modern day Angels have to stop some lame villains from stealing voice recognition software that would give someone the ability to trace anyone on earth at any time.
Besides solving the mission, the Angels are simultaneously working on getting their personal relationships together. How else would three beautiful detectives meet someone interesting, besides working on an important case?
Natalie (Cameron Diaz) is the happy-go-lucky Angel who has a passion for being a public dancer. Her dream becomes reality when she’s asked to attend “Soul Train.”
Drew Barrymore’s character was a menace to society in her teen years. As an Angel, she still is tough, but she utilizes her intuition to control herself.
Lucy Liu’s character is sassy, and she is the one who gives orders instead of receiving them. To compliment her attitude, she wears tight leather outfits.
Last, but not least, is Bill Murray as Bosley, the man who acts as the middleman between Charlie and the Angels. Basically he has to be rescued by the Angels because he can’t keep himself out of trouble.
“Charlie’s Angels” is a big budget movie delivering much explosive action that is entertaining for a few minutes. The plot was what makes the movie a disaster, because it is mired in twists that are not relevant to the action genre. The movie would work much better with a straightforward story line.
Another aspect of Charlie’s Angels that does not work well is the technology used to create the fight scenes. The creators enhanced the stunts by using special effects, just like the special effects used to create fight scenes in “The Matrix.” The special effects worked well in “The Matrix” because the fight scenes did not take place in reality, but “Charlie’s Angels” is about reality.
Overall, I really never got interested in any of the elements “Charlie’s Angels” was trying to deliver to its audience.