WHAT’S IT ABOUT
Charlie’s Angels have always provided security and investigative skills to private clients. Now the Townsend Agency has expanded internationally with the smartest, fearless, highly-trained women all over the globe: multiple teams of Angels guided by multiple Bosleys, completing the toughest missions across the globe. When a young systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, these Angels are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect us all.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
Another Charlie’s Angel movie. If I had to guess who the target audience is, I would say it’s every female that loves senseless action with a female lead. I’m not sure how big that market is, but so far, mindless movies only work for guy movies. Yes, it’s a double standard, but you can blame that on Hollywood. Furthermore, this film has too many women in it to be taken seriously. By comparison, it’s an adult female cartoon. For instance, most cartoons are made for kids. In those cartoons, the adults are stupid, and the kids are the all-mighty problem solvers. In Charlie’s Angels, every man is an idiot while all women basically run the world. That is not an exaggeration, and that alone is the main issue with this movie. Sadly, it’s not the only problem. The acting is excellent, but because of an extremely lackluster script, the actors sound stupid when saying their lines. The plot needed some serious work, and it would have been beneficial if they could have concentrated on one story. There are at least three different stories all playing out at the same time, and none of them are worth the inclusion into this film. Charlie’s Angels tries to be Mission Impossible, I Spy, Mod Squad, and every other male-dominated movie/series ever made. They failed and succeeded. They failed because it goes against everything Hollywood stands for, and they spent too much money producing a movie that displays that argument. They succeeded by giving a small demographic what they needed and by having studio support behind their idea. Charlie’s Angels is not a good movie, but because of its content, it will develop a cult following. So until that day happens, this adaptation, just like the other versions, will fall in the guilty pleasures column of the movie world.
OUR RATING – A “LET THIS BE THE LAST ONE” 4
MEDIA
- Genre – Action
- Street date
- Digital – February 18th 2020
- DVD/Blu-Ray/4k – March 10th 2020
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2:39.1
- Sound – English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Portuguese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles – English, English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras
- Audio Commentary – Cinematographer Russell Carpenter and director McG give their insights into the film. They talk about the bold color scheme, the various filming locations, and what it was like to work with so many well-known stars. Many of the film’s stunts are discussed here and how they were able to film them. McG is always interesting to listen to, just because he takes huge pride in his work. For fans of the film, this is a must listen.
- Getting G’d Up (SD, 6 min.) – I dare you to guess what this featurette is about based on that silly title. That’s right, pandering to McG’s already large ego, this featurette throws even more fuel on the fire with the cast and crew piling on the accolades for McG.
- The Master and the Angels (SD, 7 min.) – Choreographer Cheung-Yan Yuen, gives us an idea of what fighting styles the gals had to learn to pull off the movie.
- Welcome to Angel World (SD, 5 min.) – This is a featurette that talks about exactly what I was saying. ‘Charlie’s Angels’ shouldn’t ever be taken on a serious level. It’s more of a playful film to laugh with.
- Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew, and Lucy (SD, 3 min.) – The varied costumes are covered here in light detail.
- Angelic Effects (SD, 7 min.) – Here we get a little peek at how they were able to pull off some of the visual effects of the movie.
- Wired Angels (SD, 2 min.) – This short featurette covers the wire work that had to be used in some scenes where the girls do jumping ‘Matrix’ kicks as they float through the air.
- Deleted Scenes (SD, 5 min.) – Three deleted scenes are included.
- Outtakes and Bloopers (SD, 3 min.) – Your standard collection of bloopers, which resemble the ones played at the end of the film.
- Music Video “Independent Women Part 1” (SD, 4 min.) – Destiny’s Child performs their popular song which flashes me back to my high school days and every girl in my school blasting that stupid song.
- Music Video “Charlie’s Angels 2000” (SD, 4 min.) – That’s right another music video. This time it’s Apollo Four Forty performing their song written for the movie.