Charlie's Angels

Plot synopsis:
Natalie Cook (Cameron Diaz), Dylan Sanders (Drew Barrymore) and Alex Munday (Lucy Liu) are the "Angels", three talented, tough, attractive women who work as private investigators together for an unseen millionaire named Charlie (voiced by John Forsythe). Charlie uses a speaker in his offices to communicate with the Angels, and his assistant Bosley (Bill Murray) works with them directly when needed.
Charlie assigns the Angels to find Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell), a software genius who created a revolutionary voice-recognition system and heads his own company, Knox Enterprises. Knox is believed to have been kidnapped by Roger Corwin (Tim Curry), who runs a communications-satellite company called Redstar. The Angels infiltrate a party held by Corwin and spot the Creepy Thin Man (Crispin Glover) who was seen on the surveillance videos during Knox's kidnapping. They chase and fight the Creepy Thin Man.
After the Angels reunite Knox with his business partner Vivian Wood (Kelly Lynch), Charlie explains that they must determine whether the Creepy Thin Man has stolen Knox's voice-recognition software. The Angels infiltrate Redstar headquarters, fool the security system, and plant a device in the central computer that will enable them to explore it remotely. They retire for the night after giving Bosley the laptop computer that communicates with the Redstar computer. Dylan takes up Knox's offer to spend the night with him, end up in making love but he betrays her later that night, explaining that he faked the kidnapping with help from Vivian and the Creepy Thin Man. He has kidnapped Bosley, and, with access to Redstar's central computer, he intends to use his voice software with the Redstar satellite network to find and kill Charlie, who he believes had killed his father in the Vietnam War.
Knox shoots at Dylan, seemingly killing her, but she escapes unharmed. Natalie and Alex are also attacked, and Corwin is murdered by the Creepy Thin Man. When the Angels regroup together, all uninjured, Charlie's offices are blown up. A radio receiver survives in the rubble, and Natalie deduces Bosley's location as he speaks to the Angels using a radio transmitter implanted in his teeth, explaining how to spot his location where he is being held captive.
With help from Dylan's current boyfriend Chad (Tom Green), the Angels approach the abandoned lighthouse where Knox is holding Bosley prisoner. The Angels rescue Bosley and defeat Vivian, the Creepy Thin Man, and some henchmen before Knox blows up the lighthouse, but Knox uses his software and the Redstar satellite network to locate Charlie when he telephones Bosley. When Knox programs a helicopter with a missile towards Charlie's house, Bosley helps the Angels board the helicopter, and Alex reprograms the missile to have it shoot backwards, which blows up the helicopter and kills Knox while all of the Angels land safely together on the beach.
Seeing the opportunity to finally meet Charlie in person, they enter the beach house that Knox had targeted the missile at, but Charlie has already left. He remotely congratulates the Angels on a job well done through another speaker, and treats them and Bosley to a vacation. Charlie tells them that Knox's father was undercover; however, he was discovered and he was killed by someone else but not Charlie. When he speaks to the Angels unseen again by telephone on the beach, they ask if they could ever meet him in person. Dylan then suspects that she might be seeing him nearby talking into a cell phone, but she doesn't tell the group.

Tags: whimsical, violence, satire, entertaining, murder

Review:
The story may be lame but the visuals are a real treat, and I don't mean just the girls, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. The colors in this movie are vivid and fun to view.The story is cartoon-like in nature and and funny in a number of sots.
Their case (involving rival software companies, a kidnapping, and the planned assassination of boss Charlie) doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and Bill Murray is out-of-it as confidante Bosley, but director McG's modern-comic action is so lightning-fast and silky smooth you may be having too much fun to notice.
There's no intellectual challenges made in this movie's plot, and that's how it should be; the characters are only slightly more fleshed-out than any of the ones from the TV show, and that's also not a bad thing - if you put too much seriousness into this kind of film, you wind up killing the roaring-good times to be had.
Now comes CHARLIE'S ANGELS, another big-budget comedy action film lifted from some age that probably no longer exists (at least not on our generation).
Every bit feels like an exhilarating no-questions-asked playhouse of brainless style, and I mean that in the nicest of ways.The film is one-part MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (and in one instance, after the Angels have described their plan to break in to a room, like that in the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movie, one of their superiors tells them "That's impossible", followed by a "Sounds like fun" response of excitement from the crime-fighting Angels), another-part John Woo action flick, one-part pure 70's camp and another part spoof of it all, and thrown in, for good measure, some MATRIX-inspired slow-mo stunts.
After opening with one of its first few outrageous stunt sequences, the story proceeds, concerning a new set of Angels, including smart and uber-sexy Natalie (Cameron Diaz), tough-cookie but never-not-attractive Dylan (Drew Barrymore) and no-nonsense and no-less sex-appeal Alex (Lucy Liu), as always taking orders from unseen voice-in-a-speakerphone Charlie (voiced by John Fosythe, returning to his voice-acting role form the TV show).
I went to see 'Charlie's Angels' out of interest after all the interesting coverage from the set.The laughably complex plot seems to flow along well with the movie.
The agents are successful but Knox turns out to have more sinister motives and the angels find themselves fighting to protect Charlie and Bosley.Yet another in a line of film remake's of old TV shows, in the words of LL Cool J `yet another remake of an old TV show'.
This movie is simply too over the top, and the 'funny' moments are quite laboured.Great karate moves and special effects are spoilt by the weak storyline and a ridiculous performance from Bill Murray.
Well, the only thing I got was an awful need of walking out.This movie is so downright bad I don't know where to start: First, this is not "Charlie's Angels".
The angels are played by Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. With the sometimes inept help of Charlie's assistant Bosley(Bill Murray), the striking detectives investigate a kidnapping and retrieve some highly technical software that could lead to the death of their boss.Also in the cast of this fun, run and gun romp are:Tim Curry, Matt LeBlanc, Kelly Lynch and a very impressive villain played by Crispin Glover.
Miss Barrymore also has that way of being funny while not losing an ounce of sex appeal.Although contrived and a bit silly this movie is an action filled escape.
A bubbly and fun popcorn movie with lots of action and lots of laughs.
The film is clearly tongue in cheek, and references a lot of the stereotypical visual elements of action movies.
From matrix bullet time to music video like super slow motion shots, the films works slapstick comedy into a serviceable plot.
The three leading ladies are good value, ably supported by the rest of the cast, albeit Bill Murray's role seems to almost like a one man stand up show has been worked into the film, and seems a little out of place.
And this movie is updated version out of the series, now adding goof ball humour, sex and coolness factor in to the mix.The angels this time are Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore.
Charlie's Angels is like one huge music video with action and gimmicks in it.
Because this is not an intellectual movie and it CERTAINLY should not be analyzed.I don't do this comment thing very often, but I felt the need to comment on "Charlie's Angels."  I had the most FUN seeing this movie!
This movie, surprisingly enough, is WAY more enjoyable than this year's earlier action film, Mission:Impossible 2.
Although Charlie's Angels is unoriginal - mainly copying from Mission: Impossible and M:I 2 - it doesn't make the same mistake the latter film did: It's actually funny.CA is actually fun to watch and the stunts are pretty spectacular, not to mention that the characters are actually interesting, unlike the characters in M:I 2.
Charlie's Angles was fun Cameron Diaz, Drew Berrymore, and Lucy Lui were wonderful to watch.
Let me start off by saying that I just loved Charlie's Angels for the great, cheesy, stereotypical fun it was.
I did think the script was poor and it had a lot of plot holes, and I got a bit uninterested and felt the movie became way topo stereotypical at some parts, even though it was enjoyably stereotypical to begin with, but nonetheless this was a really great movie that I enjoyed watching for what it was and that is sheer joy and entertainment.
When at the beginning of the movie, each of the angels has a past history flash back with their own songs, I cant find out the song that played for Lucy Liu, can you help something like "the best things in life are free, you get them from......." Please Help!!!!!.
Whether you like 'Charlie's Angels' or not will probably depend on whether you like watching beautiful ladies Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore.
Another part of the fun comes from Bill Murray who has a lot of moments that will make you smile.What about other things in this film?
Again, for watching Diaz, Liu and Barrymore because they are beautiful or to see the fun performers can have 'Charlie's Angels' is worth watching.
None of the 3 angels in the movie have any completely developed, distinct personality, their all sort of these spastic women, but the personalities are not developed, they all kind of mirror each other.This is more a movie to watch for the killer action sequences where Barrymore, Diez and Lu show what they've got with leaps, kicks and other funky action scenes.
Not much to add except this...Any woman who is interested in strong female characters and real girl power should avoid this film at any cost as it will only insult her intelligence.The movie is a horridly failed attempt at being hip, exciting and fun.
Needless to say the film is quite tiresome.Apart from this music video-approach the movie shamelessly copies the Matrix bullet-time camera-work and fake kungfu by actresses who probably can't even beat a 12 year old karate student.
All the ridiculous action scenes are completely over-the-top, which was probably intentional, but is equally annoying.Add (or subtract) to this the lame humour, the low believability in what is virtually no plot, and the complete lack of charm of the ladies, and what you have is a film that is a complete insult to the original show.
Starring as the "angels" are Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and the delectable Lucy Liu. All have the bodies and mischievous twinkles in their eyes to carry all of this nonsense off.
"Charlie's Angels" is a fun movie..
The three ladies knew how to use their sex appeal and talent to work things out and get away with the thugs along the way.I remembered my father at times mentioned about the original TV series's version because he did watched it when it was on air here.
Charlie's Angels is a great movie.
It's up to the angels to get him and his software back.Starring Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, and Drew Barrymore, Charlie's Angels is a movie full of twists and turns and is not a film to be missed by action/comedy fans.
-The subject and some scenes are ridiculous but you can watch it and swallow the unbelievebale ...It is better than James Bond movies in creativity and cinematography but worse in plots and acting...although both show us hard to believe scenes...Cameron is successful in being the cheerful, funny, dynamic and friendly, warm heroine...who dances all the time and shakes her ass in front of the camera and seats on the toilet ...etc...Drew gets most of the beating..I did not understand why..whe was being punched and kicked and tortured and yet not a single bruise could be seen on her face except for blood coming from her mouth...!!!What a violence against such a sexy beauty...You can watch this movie the once and then watch it again after 5-6 years with your teenage boys/girls!.
Each Angel has a unique backstory...Natalie (Diaz) is an upbeat 'Soul Train'-dancing wannabe who 'shakes her booty' at home in Spider-Man undies, looks for 'Mr. Right', and is a crack driver; Alex (Liu) is a 'leg waxer'/extra on an action movie set, who is a lousy cook, sleeps with the film's star (Matt LeBlanc, in a funny cameo), and is an expert in high-tech gadgets; Dylan (Barrymore) is an ex-high school 'bad girl'/free spirit involved with a seedy, insecure hippie living in a tugboat (humorously portrayed by Tom Green, Barrymore's real-life boyfriend), is a master of disguise, and martial arts.As in the TV series, the Angels work out of the Townsend Detective Agency (still located in the famous colonial brick building), and communicate with the never-seen Charlie (voiced, as always, by John Forsythe) via the telephone.
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal...Natalie (Cameron Diaz), Dylan (Drew Barrymore) & Alex (Lucy Liu) are the three detectives, nicknamed Charlie's Angels.
Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu take on the roles of Charlies Angels, and its clear they had great fun doing it, thankfully this fun translates to the viewing audience very well, with the help of Bill Murray's comic genius.The actions sequences are a bit of a giggle, especially the fight scenes, which are wonderfully over the top and ridiculous.
The only thing we could have hoped to save this movie were the Matrix-type shooting of fight scenes and the consistently funny performance of Bill Murray, who the director left out of much of the film.Many people have at least recognize that the film, as far as writing and acting, was not to be taken seriously and the only thing you were supposed to be paying attention to were the beautiful women and the fast paced action scenes.
In fact, the only person I could stand in the film was Bill Murray.Even with the action scenes, the movie is terrible and the action does not help at all.
The action is uneven - there are a few very good scenes (Cameron Diaz defending herself against an assassin in a public restroom), but too much obvious wirework and "Matrix"-like gimmicks elsewhere, which make the film look dated already.
The sexiest woman in the movie is, IMO, Kelly Lynch (amazing body); in fact, all of the villainous characters (Sam Rockwell, Crispin Glover) are more interesting than the generally unfunny supporting good guys (Tom Green, Matt LeBlanc, and yes I would have to include Bill Murray in this list).
If you weren't a fan of the TV series, this film wouldn't be a "must see", but still would be worth seeing if you like fun action movies.
Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu are three of the most joyful actresses around, and their presence in "Charlie's Angels" is about as good as it can get.
Charlie's Angels * * * ½ StarsWhile no one would accuse this of being the most intelligent or meaningful film of the year, it's just filled with energy from beginning to end making it one of the most funIt's funny and the action scenes are great but if you're a guy there's three reasons to love this film from beginning to end: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu. The girls in this film are HOT!
Even better the director knows it and uses the plot an excuse to dress them in a number fantasy type outfits (such a Swedish band, race car drivers, etc.) and gives the plenty of reasons to run, be wet, do gymnastics, wear skin tight leather, and in one particularly amazing scene let Cameron Diaz dance in nothing but a baby t and her underwear!However ignoring the sumptuous T&A factor there is still a lot to like about this film.
In a lot of ways it plays like a really good James Bond film, only gender reversed.The movie also knows it's remaking a campy 70's TV show so it has fun with itself and consequently it's legitimately funny on a lot of levels.
LL Cool J has also has an excellent cameo appearance.I'd also be remiss not to comment on this film's soundtrack which uses the original TV theme and good mix of 70's disco and early 80's pop music to correspond with the action and like so many other elements of this film just enhance the total sense of fun one gets in watching it.
"Charlie's Angels" is a perfect Mai Tai mix of camp, sex, action and fun.
Cameron, Drew, and Lucy rock as the smart, sexy, bombshells who fight crime for their invisible boss Charlie.I had high expectations for this movie and they were all met.
I thought that Charlie's Angels was an incredible movie.
This film seemed more of a parody of the original "Charlie's Angels" (1976) series than a sequel.
I liked the real fight scenes and the strong-willed women, which did seem to be a good update to the play-fighting and girl-bait which was apparent in the original series.
I was the most fun I've had at a movie in a long time and totally fell in love with Carmeron Diaz's charecter..
(Don't get me wrong, I love that movie as much as anyone, but what's the deal with Cameron's nervous breakdown at the end?)"Charlie's Angels" doesn't pretend to have a message.
:(Full marks to Cameron Diaz for smiling a lot, Lucy Liu for tossing her hair, and Drew Barrymore for deciding to produce the thing.Great fun!
Want to watch an action packed movie full of girl power?
Because what you had inside the theater was simply great fun.Cameron is hot, Drew is sexy and Lucy is fantastic Together they make Charlie's Angels worth a watch..
That it was downright entertaining was a great surprise!The three angels - Brew Barrymore ("Dylan"), Cameron Diaz ("Natalie") and Lucy Liu ("Alex") do great jobs and are thoroughly convincing as action stars.
Charlie's Angels is just the type of movie you can watch anytime, if you just don't want to use your brain too much.
Bill Murray is absolutely adorable and funny as in almost all his films, and Cameron Diaz proves again that she is the cutest actress in Hollywood nowadays.All in all, a good entertaining watch, but too simple to really consider it great.
From start to finish the movie pulsated with action, music and a whole lot of fun.
And I found it interesting, more interesting when I read that Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore, three beautiful and excellent actress would play the role of the supersecret agents.The film is a mixture, from my point of view, of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (because the superagent-thrilling action), THE MATRIX (because of all the fight scenes, the camera rotations, the japanese manga style in the fighting) and AUSTIN POWERS (because of the '60s atmosphere, the pop music and the retro-ambience).I must say that I didn't expect so much enjoyment from this film.
It's just 50/50 in that point, because in some parts of the film, man is ridiculed by the power of women :)So, if you like action, humour (just don't miss Bill Murray's performance: incredible!), fighting scenes, and of course, the "presence" of Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu (and for the female audience, Matt LeBlanc appears also on the film!), just go straight into the theatre to spend one hour and a half of entertainment.
JUST ENJOY YOUR TIME WATCHING "CHARLIE'S ANGELS"!!!!!!
If you want a good laugh and watch a good entertaining movie, go see "Charlie's Angels"..
Of course, watching Cameron, Drew, and Lucy onscreen made me want to make sure I had my make up and hair all in place, but other than that slight sense of insecurity derived from viewing the movie, I loved it!.
Full of energy and great music, the only thing better than the "Matrix"-like fight scenes is Cameron Diaz's smile!
Err, yes it is.Charlie's Angels did something that few movies ever do for me anymore, it actually surprised me by being much better than I expected.
It is still big budget summer eye candy flick (err, its october) but it manages to be FUN which is something that a lot of the so-called summer blockbusters this year have forgotten to be.The film clear mocks itself and the original series while timing their action sequences to a rockin' (and quirky-but in a good way) soundtrack while playing out Matrix-like visuals.
A very charismatic cast who look like they're having a lot of fun: Drew, Cameron and Lucy, and Bill Murray as Boseley, and a hilarious role for Tom Green, who plays Dylan's boyfriend Chad.The plot has something to do with an old friend of Charlie's trying to find him and kill him, using some voice-recognition software or something.