Starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Crispin Glover, Demi Moore, Rodrigo Santoro

Plot Summary Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle reunites Natalie, Dylan and Alex as the indomitable crime-fighting heriones from the popular 70's TV series. In the Angels' new adventure, the captivating trio once again demonstrates their expertise in espionage and martial arts, and disguise as they attempt to recover the top secret H.A.L.O. rings.

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Two letters. That’s all I can say. T & A. TONS OF ACTION. Damn this movie is so stacked from beginning to end with jam packed scenes that you are nary given a moment to breathe! Oh, and there’s plenty of that other stuff too. Me likey!

Ok, I may be a little biased here, since I did score some free undies and promo gifts, but this is what I call some summer funnin’, had me a blast baby. Sure, the stuff that happens is impossible and story is confusing unless you can rub your stomach and pat your head at the same time, but still, quite enjoyable. Basically, it’s a continuation from the first one, EXACTLY. Same director, same cast (except for Bosley), and some cool new additions with characters, stunts, and villains. Bring on the fun baby…

So once again, the angels are called on to save the earth. Charlie, the mysterious voicebox, alerts them that the H.A.L.O. (the original title of the movie, until they sexified it with “Full Throttle”), two circular rings that divulge the real identities of people in the witness protection program, have been stolen. The angels, of course, are expected to retrieve them and they do so through a collection of mini adventures. These scenes almost have nothing to do with each other, except that they all star these three hot chicks and could all be mini movies on their own. It’s like watching Alias, except 20 episodes, all in a row. Brain overload dude. While getting H.A.L.O. back, some hidden pasts are uncovered, the angels confront their uncertain future, and everyone has fun in the present. Good times…

I’m not going to BS with you guys. The plot of the movie is more or less forgettable and the only thing you’ll remember is probably seeing Cameron’s ass cheeks after leaving the theater. But I don’t have a problem with this. Come on, you’ve seen the commercials…why else are you watching this movie? Admit you’re either a perv or someone looking for a brainless good time or both, because you’re not going to find Newton’s 3rd theory of relativity here guys.

Onto the girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! I feel like I should be holding a sign standing next to the airport or something. Anyhow, the girls are AWESOME, and perform exactly how you want to see them. They are ridiculously funny, crazy, sexy, and cool all at the same time. Yeah, I jacked that from TLC. This is not surprising from Cameron or Drew, but even Lucy Liu manages to break her Ice Queen exterior, loosen up, and look like she’s having some real fun. They each have their own storyline, eccentricities and quirks that they work to the very extreme and do an awesome job at making such a campy story believable while being great sports about making fun of themselves and the movie.

Cameron Diaz is quickly growing to be one of my favorite actresses, if not, THE favorite. She seriously ups the tempo in this one and shows that giving her $20 million means her giving you her all. She puts a lot of energy into the film and gets most of the solos aka the more important and “physical” parts (ahhhh, I think I might have seen a nipple! Sad…). She’s just super fun to watch, and shows that she’s versatile and talented by also doing great stuff like “Being John Malkovich” and “Gangs of New York.” Plus, she’s the freaking best on talk shows and seems totally cool and down to earth in real life, with a cute goofy ass laugh (not like that hermit biyatch Julia Roberts…grrrrr). SMG, look out!

Drew Barrymore is known for comedy, but she shows that she was born for action too and holds her own in some crazy ass fight scenes. Always cute and bubbly, she’s no different in CA2. Lucy Liu, whose reputation precedes her, is equally amicable, although you do wonder why the hell her name is Mundy and why her dad is British funnyman John Cleese. Ok, and here it goes. The Return of Demi Moore. After being MIA for 6 years from the movie scene, she makes a triumphant entrance as Madison, a former angel who has now gone bad (the movie tries to make it shocking, but the trailers already gave it away). Basically Demi Moore rocks the house playing evil. She’s fit, looks great, and eases her way back into our memories oh so easily. Dude I don’t care if she’s 40 (very hard to believe) and Ashton’s only 25, it’s about time a girl robbed the cradle for once (Michael and Catherine!?!). So go Demi dude!

Though the actors make fine ingredients, it’s McG that’s brewing some mighty fine home cooking. McG is the freaking man. He’s 32 and absolutely ingenious because his style of filming is crazy with sweet ass angles and transitions coming from every which way you look. There is so much going on in each scene that your eyes constantly shift and you feel like you’re going to get astigmatism. Hell yeah. I love his approach to this film. He knows it’s ridiculous and plays up to that which is great because it comes across as funny rather than stupid. Loved the sound effects, the crazy zooms, the long montages of just gratuitous flesh…just about everything dude.

Ok. I do have one qualm. Where the hell was my boy Rodrigo!? After staring at that 1 sec blurb in the trailer one million times I was amped for some hot Brazilian boy action, but alas, he was tossed aside as a minor supporting character. In fact, most of the boys were (too bad, Irish man was awesome too. As well as Willard.). This movie is all about the girls and basically for the girls. It stresses girl power and contains a lot of jibbery girl talk about girl friendships and girl feelings. Hey, you guys have “2 Fast 2 Furious,” this one’s ours. Anyhow, girls should most definitely dig it, and guys won’t feel alienated because they get three, no correction, FOUR hot chicks to stare at for two hours. Not a bad deal.

So Charlie’s Angels 2 is a YES for the summer. Summer’s all about relaxing and having a good time and that looks like what they were doing when making the film and what you are going to do watching it. Don’t cry to me about the cheesy one liners, the implausible story, and the fact that these girls have nine lives…if you’re noticing this stuff over the rest of the action on screen then you have some definite problems. Remember guys, T&A…and there’s an ample amount of both kinds.
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Pink's song for this movie says it all. "A real good tiiiiiime. It's a really good tiiime." If you're looking for a deep, profound, good plot movie, this is not the movie for you. But if you're looking for a good time, then Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is the one to watch.

The second movie in the franchise, Full Throttle brings back those sexy, rambunctious angels Alex, Dylan, and Natalie (Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, respectively). This time, the three are fighting against a villain who has stolen a couple rings which contains the names of the people in the witness protection program. The villain, or should I say villainess, played sexily by Demi Moore, wants to sell the information to the big gang bosses.

McG is a true genius when it comes to creating awesome fight sequences. The opening scene in Siberia and the scene in the docks were wonderfully directed and choreographed. And it's really amazing that these girls do a lot of their own stunts. McG might even rival the incredible John Woo. Ok..maybe not, but pretty darn close.

I really enjoyed the allusions to movies like the Sound of Music, Flashdance, and Singing in the Rain. It was a really clever addition to the movie and it made me feel cool for being able to recognize them =) And, they were even able to stick in some character development! Each of the angels have stories of their own in which they have stuff from their personal lives that they must deal with. Natalie has just moved in with Luke Wilson, Alex faces the dilemma of telling her father about her secret identity, and Dylan's past comes back to haunt her.

Now on to the girls behind the Angels. This movie is rapidly making Cameron Diaz much more appealing. Actually, it's making all of them much more appealing. By making a movie where they can make fools of themselves and laugh about it really shows that they aren't the type of actors who take themselves too seriously. Plus, they're pretty damn sexy.

So if you're looking from some brainless fun, this is the perfect movie for you. I don't know if it really surpasses the first one, but it's comparable, and that's saying something because the first one was pretty damn good.