Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
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| Directed by | McG |
| Produced by | Drew Barrymore Leonard Goldberg Nancy Juvonen |
| Written by | Ivan Goff (TV series) Ben Roberts (TV series) John August Cormac Wibberley Marianne Wibberley |
| Starring | Cameron Diaz Drew Barrymore Lucy Liu Bernie Mac Demi Moore John Cleese Robert Patrick Crispin Glover Shia LaBeouf Alecia Moore |
| Music by | Beck Jay Ferguson William Orbit Rage Against the Machine Ed Shearmur P!nk |
| Cinematography | Russell Carpenter |
| Editing by | Wayne Wahrman |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 27, 2003 |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $120,000,000 (estimated) |
| Preceded by | Charlie's Angels (2000) |
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is a 2003 action/comedy film, the second of the Charlie's Angels cinematic releases. It opened in the United States on June 27, 2003, and was number one at the box office for that weekend and made a worldwide total of more than $259 million. It is also credited as being the first movie released on Blu-ray Disc.
The movie's tagline was This summer the Angels are back.
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[edit] Cast and direction
The movie was directed by McG, and starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu (as the three "angels" Natalie, Dylan and Alex, respectively), with Bernie Mac (as Jimmy Bosley, foster brother of John Bosley, played by Bill Murray in the first film) and Demi Moore. John Forsythe returned as the voice of Charlie, and Crispin Glover reprised his "Creepy Thin Man" role from the first movie. John Cleese, Matt LeBlanc, Luke Wilson, Justin Theroux, Shia LaBeouf, and Robert Patrick also appear.
[edit] Cameos
- Thandie Newton was offered the role of Alex Munday, whom Lucy Liu wound up playing, but Thandie turned it down because she was filming as a main character in Mission: Impossible II; with Tom Cruise.
- The Pussycat Dolls dance to a vamped-up version of "The Pink Panther Theme" song.
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have cameo roles at the beginning of the film in a small scene & as "Angels in Training" at the end.
- Eve also has a cameo in the latter scene.
- Barenaked Ladies' co-frontman Ed Robertson had a cameo role, as a Sheriff.
- Jackass and Wildboyz star Chris Pontius has a cameo as an Irish dock worker during the Pussycat Dolls scene.
- The man who played Eric Knox in the first film, Sam Rockwell has a cameo in this film.
- Pink appears during the motocross sequence.[1]
- Kelly Garrett potrayed by Jaclyn Smith appears near the end of the film and helps Dylan come to terms with herself.
- Bruce Willis appears in an uncredited cameo. His character, William Rose Bailey, is a reference to Axl Rose, the frontman of Guns N' Roses. Early into the film, there is a scene with the name "William Rose Bailey" on the screen. William is Axl's first name, Rose is his biological father's name, and Bailey was his step father's surname.[2] He's also killed by the character played by his ex-wife, Demi Moore.
- Bela Karolyi has a cameo role in the beginning of the film as Alex's gymnastics coach
[edit] Plot
The Angels are hired to locate a set of stolen titanium rings that when put together in a special machine will display a list of all individuals in the witness protection program. It is revealed that angel Dylan was once named Helen Zaas (pronounced "Helen's ass", making her the "butt" of many jokes) and is in the program herself.
It appears that whoever has stolen the rings is attempting to sell them to the highest bidder amongst the various mafia groups in the world. It is eventually revealed that former angel Madison Lee (Demi Moore) is the perpetrator of the crimes.
[edit] Reception
The movie grossed $100.9 million at the U.S. box office, but had to depend on earnings from overseas box office to make profit. This is due to the incurred budget of $120 million.
The sequel, although viewed superior in stuntwork, special effects, and art design, was in part panned by critics and moviegoers because they felt that the Angels' seeming ability to know and do anything had been stretched a tad too thin. (For example, one of the Angels uses a blacklight to discover a footprint, which she then attributes to a special limited edition type of sneaker issued exclusively at one store as a promotion.)
However, many fans of the original television series prefer this film to the previous, feeling that it comes closer to the spirit of the show by reinforcing the fact that the films aren't merely remakes, but rather a continuation of the series. (As referenced in the Angels' discussion of replacements, Jaclyn Smith's cameo, and Charlie's gallery of former Angels.)
Ultimately Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle earned a 42% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- See also: 24th Golden Raspberry Awards
[edit] Development
Courtney Love, Drew Barrymore's close friend, was offered the role of Madison Lee, but after suffering a miscarriage while filming Trapped, she turned it down.
The movie starts up abruptly. However there is a series of on-line animated episodes[3] that explain how the Angels got there and their mission, concluded by the very introduction of the movie. The Seamus O'Grady prison introduction scene is a direct reference to Robert De Niro's prison-set introduction in Cape Fear. Near the beginning of the film one of the Angels is seen on the bonnet of a Ford Torino, the famed make and model from Starsky & Hutch.
The song "Feel Good Time" is the film's main track, and is performed by P!nk. Whenever Seamus O'Grady (Justin Theroux) appears he is accompanied by Bernard Hermann's theme from Cape Fear.
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson heavily sponsored the movie, using it as the launch for its superseded T610i mobile phone, which Lucy Liu uses in the ship dock scene.
Dita Von Teese is in the credits, listed under "Special Thanks". This is because Dita allowed Cameron Diaz to perform the 'Dancing In The Martini' scene, an act which Dita is well known for.
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| Preceded by "Hulk" |
List of Box Office #1 Movies June 29, 2003 |
Succeeded by "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" |
