Redux Month - Charlie's Angels

Hey, don’t call me angel

So the Charlie’s Angels reboot came out in late 2019 to the fanfare of almost no-one, in part thanks to the godawful choice of song that accompanied the trailer, but we’re not talking about that one today it’s redux month

And we’re looking at the 2000 film, directed by McG, who since has directed such greats as This Means War and the sequel to this movie (who am I kidding?) and written by Ryan Rowe, whose bibliography looks more like a rap sheet, Ed Soloman, who wrote the Bill and Ted films, but also the Super Mario Bros movie and John August, at this point he’d written God, Go, and Titan AE, he went onto write the Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie and the live action Aladdin, make of that what you will.

The film made some money, $264m on a $93m budget, and received a positive 62% rotten tomatoes rating with critics, but audiences landed it a mere 45%, with the averages of both being around a 6.2/10. So, looking back on this movie, has my opinion changed?

Sequel Baiting #6 - Charlie's Angels vs Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Time for something for little less serious. There have been hundreds of takes on the spy genre, but none scream girl power quite like Charlie’s Angels. Based on the 80s TV show, Charlie’s Angels followed 3 sexy spies doing missions for their faceless man known as Charlie. I’ve not seen the show, but I’ve seen the movies… Oh, have I seen the movies. Although the show was ultimately cancelled due to low ratings, Charlie’s Angels has gained a bit of a cult following, can’t imagine why *cough*boobs*cough* spawning the creation of Charlie’s Angels in 2000 and Full Throttle in 2003. (Also a 2011 revival series and a 2019 remake *sigh*) critically and commercially, the first comes out on top, but we’re not here to look at what other people think.