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| Blondel Aidoo | .... | executive visual effects producer: Asylum |
| Jance Allen | .... | digital compositor |
| Alfonso Alpuerto | .... | animator: SPI |
| Maura Alvarez | .... | rotoscope artist: SPI (as Maura N. Alvarez) |
| Grant Anderson | .... | technical director |
| Grant Anderson | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI (as Grant Madden Anderson) |
| Jason Anderson | .... | high speed compositing coordinator: SPI |
| Kevin Baillie | .... | CG supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Joel Behrens | .... | animator: Asylum |
| Les Bernstien | .... | motion control operator |
| Scott Berri | .... | production assistant: Imageworks |
| David Bleich | .... | digital matte artist: SPI (as David R. Bleich) |
| James Bluma | .... | assistant visual effects editor |
| David M. Blum | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI |
| Artaya Boonsoong | .... | visual effects artist: Luma Pictures |
| Christian Boudman | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI |
| Todd Boyce | .... | effects animator: SPI |
| Suzy Brown | .... | texture painter: SPI |
| Shannan Burkley | .... | texture painter: Asylum |
| Daniela Calafatello | .... | lead cloth simulation artist: The Orphanage |
| Aimee Campbell | .... | senior matchmover: SPI (as Aimee L. Campbell) |
| Ozzie Carmona | .... | compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio |
| Marla Carter | .... | Flame compositor: SPI |
| Marla Carter | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI |
| Anthony Ceccomancini | .... | systems research engineer |
| S. 'Kiki' Chansamone | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI (as Det Chansamone) |
| Steve Cho | .... | digital artist |
| Patrick Clancey | .... | digital opticals |
| Timothy Clark | .... | texture painter: Asylum (as Tim Clark) |
| Andrew Cochrane | .... | digital matte painter |
| Bill Coffin | .... | visual effects |
| Danielle Conroy | .... | digital production manager |
| Tim 'Timco' Conway | .... | compositor: CREO |
| Christian Cunningham | .... | technical director |
| Christian Cunningham | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Andy Davis | .... | digital compositor: Creo |
| Matt Davis | .... | Spydercam rigger technician |
| Lisa Deaner | .... | Inferno artist |
| Lisa Deaner | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI |
| Michael Degtjarewsky | .... | compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio |
| Francisco De Jesus | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI (as Francisco DeJesus) |
| Greg Derochie | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Bill Diaz | .... | digital character animation specialist: SPI |
| Tony Diep | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI |
| Roxanne Dorman | .... | assistant visual effects editor |
| Renato Dos Anjos | .... | animator: SPI |
| Tim Drnec | .... | Spydercam coordinator |
| Colin Drobnis | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI (as Colin J. Drobnis) |
| Travis Dutch | .... | scanning and recording |
| Daniel Eaton | .... | senior CG supervisor: SPI |
| Brandon England | .... | scanning technician |
| Rob Engle | .... | sequence supervisor: dam, SPI |
| Felicia Faden | .... | texture painter: Asylum |
| Arin Finger | .... | visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage |
| Ruben Flores | .... | lead production services technician |
| Chris Flynn | .... | digital compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio |
| Alyssa Fong | .... | visual effects |
| Doug Forrest | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI (as Doug T. Forrest) |
| Crys Forsyth-Smith | .... | visual effects producer: SPI |
| Kevin Freeman | .... | technical animator: SPI |
| Jenny Fulle | .... | visual effects executive producer: SPI |
| Gregory Galliani | .... | senior modeler: SPI |
| Shannon Blake Gans | .... | visual effects executive producer: Hunter/Gratzner Industries Inc. |
| Joe Gareri | .... | executive producer: Pacific Title & Art Studio |
| Joshua Geisler-Amhowitz | .... | digital matte painter: SPI (as Joshua Geisler Amhowitz) |
| David 'Rudy' Grossman | .... | creature supervisor: The Orphanage (as Rudy Grossman) |
| Matthew Hackett | .... | animator: Asylum (as Matt Hackett) |
| Jonathan Harman | .... | digital artist: The Orphanage |
| Scott Harper | .... | visual effects |
| Jordan Harris | .... | animator: SPI |
| Max Harris | .... | digital compositor: SPI |
| Maureen Healy | .... | compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio |
| Michael Hemschoot | .... | animator: Asylum |
| Matthew Hendershot | .... | lead look developer: The Orphanage |
| Simon Holden | .... | digital compositor |
| Ivo Horvat | .... | lead matte painter: SPI |
| Wensen Ho | .... | digital compositor: Creo Collective |
| Justin Johnson | .... | visual effects artist: Luma Pictures |
| David Jones | .... | visual effects supervisor: Asylum |
| Brad Kalinoski | .... | compositor |
| Joanie Karnowski | .... | digital artist |
| Patrick Keenan | .... | digital artist: Pacific Title Digital |
| Stan Kellam | .... | compositor: Asylum |
| David Keslick | .... | scanning technician |
| Ntana Key | .... | digital intermediate paint artist |
| Marvin Kim | .... | lead modeler: SPI |
| Kevin Kitchel | .... | senior PST |
| Susan Kornfeld | .... | texture painter: SPI (as Susan M. Kornfeld) |
| Stephen Kowalski | .... | senior systems engineer |
| Daniel Kuehn | .... | digital production manager: SPI |
| Erik Lee | .... | lead animator: Asylum |
| Hae-Jeon Lee | .... | effects animator: SPI |
| John T. Lee | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Kui Han Lee | .... | modeler: SPI |
| Jeff Lin | .... | animator: SPI |
| Kevin Lin | .... | digital cleanup artist |
| Robin A. Linn | .... | animation production director |
| Kathryn Liotta | .... | visual effects digital coordinator: SPI (as Kathryn Liotta-Couture) |
| Benjamin Lishka | .... | lighting lead: SPI (as Benjamin F. Lishka) |
| Michael Lloyd | .... | additional matte painter: SPI |
| Christine Lo | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Mark Alan Loso | .... | compositor: Asylum (as Mark Loso) |
| Brian Lutge | .... | effects animator: SPI |
| Andrew MacDonald | .... | visual effects supervisor: Creo Collective |
| James Marbas | .... | digital effects supervisor |
| Lisa Markou | .... | digital coordinator: Pacific Title & Art Studio |
| Nicholas McDowell | .... | systems engineer |
| Rodney J. McFall | .... | effects animator: SPI |
| Rodney J. McFall | .... | senior technical director: SPI |
| Matt McFarland | .... | scan/record manager |
| John McGee | .... | texture painter: SPI (as John W. McGee) |
| Paul McGhee | .... | digital color timer: SPI |
| Emma McGuinness | .... | visual effects executive producer: Asylum |
| Nathan McGuinness | .... | senior visual effects supervisor: Asylum |
| M. Scott McKee | .... | senior compositor: SPI |
| M. Scott McKee | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Scott McLain | .... | compositor |
| Matt Merkovich | .... | modeler: Asylum |
| Todd Mesher | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI (as Todd B. Mesher) |
| Rob Meyers | .... | digital compositor |
| Rob Moggach | .... | digital compositor: Asylum |
| John Monos | .... | shader writer: SPI |
| Sarah Moore | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Carlos Morales | .... | digital compositor |
| Glenn Morris | .... | digital compositor: Luma Pictures |
| Amanda Morrison | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Jake Morrison | .... | CG supervisor |
| Maks Naporowski | .... | lead technical animator: SPI |
| Alberto Noti | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Luke O'Byrne | .... | visual effects producer: The Orphanage |
| JaeWook Park | .... | technical director: The Orphanage |
| Nicholas Peterson | .... | motion control producer |
| Phil Pham | .... | digital compositor: Luma Pictures |
| Alex Prichard | .... | digital artist: The Orphanage |
| Thomas Pushpathadam | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Mark P. Renton | .... | lead compositor: Asylum (as Mark Renton) |
| César Romero | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI |
| Jonathan Rothbart | .... | visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Chris Ryan | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI (as Christopher Ryan) |
| Marc Sadeghi | .... | executive visual effects producer: The Orphanage |
| Christopher Sage | .... | digital effects artist: Luma Pictures (as Chris Sage) |
| David Sanger | .... | producer: New Deal Studios |
| Kosta Saric | .... | visual effects editor: Asylum Visual Effects |
| John E. Sasaki | .... | digital compositor |
| John E. Sasaki | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Gunther Schatz | .... | digital visual effects artist |
| Michael Scheffe | .... | concept designer: dam sequence, SPI |
| Jason Scherbert | .... | digital artist |
| Steven Schmidt | .... | visual effects coordinator: Creo |
| Jason Schugardt | .... | modeler: Asylum |
| Eric Scott | .... | senior visual effects coordinator: SPI |
| Todd Semmes | .... | aerial effects coordinator |
| Ira Shain | .... | character animator: Asylum |
| Ira Shain | .... | modeler: Asylum |
| Jeff Shank | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Dong Yeop Shin | .... | visual effects |
| Payam Shohadai | .... | visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures |
| Thanapoom Siripopungul | .... | visual effects artist: Luma Pictures (as Thana Siripopungul) |
| Ben Britten Smith | .... | spydercam flight control |
| Keith W. Smith | .... | animator: SPI |
| David Sosalla | .... | visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title & Art Studio |
| Michelle Steinau | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI |
| Mark Stetson | .... | visual effects supervisor |
| Jamie Stevenson | .... | visual effects producer: Asylum |
| Jon Tanimoto | .... | high speed compositing artist: SPI |
| Cecile Tecson | .... | rotoscope artist |
| Chikako Terashita | .... | senior production services technician |
| Bill Tessier | .... | animator: SPI (as William Tessier) |
| Mathew Thomas | .... | senior production services technician |
| Christine Troianello | .... | rotoscope artist: SPI (as Chris Troianello) |
| Ryan Tudhope | .... | digital artist |
| Pepe Valencia | .... | animation supervisor: SPI |
| Bruno Vilela | .... | compositor: SPI |
| Bruno Vilela | .... | senior digital lighter: SPI |
| Christopher Walsh | .... | animation supervisor: The Orphanage (as Christopher Erin Walsh) |
| Carl Walters | .... | visual effects editor: The Orphanage |
| Joey Wartnerchaney | .... | aerial effects-spydercam |
| Barry Weiss | .... | senior staff: SPI |
| Jeff Werner | .... | digital producer: Asylum |
| Len White | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Earl Wiggins | .... | aerial effects supervisor |
| Brian Wolf | .... | digital compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio |
| David Worman | .... | match mover: SPI |
| Xye | .... | visual effects |
| Dustin Zachary | .... | modeler |
| Dan Ziegler | .... | visual effects artist: color and lighting, SPI |
| Daniel E. Zobrist | .... | digital artist |
| Chris Anderson | .... | paint artist: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) |
| Amanda Burton | .... | rotoscope/paint artist (uncredited) |
| Kevin Gillen | .... | CG effects animator: SPI (uncredited) |
| Leah Hardstark | .... | visual effects still photography (uncredited) |
| Erica Hornung | .... | senior matchmover: SPI (uncredited) |
| Thomas Mathai | .... | data manager (uncredited) |
| Kevin Struckman | .... | re-grainer (uncredited) |
| Helder Sun | .... | motion control technician (uncredited) |
| Matthew Thunell | .... | visual effects production assistant: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Kristi Valk | .... | digital artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
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I liked "Charlie's Angels." It never took itself too seriously, and Bill Murray provided some comic relief, making the film more than just an hour and a half bikini advert. Something funny (or unfunny) happens in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle": It's terrible.
I mean, this movie isn't bad, it's just awful. The acting is even worse than the first, there's no Bill Murray, and what were all the stars making cameos in this film thinking? Bruce Willis, Owen Wilson, and others make brief appearences, but what about Demi Moore, Crispin Glover ("Back to the Future"), Robert Patrick (better remembered as the T-1000 in "T2"), John Cleese (or was that a cameo?), Luke Wilson, Bernie Mac (who now has his own very popular TV show--he didn't need this to hinder his career), Matt LeBlanc ("Friends"), and so on and so forth, who all took main roles? Okay, I understand LeBlanc taking part in the film, his career is going nowhere other than "Friends," but seriously, Luke Wilson?! Between this and "Legally Blonde 2," the man may never make a lead role again (like in "Old School," a much funnier and more fun film than this). And John Cleese! What's with him and small roles lately? "Harry Potter," "James Bond," all of his roles are supporting: Whatever happened to his acting career? And that's not to mention what in the %&#% Cameron Diaz is doing in this movie. Drew Barrymore...maybe. Lucy Liu...definately. Cameron Diaz...NO WAY! I really like Cameron Diaz, and she can act (see "There's Something About Mary"), but what in the name of H.G. Wells is she doing in this? And why does she act so bad in it? I understand playing homage to the show with bad acting and all like the first film, but this pushes the limit.
The direction style is worse, thanks to "McG," and Drew Barrymore manages to steal the show as the all-time worst actress in recent years. I know it's not all her--it's the script. Anyone who has to say the stuff these girls say in this film should know they're in trouble, and should mutter the lines with utter chaos, but it's unbearable how corny the things they say are. And just check out their acting in a dirt bike scene, when Liu and Barrymore are "worried" and "scared" that Diaz's character might be in trouble. Youch! Bad acting to a new extreme. This film has the mediocrity of a horrible B-movie from the seventies, with a huge budget splattered on top.
Originally titled "Charlie's Angels: Halo" (the name changed due to copyright on the video game "Halo"), "Full Throttle's" plot is one of the worst I've seen in a long time. It's horribly contrived. Where should I begin? In the beginning of the film, the three Angels, Natalie (Diaz), Alex (Liu) and Dylan (Barrymore) rescue a hostage (Patrick) from a bunch of Hungarians. Stupidity ensues when the Angels fall off a bridge, dodging a missile, and manage to grab onto a helicopter or something before the truck they were in blows up. When watching this scene, the first things that enters your brain is this: How in the world did this pass Columbia TriStar's eyes? I mean, that scene is the kind of stuff I used to think would be neat when I was about ten, only back then they didn't make feature films out of idiotic ideas. Anyway, on with the plot.
After rescuing Patrick, they find out he was carrying with him a ring on his finger that the Hungarians stole. This ring, when joined with another, reveals the entire database of those on the witness protection program and their real names. Good Lord, I didn't know that the Government kept the names of their protected witnesses on a super-duper ring gadget so easily stealable. I mean, didn't this pass the actors and actresses' minds--maybe the film might be a bit sore on the plot?
I suppose that's not why people go to see this movie. They go to see the girls in bikinis. That's not a bad idea, the first one was like that, but if you're going to have a plot at least make it non-laughable. Even the first film's plot was better than THIS!
One thing leads to another, pretty soon they find out Dylan (who entered the witness protection program years ago) is being targeted for assassination by the Creepy Thin Man (Crispin Glover). One thing I found funny is that Crispin Glover refused to return for "Back to the Future Part II," demanding what writer Bob Gale said was "unreasonable" perks, yet he returned for "Charlie's Angels 2" in a flash. Interesting, Crispin, I see you've learned from your mistakes--sadly, you've used your wisdom to return for a terrible film.
"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" isn't just miserable, it isn't just awful, it is just so mediocre it hurts. It's like on gargantuan mess, filled to the rim with bad acting, horrible "Matrix" rip-off fight scenes, and a God-awful script, all of which makes "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" one of the biggest cinematic disasters in recent years. I could spend hours wondering why the beautiful and talented Cameron Diaz chose to appear in this film, but in all honesty, it hurts my brain just thinking about it. What hurts my brain even more is the fact that this film has grossed close to 100 mil already, meaning more sequels. I weep for those that paid to see this movie expecting a treat.
I'll say once more to the fans of the films that I enjoyed the original as a guilty pleasure, but this is too much for me. Please, no more sequels.
1.5/5 stars -
John Ulmer