Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

The Angels investigate a series of murders which occur after the theft of a witness protection profile database.

Director:

McG

Writers:

Ivan Goff (television series), Ben Roberts (television series)

Stars:

Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz

9 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cameron Diaz	...	Natalie Cook
Drew Barrymore	...	Dylan Sanders
Lucy Liu	...	Alex Munday
Bernie Mac	...	Jimmy Bosley
Crispin Glover	...	Thin Man
Justin Theroux	...	Seamus O'Grady
Robert Patrick	...	Ray Carter
Demi Moore	...	Madison Lee
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Randy Emmers
Shia LaBeouf	...	Max
Matt LeBlanc	...	Jason
Luke Wilson	...	Pete
John Cleese	...	Mr. Munday
Ja'net DuBois	...	Momma Bosley
Cheung-Yan Yuen	...	Deranged Mongol

Storyline

The Angels--Natalie, Dylan, and Alex are back again but this time they're preparing for a strike without even warning as they go undercover to retrieve two missing silver bands. These are no ordinary rings. They contain valuable encrypted information that reveal the new identities of every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program. When witnesses start turning up dead, only the Angels, using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts can stop the perpetrator, a mysterious "fallen" Angel. Aided by their trusty colleague, Jimmy Bosley, the Angels' adventure begins at a remote Mongolian outpost and ends only after Dylan is forced to face a dark secret from her past--a secret that puts the lives of her two best friends in danger.

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Plot Keywords:

2000s | ensemble cast | violence | blockbuster | cult film | 

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Taglines:

This summer the Angels are back.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for action violence, sensuality and language/innuendo

Did You Know?

Trivia

When O'Grady gets released from prison, the picture on his wall of Dylan is a still of Drew Barrymore from the Charlie's Angels (2000) backstory montage when she was smoking in the bathroom with a cast on her arm.

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Goofs

The roll bar behind Ray Carter as he is driving his Maserati alternates between red and black.

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Quotes

Natalie Cook: This is hostel, ya?

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Crazy Credits

After the "Columbia Pictures" intro, the shot zooms in to the torch the woman is holding, starting the scene.

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Alternate Versions

The UK cinema version was cut by three seconds (sight and sound of a head-butt to Dylan) to secure a more commercial '12A' rating. Furthermore, the unrated DVD edition widely available elsewhere could not be released in the UK at the time, as it would require being upgraded to a '15' rating, and BBFC policy would then not allow two versions of the same film with different ratings. In short, the UK DVD release is the cut, theatrical version without the extra scenes present in the unrated version.

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Connections

References Ice Castles (1978)

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Soundtracks

Planet Claire
Written by Henry Mancini, Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky Wilson
Performed by The B-52's
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing and
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises and
Courtesy of Man Woman Together Now! Inc.

User Reviews

What On Earth Did You Expect?

This is a big, shiny, silly, camp summer blockbuster and I suspect most of the bad reviews are purely because it dares to make fun of itself in a way that Mission: Impossible, Die Hard, X-Men and all those dude- dominated action movies don't.

But really, I have to worry about all those people who hated this on seeing it. Did they not see the first movie? Or perhaps they thought the original TV show was a cerebral example of 1970's TV programming.

The fact is if you liked the 2000 movie, with all the silly in-jokes, cultural references, campy soundtrack and frankly ridiculous stunts then you'll enjoy this one just as much. Maybe more because it also has Demi Moore looking amazing and a Jaclyn Smith cameo.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin Spanish

Release Date:

27 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Charlie's Angels 2

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$120,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$37,634,221, 29 June 2003

Gross USA:

$100,830,111

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$259,175,788

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Flower Films (II), Tall Trees Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min 107 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS (8 channels)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1