Charlie's Angels was a 2000 reboot of the 1970s TV Show. It starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu (as the titular angels), Bill Murray as Bosley, Tim Curry, Crispin Glover, Kelly Lynch, Luke Wilson, Sam Rockwell, and John Forsythe in a small cameo role. It is a movie that very much has tongue firmly planted in cheek. There is a lot of over-the-top action and some sexual innuendo. There is no nudity, just some tight outfits and cleavage shots (especially from Drew Barrymore). The movie is mostly an action film with a plot that is mostly there to have something to fill between the action sequences. It basically involves a plot to kidnap a software developer (played by Rockwell) which is really a plot to get Charlie (who, of course, is only heard, not seen).
The DVD has a ton of extras including several behind-the-scenes and making-of features, a commentary track on the movie with director McG, deleted scenes, bloopers, production notes, trailers, and a couple of music videos. The movie has been released on blu-ray, but I am not sure if there are any new extras that were created just for the blu-ray.
The movie is not great, but it is fun. That was really the point of it. It was never intended to be an award-winner and does not try to be. The movie's production was not without controversy because of the heat (or possible outright hatred) between Bill Murray and Lucy Liu, but that did not seem to bleed over into the movie itself. And, of course, because Barrymore was married to Tom Green at the time, you have to endure a few minutes of him, which is great if you find him funny. Not so much if he makes your ears and eyes bleed anything he is on screen. Overall, it is a good action movie, with a lot of so-so comedy in it. Some of the comedy is very good, and some of it is very bad. But, I do think it is worth checking out.
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