"Charlie's Angels" : The perfect masterpiece

The new film Charlie's Angels is a sequel rather than a reboot of the famous franchise. It has secret developments, chases in Istanbul and Hamburg, and also talkative villains who get what they deserve from the main characters.

The story of the Angels began in 1976 - this year for the first time there was a series about three women who graduated from the police academy and became private detectives. In each episode, the heroines investigated a new case, receiving tasks from the boss Charlie, whose face no one has ever seen. The series stretched out over five seasons, which were accepted by viewers, despite constant changes in the main cast.

In 2000, a full-length adaptation of the series was released with new Angels, played by Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu. The film was quite popular, although critics blamed it for frivolity. A couple of years later, a sequel to the action movie with the same cast appeared, but the success of the first film did not work out.

It seemed that this was the end of the story. True, in 2011, a series about yet another Angels was released on ABC for a short time - it was so disastrous that the project was closed, pretending that it never existed. So the images of Charlie's Angels, by and large, were fixed in history for Barrymore, Diaz and Lew.

But as you know, Hollywood loves to go back to old and well-tried characters. In 2018, the shooting of a fresh tape began, which was first mistaken for a large-scale reboot of the franchise. Elizabeth Banks, who directed and wrote the film, called the upcoming film a sequel, not a remake.

Banks' words are confirmed by one of the scenes of the new film. In it, the cameraman shows photographs of previous Angels, apparently retired. Well, now their places have been taken by representatives of a new and more freedom-loving generation. Their roles were played by Kristen Stewart (whose filmography is filled with the mainstream cinema Twilight and at the same time the festival Clouds of Sils Maria), Naomi Scott (viewers saw her in the new adaptation of Aladdin), Ella Balinska (did not appear in famous films before).

The plot of the film shows a programmer who participated in the development of the Calisto device - it is a new source of energy and, if used incorrectly, can become a dangerous weapon. The girl knows too much, they begin to persecute her, so Charlie's Angels take on the protection of the heroine. They are representatives of a powerful organization operating around the world. Charlie himself still remains anonymous, he passes orders through an assistant named Bosley. Previously, Stan (Patrick Stewart) held this position, but he is retiring, and the new Bosley (Elizabeth Banks - aka director) will lead the Angels.

The tie with the secret weapon hints that a big hunt is about to begin for it. Of course, it will be accompanied by long chases, shootings and fights. According to agency tradition, the heroines will use several Bond-style devices, as well as use the Angels' long-standing trick of dressing up in the same costumes.

Probably, it should be said right away that the new film is radically different from its predecessors from the 2000s. He is already accused of the ideas of feminism, which, in fact, was to be expected from modern cinema. The heroines of the picture really became stronger, smarter and more invincible, in which there is nothing shameful.

The first half of the film is a dynamic glossy action movie that entices with action and changing locations (the film was filmed in Hamburg and Istanbul). The plot is straightforward, but it attracts and holds attention.

In the second half of the tape, something very commonplace happens with the script. Elizabeth Banks is fixated on girl power, significantly overdoing it and destroying the adequacy of the same idea. In addition, in the end, everything goes according to the old scheme, when negative characters speak their plans out loud for a long time, wasting time on obvious dialogues, and then receive a portion of punishment.

In a word, everything started well, but ended with an excess of imagination. At the same time, the new Charlie's Angels can still be given a chance, if initially there is no skepticism about the actresses and the main idea of ​​the film about female agents. Without prejudice, the film will come down as an entertaining movie for one time.

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