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Days Later & Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle If you care who wrote and directed these movies, check them out at www.imdb.com by Alex Mestas 7/02/2003 More info: Charlie's Angels 2 / 28 Days Later |
28 Days Later was shot on video, giving you creepy, unfortunately images of horror. It wouldn't be a far stretch to imagine this was actually a documentary. The film has haunting images of an unoccupied London, the streets quiet and nary an unnatural sound to be heard. Director Danny Boyle has given up the bag of tricks he used on Trainspotting, but manages to maintain the in-your-face feel. This film excites me on other levels - it's a major release shot on DV. Gradually, the public is starting forget about the slick visuals and is slowly becoming more comfortable with the idea of video on the screen. The theater was packed when I saw this movie. Besides the DV format, 28 Days' best element is intense editing - the movie manages to assault you at every turn. As for the cast, they're mostly unknown here in the states and on one level, that helps the film. We're never watching Tom Cruise get attacked by a "rage" infected monster. These people could be us. That said, the movie does have an ending that fits with literally nothing else in the movie. I wanted immolation that would lead to ultimate redemption. Instead we get cheering and dancing. I wouldn't be surprised if for the American release, they included a happier ending. We stupid Americans love or movies happy, loud and easy to understand. Which brings us to.... Charlie's Angels 2:
Full Throttle If it's possible, there's even more skin and the girls look even better. This is Maxim magazine come to life. It's the best thing about this movie. It's the only thing about this movie. The action is over the top and so ridiculous as to be completely implausible even in the world of the Matrix. So really, what you're left with girls: Cammy D, Lucy Liu and Drew. Not a bad mix. Not a bad mix at all.
There's really not much to say about this movie. The writing was crap, but that's to be expected. Many of the jokes fell flat - most likely a result of the ten million different screenwriters they had. McG has proved again that he enjoys marrying music and visuals... and that's all. Say what you will about the man's severely lacking pacing and character development skills, he knows what he's doing with the camera. Hell - I could feel the pure joy of the movie. There's no doubt they had fun making it. One more point: Demi Moore. Looks. Amazing - when she's standing still of course. She can't really smile much because of her Botox injected face, but what's smiling when you look so good. Hey! It's kind of like Charlie's Angels 2 itself! A pretty thing that falls apart if you think about it or look at it too closely. Movie Grade: Pretty Buy
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