Destiny's Child.
119 Mins. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, Djimon Hounsou, Sam Claflin & Patrick Stewart. Director: Elizabeth Banks.
Throttle on full. Good morning Charlie! The angels are back. But now spreading their heavenly wings with their own agency. 'Don't Call Them Angel' like a 'Bombshell' or Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey soundtrack big-three. This is 'Independent Woman' Part II for the child of destiny and the Me Too movement. Times Up to all the toxic notions that surround a stereotypical look of a movie like this. This really is a reboot. From the before it's time Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd seventies show, to the new millennium movie series starting the iconic holy trinity, nuns on the run of Cam Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore (serving as executive producer here). This one's even better than them and those movies has Joey, Bill Murray and the late, great Bernie Mac slapping surfboards in it. Woke is the word. As these angels won't bow down to any devil. This time it's not better the one you know. As these agents of change have given Bosley a whole new ranking status. As 'The Hunger Games', 'Pitch Perfect', 'Brightburn' and perfect 'Power Rangers' villain Elizabeth Banks not only writes the cheques and acts as the new Bosley, but also hones her new role as a dynamite, dynamic director. One outstanding one who knows how to bring the lights to Hamburg passport and postcard switching and swapping, camera angels that are empoweringly anything but Michael Bay of pigs demeaning and the awesome one, two, three punch action that is fist pitch perfect, white knuckles down. But who is the guardian of these angels now?
Out of the 'Twilight' and making Batfleck jokes on the Battinson new caped crusader day of her former vampire sucking love, indie darling, 'Personal Shopper', 'Underwater' actor Kristen Stewart is having all smiling and face pulling fun. Taking the lead from the minute she rips into a mansplaining creep. Mentally kicking his ass and then literally fighting for women's rights. Wrapping him up in drapes as it's curtains for him. All before she pulls off her wig to become the blonde bomber that owns this movie. Scene stealing and serving looks, from no sweat in the gym to the paddock of some whip smart horse riding attire. She is the cream of the crop. But spark like Candace Parker and the Ogwumike twins, this Hollywood big picture is all about three and this holy trinity is equal parts as only good as each other as they selflessly share the stage. The Jasmine of 'Aladdin' Princess Naomi Scott continues her classic calander that feels like she's walking on a magic carpet. But no one is showing her the world but her. And as the recruited brains of the operation next to the shoot first, you can't ask the dead questions later wings, she's tech technically the smartest. But they all have their skills. Like breakout star Ella Balinska about to follow fellow Great Brit Scott to the top ranks, as she unloads more magazines than those tired tabloid like ones that need to be stripped at a mini gun chopper chasing Robert Patrick, 'Terminator' like villain for a classic car chase that sees her seeing 'Red' like Bruce Willis for an iconic hang out the side of the door like a sidecar. This is as terrifically thrilling as it will be truly terrifying to those Trump types that aren't afraid of no ghost, but were of a female 'Ghostbusters' reboot that was actually really good. They'd probably lobby for an all male reboot movie. Talk about a parasite. It's a good job we have heroes like those super ones in this 'Oceans 8' age. These women are a wonder.
It's no longer a man's world now. It never really was. Sorry James Brown ("NO IT'S NOT!"). And it was always nothing without a woman anyway and from the real life heroes of the titles to more girl power celebrity cameos in the post credits than a Taylor Swift video, there's still no bad blood for some of the men that make this movie. 'Me Before You', 'Peaky Blinders' season 5 villain Sam Claflin channels his inner Zucker-douche-burg to play a tech giant. Whilst 'Gladiator' and 'Blood Diamond' legend Djimon Hounsou who acts in both Marvel ('Guardians Of The Galaxy' and 'Captain Marvel') and DC (the "touch my staff" of 'Shazam') movies (cue the Dave Chappelle bit, "I've done commercials for Pepsi and Coca Cola. I don't give a f###. Pepsi paid me last so...tastes better") is on hand for a fast and furious scene for the 'Furious 7' star. But as the Townsend agency takes it to town, with more Bosley's than Bill and Bernie, is anyone having more fun hamming it up than Sir Patrick Stewart? The gifted grandfatherly X-Men professor is the x-factor here like he was in 'Logan's' last run. And a year off 80 and making it so on his own 'Picard' spin-off 'Star Trek' show on Amazon, his prime time is now. But this next generation belongs to the angels Charlie and theses ones from base jumping to motorcycle tripping, skies to the streets spread their wings to inspire the next like those Instagram-able murals everyone poses in around your town. But who needs a filtered halo when these three queens have earned their crowns as they takeover the throne of this fun franchise that plays again for another roll like 'The Next Level' of 'Jumanji'? Heaven ain't seen no angels like this. Goodnight Charlie! TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Further Filming: 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle', 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' (2015), 'Oceans 8'.
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