MOVIE REVIEW: Flesh and Groan.(weekly)

Publication: Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV)

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COPYRIGHT 2003 Las Vegas Review-Journal

BYLINE: CAROL CLING, REVIEW-JOURNAL

You want another one just like the other one?

Then abandon hope, all ye who enter "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" hoping for another delirious dose of campy, amped-up fun.

The initial big-screen update of the ultimate '70s jiggle show, 2000's "Charlie's Angels" hardly ranks as a cinematic landmark, but at least it had a goofy, tongue-in-cheek appeal that enabled the movie's title characters to spoof their own absurdity.

The first "Charlie's Angels" movie also had a modicum of plot -- not much, mind you, but enough to link the flashy action sequences, which emerged as gaudy charms hanging from a simple bracelet.

But the operative metaphor for "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" has changed.

As befits its pedal-to-the-medal subtitle, this sequel plays more like a video game -- with a prepubescent...

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