I saw the reboot today, and it was actually pretty funny and exciting. I had been iffy on seeing it due to the trailers, but I liked it. The Townsend Agency has been expanded to an international organization filled with tons of Angels and tons of Bosleys, all still reporting to Charlie. The opening sequence emphasizes this by showing much more than three Angels helping to subdue the Australian criminal Jonny Smith and his henchmen.
I also liked the nods to the previous TV show and movies. During John Bosley's retirement party, we see photoshopped pics of Patrick Stewart's character with all the previous Angels we know of, and the voice of Charlie still sounds like John Forsythe, even though the actor is dead. Apparently they got a sound-alike voice, and I wasn't sure if the movie would address whether the character Charlie Townsend was gone, but they did, in a reveal during the credits, when we see someone using a voice modulator to make the Charlie voice for the phone call. So just like Bosley became a rank and not an individual person, the title "Charlie" has been passed on to a successor. I love it, and there are fun cameos from other women who are Angels.
The plot with the Calisto weapon was twisty, and they did fool me about who the traitor was. Only thing I didn't really like was the weird "The Saint" guy at the safe house who was in charge of the Angels' food, health, psychiatry, and yet also the gadgets and weapons. Way too much stuff into one character, and were they trying to reference Roger Moore's character Simon Templar with that Saint name? (shrug) Overall, a good, entertaining popcorn movie.
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