Charlie’s Angels Reloaded.

Overview by: Belinda Hamilton

With Drew Barrymore at the helm of this project, you would be mistaken for thinking this was all about the boobs and butt and less about the heart. Who can forget the lollypop wielding Cameron Diaz doing the bum dance in her undies and telling the delivery guy he can stick things in her slot. Mm There’s some quality script writing.

This is the reloaded; yes that’s the new buzzword “Reloaded”, version of the 1970’s TV show that shot Farrah Fawcett to hair style fame.

For anyone who hasn’t managed to see some of the reruns, the current series, or the movies of which there were two; the foundation storyline is about the rich Charlie Townsend (voiced this time around by Victor Garber) giving ex-cons a second chance to use their skills, previously used for personal gain and criminal activity, to fight crime and injustice in and around Miami Florida.

Abbey was a high society cat burglar, Kate was a good cop gone corrupt, Eve was an expert at boosting high end cars, and Gloria was a military girl gone bad. The girls are helped with technology by the computer hacker expert/ tax fraud king Bosley played by the smoulderingly hot Ramone Rodriguez.

Episode one, Angel with a Broken Wing, has the girls Abbey (Rachael Taylor) Kate (Annie Ilonzeh ) and Eve (Minka Kelly) trying to crack a child smuggling operation that just happens to have connections with the death of their fellow Angel, Gloria (Nadine Velazquez).

Between the explosions, the cat suits, the death defying climbing scenes, the grand entrances, and the hot cars, there’s a half decent storyline that was easy enough to follow. There wasn’t too much foretelling, though at times you were wondering why they were wipping out their Ipads (or whatever tablet product it was) and not just flipping the information up on a big screen tv. WiFi people.

If you’re looking for an entertaining show that won’t make your brain hurt and has more double sided celebrity tape than an Oscars red carpet, check it out. The premier timeslot was 7:30pm on Channel 9. Who knows what time it could be moved to depending on ratings. Check your local TV Guides for next week’s episode.

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