If at first you don't succeed try again, or so it goes with this second reboot of the sort of popular but very mediocre television series about three women who work as private investigators for a mysterious individual called Charley. Frankly the television series really wasn't much. The weekly stories were nothing special to put it generously. The audience basically tuned in to see three attractive women in some sort of danger every week. The original series limped along for about five years. Drew Barrymore looking to enter into film production put together a film based on the series in 2000, that film did okay commercially so a sequel was released in 2003 which didn't do as well, end of story.
Until 2019, when an attempt was made once again to start a franchise this time with Hollywood overachiever Elizabeth Banks directing and taking screenplay credit. Banks fashioned a film that supposedly was more empowering for the women playing the "angels" but there was still the usual amount of male leering at these good looking women. Banks also created a part for herself in the film as if writing and directing wasn't enough of a challenge.
Kristen Stewart, usually associated with serious films was cast as one of the angels. She did get to show her silly side throughout the film while improbably beating up a lot of bad guys. The other two women, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska made up the team but they were kind of forgettable and this film really didn't do much for their careers.
Elizabeth Banks did a decent job with what was essentially a light weight summer film. However audiences male and female didn't show up for the film. The film is a very undemanding action film with a little lip service paid to women who are as tough as men and just happen to look like fashion models.
Running time, 118 minutes.
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