Charlie's Angels is an action comedy film, which borrows ideas from other well-known movies such as 'Mission Impossible', 'James Bond' and 'The Matrix'. .
It is not very original or challenging, has a weak and predicable plot, and is merely an update on the 1970's television series of the same name. The film is based on a trio of beautiful women (Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore) who are hired to retrieve a man and his technology. They achieve this by working together, using their intelligence, a series of cunning plans, combined with an impressive display of girl power. .
In comparison, The Matrix is a science fiction film, with an intricate plot, which captivates the audience's attention with its twists and turns and incredible show of carefully choreographed special effects. We are introduced to this in the very opening scene. Trinity, (one of the main characters, played by Carrie-Anne Moss) is seen to be escaping from the police and several mysterious men dressed in black suits, known as 'The Agents'. She strategically jumps from building to building, and also runs up walls at super human speed, in our first glimpse of the dramatic, special effects, which feature throughout. This confirms that The Matrix falls under the science fiction genre as the characters seem to possess certain skills and abilities, an average person would not have. The main theme of the film is a computer program called 'The Matrix', which controls and uses human beings in order to fuel itself. In order to protect the Earth from 'The Matrix' a computer hacker named Thomas Anderson (referred to as Neo, for the majority of the film) becomes involved and attempts to save the world from evil.
Two things both films have in common are big Hollywood budgets, institution and glamour. They each rely on famous actors in their casting, a spectacular array of costumes and special effects, as well as spending millions of dollars on promotion, in order to gain more interest from the public.