Charlie's Angels is a American action comedy film, co-produced Tall Trees Productions and Flower Films, distributed by Columbia Pictures, and directed by McG. The film is based on the same-titled television series from the late 1970s, which was adapted by screenwriters Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon and John August. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu as three women working for a private investigation agency.

Charlie's Angels is a loose sequel of the original series. John Forsythe from the original series returned as Charlie's voice. The film was followed with the 2003 sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

Plot

Dylan, Natalie, and Alex are three talented women currently at the employ of the unseen "Charlie", who gives them cases to investigate via a speaker in his offices, and backing them with support for disguises and equipment; Charlie is assisted by Bosley who helps the women directly when needed. They are assigned the case of the kidnapping of Eric Knox, a programmer and head of Knox Enterprises, supposedly by a company called Redstar for his voice tracking and identification system. The three women infiltrate a party held by Redstar's owner, Roger Corwin, and spot a thin man that was seen on the surveillance videos during Knox' kidnapping. They give chase, and eventually corner and fight the thin man, but he runs off; when the women follow, they discover Knox.