Sequel to ‘Charlie’s Angels’ is tiring

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle

Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz,

Drew Barrymore

Columbia TriStar. $28

This follow-up to the 2000 hit based on the ‘70s TV series suffers from the disease that strikes a lot of sequels -- the filmmakers decide to pump up the volume to the point of overkill. Though this action-comedy has some fun set pieces including the opening, it’s just exhausting to watch. Demi Moore also stars, as the villain, and Bernie Mac is an enjoyable replacement for Bill Murray as Bosley.

The DVD is available in the theatrical version and in a special unrated edition, which features even more action. Most of the mini-documentaries are strictly of the standard variety. There’s also a look at the various cameos in the film, the costume design, the car designs, an enjoyable guide to the music in the film, an “Angel-Vision” trivia track and amusing commentary from the effervescent director, McG.

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28 Days Later

Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris

Fox, $28

On the commentary track for his acclaimed cannibal-zombie movie, director Danny Boyle points out that he’s always asked how he got Ewan McGregor to do the infamous toilet scene in “Trainspotting” and what was Leonardo DiCaprio like to work with on “The Beach.” But those questions have been replaced since the release of “28 Days Later,” with “How did you shut down London?” in the opening scenes of the box-office hit which finds a young man (Murphy) wandering the deserted streets of the city. The answer, he says, is quite simple. They had several guards stopping traffic for a few minutes at a time in order to shoot the eerie scenes.

Besides commentary from Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland, the digital edition has two alternate theatrical endings, including the much more dour original finale and storyboards and script pages from what Boyle and Garland call their “radical alternative ending” that was never filmed. There are also six deleted scenes with optional commentary, animated storyboards and a decent “making of” documentary.

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It Runs in the Family

Kirk, Michael and Cameron Douglas

MGM, $26

Movie buffs have long wanted to see legendary Kirk Douglas and his Oscar-winning actor/producer son Michael do a movie together. After looking for a project to do for the last 15 years, the Douglas men chose a family drama that also stars Michael’s oldest son, Cameron, and his mother and Kirk Douglas’ first wife, Diana Douglas. And they got none other than acclaimed Australian director Fred Schepisi (“Cry in the Dark”) to direct. Unfortunately, the end result is just a typical slick dysfunctional-family comedy-drama that wastes the talents of the Douglases and taxes the patience of the viewer.

The digital edition is nothing spectacular, with a pat “making of” documentary, and a short but affectionate mini-documentary on Kirk Douglas’ career. There are also deleted scenes, including the original opening, a stills gallery and boring commentary from Schepisi.