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xXx (2002) - Special Edition


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Three out of Five

Movie

Rating: PG-13 (violence, non-stop action sequences, sensuality, drug content and language)
Length: 132 minutes

Video

Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1

Captions

English, French

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Plot

The NSA is loosing agents and has decided on a different recruiting methodology; fight criminals with criminals. So, they recruit an extreme sports star (Diesel) to go to the Europe to infiltrate a terrorist organization.

Pros

Lots of action, Vin Diesel being cool and the very lovely Asia Argento.

Cons

This is nothing more than a brain-dead action flick geared mostly towards youth and fans of the X-Games; hence the PG-13 rating and anti-smoking messages.

Extras

  • Commentary Track by Director Rob Cohen
  • "xXx: A Filmmaker's Diary"
  • "Building Speed: The Vehicles of xXx" Featurette
  • Designing the World of xXx
  • "The GTO is Back" Featurette
  • 10 Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director Rob Cohen
  • Music Video "Adrenaline" by Gavin Rossdale
  • Theatrical Trailers
  • Filmographies

Recommendation

This is the blue-collar version of James Bond. Action fans and fans of Vin Diesel will want to check this out just keep expectations low and the beer glass full.

Director

Rob Cohen   [Dragonheart, The Fast and the Furious, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]

Actors

Leila Arcieri - Jordan King
Asia Argento - Yelena
[Land of the Dead]
Marton Csokas - Yorgi
[Æon Flux, The Bourne Supremecy, The Great Raid, Kingdom of Heaven]
Werner Daehn - Kirill
Vin Diesel - Xander Cage
[A Man Apart, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Fast and the Furious, Pitch Black, Saving Private Ryan]
Eve - J.J.
[Barbershop, Barbershop 2]
Tom Everett - Senator Dick Hotchkiss
[Air Force One]
Jan Pavel Filipensky - Viktor
[AVP: Alien vs. Predator]
Thomas Ian Griffith - Agent Jim McGrath
[Vampires]
William Hope - Agent Roger Donnan
[Aliens]
Petr Jákl - Kolya
[AVP: Alien vs. Predator]
Samuel L. Jackson - Agent Augustus Gibbons
[Basic, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars Episodes I/II/II, S.W.A.T., Snakes on a Plane, Sphere, True Romance, Unbreakable, xXx: State of the Union]
Michael Roof - Agent Toby Lee Shavers
[xXx: State of the Union]
Richy Müller - Milan Sova
Danny Trejo - El Jefe
[Anaconda, Con Air, The Devil's Rejects, From Dusk Till Dawn, Furnace, Halloween (2007), Once Upon a Time in Mexico]

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