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XXX (2002)

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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 178
Fresh: 86 | Rotten: 92

It has an endearing lack of seriousness, and Vin Diesel has more than enough muscle for the starring role, but ultimately, XXX is a missed opportunity to breathe new life into the spy thriller genre.

34

Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 21

It has an endearing lack of seriousness, and Vin Diesel has more than enough muscle for the starring role, but ultimately, XXX is a missed opportunity to breathe new life into the spy thriller genre.

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Movie Info

The director (Rob Cohen) and star (Vin Diesel) of the previous summer's hit The Fast and the Furious (2001) are reunited for this spy thriller billed as a next-generation James Bond adventure. Diesel stars as Xander Cage, a nihilist extreme sports enthusiast nicknamed "Triple X" because of a large tattoo covering his back and neck. Cage's illegal stunts and poor attitude (he's given to spouting dialogue such as, "Have you ever been punched in the face for talking too much?") land him in jail,

PG-13, 1 hr. 24 min.

Action & Adventure

Rich Wilkes

Dec 31, 2002

$141.1M

Columbia Pictures

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Critic Reviews for XXX

All Critics (178) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (91) | Rotten (94) | DVD (45)

The director piles on one expensive but impersonal action scene after another.

August 23, 2002 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Now I know what XXX stands for:Xtremely Xcruciating Xperience.

August 14, 2002 Comment
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Cohen ... loads the film with pow.

August 14, 2002 Comment
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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[U]nrelentingly stupid.

August 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Move over, James Bond: Vin Diesel's in the house.

August 10, 2002 Full Review Source: CNN.com | Comment
(CNN.com) Paul Clinton
CNN.com
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Essentially a dumb guy's day in Heaven.

August 9, 2002 Comment
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Fun but deeply, ridiculously silly.

August 9, 2011 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment
Film4 Source: Film4

Vin Diesel, every teen's fantasy action hero.

December 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment (1)
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media

Despite the blatant rips, XXX's storyline remains entertaining enough.

September 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | Comment
Guylaine Cadorette
Hollywood.com

As an action director, Mr. Cohen is competent, but this film -- which is pretty much as non-stop as an action movie can get -- needed a director with a little more finesse.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | Comment
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

If Dubya and Dick Cheney had made their very own post-9/11 patriotic propaganda movie for the teens they need as globalisation fodder, then this would be it.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment
Geoff Andrew
Time Out Source: Time Out

Okay, that's it. My summer of movies has been completely pissed on.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Eric Campos
Film Threat

Not since the days when Joel Silver ruled Hollywood and musclebound subliterates vied for supremacy on the big screen has the industry spawned a phenomenon as garish and confounding as Vin Diesel.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Rick Kisonak
Film Threat

With all the stimulating action sequences you can ask for, a touch of class and some fine comedic moments, you'll leave the theater wanting more.

July 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | Comment
Jason Zingale
Bullz-Eye.com

If this were porn it would be cross-catalogued under 'gonzo/wall-to-wall.' And it still wouldn't be the good kind.

April 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | Comment
Brent Simon
Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

Cohen's brainless bombast proves to be a perfect fit for this shamelessly, deliciously ridiculous reinvention of James Bond-style spy shenanigans.

January 7, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

XXX seems like a missed opportunity -- not a commercial one, mind you, because the flick will no doubt make a mint -- but as an honest-to-goodness re-evaluation of spy flicks and their relevancy to an ever more youthful audience.

February 1, 2004 Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | Comment
Todd Gilchrist
FilmStew.com Source: FilmStew.com

really just boring

January 10, 2004 Full Review Source: sbs.is | Comment
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

XXX is a dream role for an action star, and ... Diesel is the perfect man for the job.

January 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | Comment
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

The filmmakers are so intent on bludgeoning their audience into submission that after 10 minutes you've become numb.

September 6, 2003 Comment
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly Source: Las Vegas Weekly

XXX happily wallows in the fact that it's 100-percent loopy, kinetic and silly.

June 27, 2003 Full Review | Comment
Nick Rogers
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) Source: State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

The wondrous opening sequence was better than any Bond film, and things were looking up until the characters started talking.

May 20, 2003 Comment
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly

If you do have a home cinema setup that can take advantage of what Superbit has to offer, then you would do well to snag this version and keep it around to impress your friends.

May 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Needcoffee.com | Comment
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

'This is definitely James Bond for the Xbox (XXXbox?) generation.'

May 11, 2003 Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | Comment
Aaron Hillis
Premiere Magazine
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XXX is a stupid, poorly executed action film that doesn't have anything great going for it. I absolutely felt that this was a waste of time. Not even Rammstein's cameo could save this film. The film might've had more potential with a better script and a much better actor. However the film was terrible. The films plot

September 10, 2011
TheDudeLebowski65
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

XXX is a coool movie, and a lot of people love it, but it just wasn't for me, it had a dumb and boring plot and it just wasn't great for me.

August 15, 2011
DreamExtractor
Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

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    1. Xander "XXX" Cage: You know, if you're gonna ask someone to save the world, you'd better make sure they like it the way it is.
    – Submitted by rob g (9 months ago)
    1. Xander "XXX" Cage: The things I'm gonna do for my country.
    – Submitted by rob g (9 months ago)

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