XXX (2002)
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.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 23
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,
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Cast
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Vin Diesel
Xander "XXX" Cage -
Asia Argento
Yelena -
Marton Csokas
Yorgi -
Samuel L. Jackson
Agent Gibbons -
Danny Trejo
El Jefe -
Michael Roof
Toby Lee Shavers -
Tom Everett
Sen. Dick Hotchkiss -
Richy Müller
Milan Sova -
Werner Daehn
Kirill -
Eve
J.J. -
Rick Thorne
Caddy Passenger -
Leila Arcieri
Jordan King -
William Hope
Agent Roger Donnan -
Mike Vallely
Skater -
Jason Ellis
Van Video Shooter -
Brian Deegan
Extreme Guy -
Colin McKay
Van Driver -
Tony Hawk
Caddy Driver -
Rob Wells
Xander's Friend -
Mat Hoffman
Extreme Guy -
Carey Hart
Caddy Passenger -
Martin Barta
Male Opera Singer -
Martina Bauerova
Female Opera Singer -
Rammstein
Themselves -
Orbital
Themselves -
Vitezsalv Bouchner
Head Technician -
Tanner Gill
Trucker -
Petr Jakl
Kolya -
Leonard Thomas
NSA Agent -
Thomas Ian Griffith
Agent Jim McGrath -
Ted Maynard
James Tannick -
Marek Vasut
Czech General -
Rich Wilkes
Tall Guy -
F. Valentino Morales
Short Order Cook/NSA Ag... -
Scott Waugh
Stock Broker -
Martin Hub
Ivan Podrov -
Estaban Cueto
Gold Tooth Narco -
Joe Bucaro III
Virg -
Mary-Pat Green
Waitress -
David Asman
Agent Polk -
TeeJay Boyce
Bimbo Intern -
Armando Cantina
Field Worker -
Vaclav Chalupa
Nervous Hacker -
Alena Cihalikova
Xander's Bedroom Dancer -
Mike Escamilla
Ramp Truck Passenger -
Jan Filipensky
Viktor -
Chris Gann
T.J. -
Roman Matrka
Czech Agent -
Joshua Montero
Child Field Worker -
Michal Muller
Zither Player -
Ivo Niederle
Head Chemist -
Lubos Pospisil
Czech Major -
Ivan Rueda
Child Field Worker -
Martina Smukova
Female Czech Cop -
Radek Tomecka
Ivan Pedgrag
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All Critics (178) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (86) | Rotten (92) | DVD (46)
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.
Top CriticThe director piles on one expensive but impersonal action scene after another.
Now I know what XXX stands for:Xtremely Xcruciating Xperience.
Cohen ... loads the film with pow.
[U]nrelentingly stupid.
Move over, James Bond: Vin Diesel's in the house.
Fun but deeply, ridiculously silly.
Vin Diesel, every teen's fantasy action hero.
Despite the blatant rips, XXX's storyline remains entertaining enough.
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.
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.
Okay, that's it. My summer of movies has been completely pissed on.
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.
Cohen's brainless bombast proves to be a perfect fit for this shamelessly, deliciously ridiculous reinvention of James Bond-style spy shenanigans.
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.
really just boring
XXX is a dream role for an action star, and ... Diesel is the perfect man for the job.
The filmmakers are so intent on bludgeoning their audience into submission that after 10 minutes you've become numb.
XXX happily wallows in the fact that it's 100-percent loopy, kinetic and silly.
The wondrous opening sequence was better than any Bond film, and things were looking up until the characters started talking.
Sporadically entertaining, this is nevertheless seriously hampered by a very choppy screenplay.
Bond-inspired? Certainly. Likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise? Let's hope not.
For an action-packed, brain-dead testosterone fest, I have to admit Rob Cohen's XXX isn't that bad.
A thrilling ride with plenty of style and lots of unbelievability.
A PlayStation game come to life, XXX is a movie almost exclusively dependent on the special effects department and the charm of its leading man, Vin Diesel. But it's sound and fury signifying nothing.
Audience Reviews for XXX
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- Yelena: I've been undercover here for two years.
- Xander "XXX" Cage: Two years? What was your plan? To let them die of old age?
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- Agent Gibbons: I want you to meet some people and find out whatever you can about them.
- Xander "XXX" Cage: What kind of people?
- Agent Gibbons: Dirty. Dangerous. Tattooed. Uncivilized. Your kind of people.
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- Xander "XXX" Cage: You've gotta be kidding me! You already broke me, you don't have to get cruel and unusual.
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- Xander "XXX" Cage: I wish I had a camera.
- Yelena: Why?
- Agent Gibbons: Because this is going to be one hell of a trick!
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- 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.
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- Xander "XXX" Cage: The things I'm gonna do for my country.
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