xXx: State of the Union (2005)
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 135
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 113
Even more absurd and implausible than the first XXX movie.
Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 28
Even more absurd and implausible than the first XXX movie.
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Average Rating: 2.8/5
User Ratings: 109,422
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A new renegade fighter rises to defend the United States from an internal threat in this action thriller. Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) of the National Security Agency has successfully dealt with a number of threats to America's safety, but he faces a whole new challenge when he discovers a potent terrorist cell that has ties to the upper levels of the American military. Gibbons learns that George Deckert (Willem Dafoe), the secretary of defense, has been training a secret military
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Cast
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Ice Cube
XXX/Darius Stone -
Willem Dafoe
Secretary of Defense Ge... -
Scott Speedman
Agent Kyle Steele -
Peter Strauss
President Sandford -
Samuel L. Jackson
Augustus Gibbons -
Michael Roof
Toby Lee Shavers -
Sunny Mabrey
Charlie Mayweather -
Xzibit
Zeke -
Nona Gaye
Lola -
John G. Connolly
Lt. Alabama "Bama" Cobb
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Explosions abound, along with expository dialogue and a ham-tastic triad of performances from Sam Jackson, Willem Dafoe, and Peter Strauss.
Top CriticThis is that rare B movie that's rooted in gut-level stirrings of power and retaliation.
So primitive, it must have been written in lizard blood on animal skin.
So devoid of craft, it looks as though it were filmed by robots.
A crisp adventure that grows increasingly audacious (the story climaxes with a huge battle waged in the Capitol) if only lightly enjoyable.
Its action scenes are too absurd and too computer-generated to produce any kind of rush. The dialogue, not just amateurish, fails even to approximate something resembling human interaction.
In light of the cinematic abomination that is "XXX: State Of The Union," Vin Diesel made the right choice by refusing to do another "xXx" movie unless Rob Cohen continued to direct the franchise.
Loud, raucous, and predictable action flick.
XXXcruciating!
Youngsters and action junkies won't mind the film's ridiculous gadgets, secret tunnels and hairsbreadth escapes, but everyone else will have to check credibility at the door.
Well, they sure blowed 'em up good in XXX: State of the Union. And they pimped many rides. XXX is a car nut's fantasy.
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A big, dumb action film that exceeds low expectations.
The Cube can be funny and be an action hero, not unlike The Rock, or Vin Diesel.
Audience Reviews for xXx: State of the Union
Super Reviewer
A black man's 'James Bond' basically, but 'XXX/Bond' is a little chubby and porky in this sequel hehe not sure casting was correct with Ice Cube or whatever he calls himself.
Super Reviewer
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- Augustus Gibbons: I told you we should've killed that bitch.
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