xXx (2002)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writer (WGA):

Rich Wilkes (written by)

Release Date:

9 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

If you want someone to save the world, make sure it's someone who likes the world as it is.

Plot:

Xander Cage is an extreme sports athelete recruited by the government on a special mission.

Plot Keywords:

Agent | Spy | Extreme Sports | Machete | Poison Gas

Awards:

4 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Vin Diesel	...	Xander Cage
Asia Argento	...	Yelena
Marton Csokas	...	Yorgi
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Agent Augustus Gibbons
Michael Roof	...	Agent Toby Lee Shavers
Richy Müller	...	Milan Sova
Werner Daehn	...	Kirill
Petr Jákl	...	Kolya (as Petr Jakl)
Jan Pavel Filipensky	...	Viktor (as Jan Filipensky)
Tom Everett	...	Senator Dick Hotchkiss
Danny Trejo	...	El Jefe
Thomas Ian Griffith	...	Agent Jim McGrath
Eve	...	J.J.
Leila Arcieri	...	Jordan King
William Hope	...	Agent Roger Donnan

Also Known As:

Triple X (USA) (informal English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, non-stop action sequences, sensuality, drug content and language.

Runtime:

124 min | 132 min (unrated director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Spanish | Russian | Czech

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Taiwan:R-12 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Malaysia:18SG | South Korea:12 | Canada:14+ (TV rating) | Brazil:14 | India:UA | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Austria:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (uncut DVD version) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (director's cut) | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) (director's cut) | Singapore:PG (original rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A (original rating) (cut) | UK:12 (video rating) (2003) (cut) | UK:15 (director's cut) | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Auburn, California, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

XXX's car is a 1967 Pontiac GTO. The original color was faded green.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The National Security Agency is solely responsible for communications intelligence. They are tasked with securing U.S. communications and trying to intercept and decode other countries' communications. They do not have field operators of the type portrayed in the movie. If they had actionable intelligence it would be turned over to the CIA for their use. Also, the NSA is forbidden to intercept communication originating in the U.S. Exceptions require approval from DOJ and court review process and are very rare.

Quotes:

[Xander Cage drives a stolen Corvette, which belongs to senator Dick Hotchkiss, and is chased by the police]
Policeman: You in the red Corvette! Pull over immediately.
Xander Cage: Yeah, yeah. These monkeys are following me because I just took this car. Obviously the car doesn't belong to me, it's not my style, it belongs to Dick. Dick Hotchkiss, the California state senator. You remember Dick? He's the guy who tried to ban rap music because he feels that the lyrics promote violence. It's music, Dick! He's also the guy who wants to pull every video game off every shop in the country, because he feels that the video games diminishing intelligence of our youth. Come on, Dick... It's only education we got. Dick, you're a bad man. You know what we do to bad men? We punish 'em. Dick, you've just entered... The Xander zone.
[on the walky-talky]
Xander Cage: Okay, I'm coming in hot with a pat of bacon.
Video Shooter #1: Go. Go, go, go, go!
[Xander jumps with the Corvette off the bridge]
Video Shooter #2: Pull it! Pull it!
[Xander jumps out of the Corvette with a parachute]
Video Shooter #2: Yes!
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Soundtrack:

Star Guitar

Great Action Movie/Comedy

The story to this movie was very different and creative. Even though people say it is a James Bond rip off, it is some way very different. The action scenes in this movie was great. Well done. A great cast for this movie. Vin Diesel was great for this part. I can't wait for the sequel to this movie. I am defiantly going to see it. It will probably be another great experience!!