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Director:
Lee Tamahori
Writers (WGA):
Rich Wilkes (characters)
Simon Kinberg (written by)
Contact:
View company contact information for xXx 2: The Next Level on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
29 April 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Adventure | Thriller more
Tagline:
Prepare for the next level more
Plot:
Darius Stone, a new agent in the XXX program, is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(14 articles)
Diesel Departs XXX Sequel
 (From WENN. 16 October 2009, 6:26 PM, PDT)
Diesel To Return To XXX
 (From WENN. 18 November 2008, 11:01 AM, PST)
User Reviews:
Quite enjoyable more (196 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ice Cube ... Darius Stone / XXX

Samuel L. Jackson ... Agent Augustus Gibbons

Willem Dafoe ... General George Deckert

Scott Speedman ... Agent Kyle Steele

Peter Strauss ... President James Sanford
Xzibit ... Zeke
Michael Roof ... Agent Toby Lee Shavers

Sunny Mabrey ... Charlie Mayweather

Nona Gaye ... Lola Jackson

John G. Connolly ... Lt. Alabama 'Bama' Cobb

Ramon De Ocampo ... Agent Meadows (as Ramón De Ocampo)

Barry Sigismondi ... Bull
Michael Don Evans ... Conductor

David Rountree ... Agent

Ned Schmidtke ... General Jack Pettibone
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
xXx 2: The Next Level (Australia) (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (Malaysia: English title) (UK)
xXx²: The Next Level (Singapore: English title) (UK)
Cold Circle & Intersection (Philippines: English title) (review title)
xXx Squared (USA) (working title)
xXx² (USA) (working title)
xXx²: State of the Union (USA) (working title)
xXx: The Next Level (Philippines: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence and some language.
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Taiwan:R-12 | Canada:14A | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18SG | Malaysia:U (re-rating) | France:U | Malaysia:U | Malaysia:U (cinema release) | South Korea:12 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A (cut) | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG (original rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating)
Filming Locations:
Alameda Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, USA more
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The car is painted with a special paint, called an "interference pigment", invented by Flex Products, which appears to change color when viewed from different angles. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the truck crashes through the barricade enroute to the Capitol building, you can see the cable attached to, and pulling on, the Humvee to pull it out of the frame to the right. more
Quotes:
Toby Lee Shavers: You want me to hack in? Into The U.S. Department of Defense? We're talking 500 acres of hardware. Cray supercomputers, encryption chips, not to mention more firewalls than the NSA, CIA and the IRS combined.
Darius Stone: Exactly.
[hands his bag of chips to Lola]
Toby Lee Shavers: Hold my chips.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Goedemorgen Nederland: (2005-04-28)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Mklvfkwr more

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User Reviews

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48 out of 76 people found the following review useful.
Quite enjoyable, 24 May 2005
6/10
Author: The-Mund from Essex, England

I don't see why people are giving this film really bad reviews. Yes, it is fairly ridiculous and yes, the plot is very poor. But that's not the reason this film got made. The makers' knew that this story wasn't going to rival 'The Godfather' or 'Star Wars'. It was made for pure entertainment and escapism.

No one moans that James Bond isn't realistic, do they? Of course not, because it is great fun. Now this wasn't as good as many Bond films, if any, but it did its job and kept me entertained. Ice Cube is no better than Vin Diesel as xXx, but not much worse either, in my opinion. It has a fairly decent supporting cast, mainly Samuel L Jackson and Willem Dafoe. They do their jobs too. Nothing special, but adequate enough.

Put simply, if you're looking for an Oscar-winning script and performances, then rent out 'Goodfellas'. If you're just looking for some escapism and silly entertainment with big men and big guns, tank chases, fight scenes and lots of cars, then give this a try.

6/10 from me.

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