An extreme sports athlete, Xander Cage, is recruited by the government on a special mission.An extreme sports athlete, Xander Cage, is recruited by the government on a special mission.An extreme sports athlete, Xander Cage, is recruited by the government on a special mission.
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- 4 wins & 14 nominations
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Petr Jákl
- Kolyaas Kolya
- (as Petr Jakl)
Jan Filipenský
- Viktoras Viktor
- (as Jan Filipensky)
Joe Bucaro III
- Virgas Virg
- (as Joey Bucaro)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Xander "XXX" Cage is a thrill seeker who until now has been deemed untouchable by the law. NSA Agent Gibbons forces XXX to cooperate with the government to infiltrate an underground Russian crime ring, and avoid going to prison. Gibbons sends XXX to enter this world of crime undetected where others have failed, using his natural athletic prowess and a whole lot of attitude. Xander must combat an organization led by a clever, ruthless and nihilistic Yorgi whose first target is the city of Prague. —Artemis-9
- Taglines
- If you want someone to save the world, make sure it's someone who likes the world as it is.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for violence, non-stop action sequences, sensuality, drug content and language
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaVin Diesel performed many of his own stunts. However, according to the DVD commentary, Vin was sick for the Corvette base jump, and pro Tim Rigby performed the stunt wearing a Vin mask.
- GoofsShavers claims to have graduated magna cum laude from MIT. MIT does not award Latin honors with degrees.
- Quotes
Xander Cage: The things I'm gonna do for my country.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits except for the title.
- Alternate versionsOn its AMC airing, the music is slowed down and plays by 0.85
- ConnectionsEdited into xXx: A Filmmaker's Diary (2002)
- SoundtracksAdrenaline
Written by Glen Ballard and Gavin Rossdale
Produced by Glen Ballard
Additional Production and Remix by Chris Vrenna
Performed by Gavin Rossdale
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation
Top review
Enjoyably stupid
xXx is as big as Pinocihos nose after he has read a statement written by Jeffrey Archer and as dumb as a person with no tongue. It is designed for the kind of people who think that Bond movies have too much of that talking stuff between explosions and use this strange music that doesn't seem to have distorted electric guitars or rapping on it. It is also a lot of fun.
After losing another spy on the trail of ultra stupid terrorist anarchy 99, whose plan for world domination involves building a boat in a landlocked country, the NSA decide they need a new breed of agent. Therefore they kidnap extreme sports enthusiast and counter culture hero Xander Cage, aka xXx, aka Vin Diesel playing virtually the same character he did in Pitch Black and The Fast And The Furious. After watching him do Evil Kineval impersonations around a Colombian cocaine plantation whilst the army try to blow it off the face of the Earth they cut him a deal. Either save the world or go to jail. Unsurprisingly he chooses the former.
For the first 20 minutes it looks encouragingly like the they have just allowed the stunt team to make the entire movie. However before long we have scenes developing the love interest set in swanky restaurants and a lush orchestral score creeping in. This wouldn't be a problem if the writer didn't think the phrase "one liner" referred to the amount of decent dialogue he had to include in the entire film. As it is your mind starts wandering as soon as things stop exploding.
However xXx's action sequences are more than enough to compensate the viewer for their patience during the more laboured elements of the film. The stunts are by turns ambitious, outrageous and just plain improbable, however it seems unlikely that the film will be causing the James Bond producers too many sleepless nights. In fact before long they will be making films to appeal to people who think the xXx movies have too much dialogue and not enough nu-metal. They'll probably call them Jackass Bond.
After losing another spy on the trail of ultra stupid terrorist anarchy 99, whose plan for world domination involves building a boat in a landlocked country, the NSA decide they need a new breed of agent. Therefore they kidnap extreme sports enthusiast and counter culture hero Xander Cage, aka xXx, aka Vin Diesel playing virtually the same character he did in Pitch Black and The Fast And The Furious. After watching him do Evil Kineval impersonations around a Colombian cocaine plantation whilst the army try to blow it off the face of the Earth they cut him a deal. Either save the world or go to jail. Unsurprisingly he chooses the former.
For the first 20 minutes it looks encouragingly like the they have just allowed the stunt team to make the entire movie. However before long we have scenes developing the love interest set in swanky restaurants and a lush orchestral score creeping in. This wouldn't be a problem if the writer didn't think the phrase "one liner" referred to the amount of decent dialogue he had to include in the entire film. As it is your mind starts wandering as soon as things stop exploding.
However xXx's action sequences are more than enough to compensate the viewer for their patience during the more laboured elements of the film. The stunts are by turns ambitious, outrageous and just plain improbable, however it seems unlikely that the film will be causing the James Bond producers too many sleepless nights. In fact before long they will be making films to appeal to people who think the xXx movies have too much dialogue and not enough nu-metal. They'll probably call them Jackass Bond.
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- dgoody
- Jan 20, 2003
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Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $142,109,382
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $44,506,103
- Aug 11, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $277,448,382
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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