xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.

Director:

D.J. Caruso

Writers:

Rich Wilkes (based on characters created by), F. Scott Frazier

Stars:

Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vin Diesel	...	Xander Cage
Donnie Yen	...	Xiang
Deepika Padukone	...	Serena Unger
Kris Wu	...	Nicks
Ruby Rose	...	Adele Wolff
Tony Jaa	...	Talon
Nina Dobrev	...	Becky Clearidge
Rory McCann	...	Tennyson Torch
Toni Collette	...	Jane Marke
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Augustus Gibbons
Ice Cube	...	Darius Stone
Hermione Corfield	...	Ainsley
Tony Gonzalez	...	Paul Donovan
Michael Bisping	...	Hawk
Al Sapienza	...	CIA Director

Storyline

Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang (Donnie Yen) and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora's Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.

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Plot Keywords:

woman in bikini | parachute | free fall | airplane | swimming pool | 

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Taglines:

There are no more patriots, just rebels and tyrants.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of gunplay and violent action, and for sexual material and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA China Canada

Language:

English Spanish Portuguese Mandarin Tagalog Russian

Release Date:

20 January 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Xander Returns

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$20,130,142, 22 January 2017

Gross USA:

$44,898,413

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$346,147,658

Company Credits

Production Co:

Huahua Media,Maple Cage Productions,One Race Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos DTS (DTS: X) Sonics-DDP Auro 11.1 SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The fighting style Donnie Yen's character uses against the NSA soldiers at the end is Wing Chun. Several moves Yen uses include a Lap Sau (Block/Deflect), Fak Sau (Knifehand), Tan Sau (Sky Palm Block), the Wing Chun Front Kick, and the signature Lin Wan Kuen (aka Chain Punch). Donnie Yen portrayed the legendary Wing Chun grand master, Ip Man (who was also Bruce Lee's teacher), in Ip Man (2008), Ip Man 2 (2010), Ip Man 3 (2015), and Ip Man 4 (2018).

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Goofs

When Jane Marke is presenting the airplane to Xander Cage, she claims that the airplane has been modified to "have enough fuel to circumnavigate the Earth three times without landing".

The airplane is a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, which originally has a maximum fuel range of ~11 000 km, if it's (more or less) empty(this number is halved if there is any payload). To do this, the airplane needs ~134 500L of fuel. If it is going to circumnavigate the earth three times(~120 225km), it would require ~1,5 million liters of fuel, more than 10 times the original capacity. If they actually did add this amount of fuel (and fuel tanks) to the airplane, the airplane would have a takeoff weight of 132 000 metric tonnes, which is ~5 times max takeoff weight, and 1700 times the payload for the C-17.

Another point to this, is that the C-17 Globemaster III is capable of Air to Air refueling, meaning that they can, at least when it comes to fuel, fly indefinitely as long as they get AtA refuels.

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Quotes

Darius Stone: X looks out for his own.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Macho Man (2017)

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Soundtracks

Burning Man
Written by Andrew Wotman, Post Malone (as Austin Richard Post), Brian Lee (as Brian Lee), Ben Diehl & Louis Bell
Performed by Andrew Watt featuring Post Malone
Courtesy of Republic Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Honestly DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY

I cannot believe I actually paid to watch this utter tripe. It is possibly the worst film I have ever seen in my life. If you've any sense do not waste your money like I did. Some of the scenes are just ridiculous. Donne Yen must have been totally desperate for the money considering some of the great films he has made in the past. The female characters are as you would expect very attractive but do not make up for the awfulness of this film. Vin must be sat at home thinking OMG why on earth did I actually make that film as he probably doesn't need the money. The only good part of the film was near the end. The best part of the film was when it had finished and I could get out of the cinema. Honestly I repeat DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.