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:

conspiracy | parachute | free fall | airplane | swimming pool | 

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Taglines:

Kick some ass, get the girl, and try to look dope while you're doing it.

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karima McAdams and Jill de Jong, who appeared as the Party Girls in this movie, were the Lara Croft models for the Tomb Raider video game series.

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Goofs

When Becky Clearidge drops the machine gun during the warehouse action scene, it falls to the ground and starts firing in full auto. In order for this to happen, the trigger would need to be pressed or the gun fire control would had to break, which is very unlike to happen on such a small drop. In the early days of machine guns, they could fire once if dropped on the back of the receiver, but virtually all industrial quality machine guns made after WWII have a drop safety mechanism, this is certainly true for the MP-5K depicted in the movie.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Augustus Gibbons: You know how I came up with the idea for the Triple-X program? Skateboards and swimming pools.

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Connections

Referenced in Robot Chicken: We Don't See Much of That in 1940s America (2018)

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Soundtracks

Core
Written by Adam E. Duggins, RL Grime (as Henry Alfred Steinway), Timothy Taylor & Trick Daddy (as Maurice Young)
Performed by RL Grime
Courtesy of Dim Mak

User Reviews

Mindless VFX, dull acting and no screenplay and story

Been cursing myself to have watched such mindless video game movie.

Deepika Padukone is completely misfit and she looks awkward for most of the screen time. Vin Diesel should stick to Fast and Furious franchise, 2002 XXX was much better. Rest of the star cast is assembled to just please the producers "Shanghai Movies".

There is no story, no screenplay, improper acting, it seems like director has wasted his most of the time in VFX labs than on actual story and screenplay.

Disgraceful start to 2017, if you want to watch mindless graphical action, better play video game. Disappointed to the core, save your time, money and if you still want to see then be ready to curse yourself...backed by big production house, critics and fake reviews will start floating soon appreciating the movie, beware.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

China Canada USA

Language:

English Spanish Portuguese Mandarin Tagalog Russian

Release Date:

20 January 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

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:

$346,118,277

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