An devastating attack on Washington is in process. When xXx uncovers the dastardly plan, his investigations lead him deep into the US Government. Only he can stop the tragedy from happening... Read more
| Starring | Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe |
|---|---|
| Director | Lee Tamahori |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller |
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An devastating attack on Washington is in process. When xXx uncovers the dastardly plan, his investigations lead him deep into the US Government. Only he can stop the tragedy from happening...
| Starring | Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe |
|---|---|
| Director | Lee Tamahori |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 37 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Dubbed | Hungarian |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 26 Aug 2005 Blu-ray: 25 Aug 2008 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
It would be quite possible to make this sequel to the Vin Diesel no-brainer sound fun... even cool. For a start, the big Vin isn't even in it (he's been killed in Bora Bora, we're told). read more »
Excellent audio & video, but Very poor special effects for a Hollywood blockbuster. Totally over the top in every way. Samuel L. Jackson is Very good in a bad film. Do your self a favour and hire something else if your over 13 years old.
I'll come out and say it right from the start: I liked the original xXx. That's a bit like saying you still own a pair of flares I guess, but it's true. Liking xXx I mean, not the flares.
There are a couple of things that attracted me to the xXx; being a subtle parody of James Bond certainly being one of them, as was having Samuel Jackson in the cast. But two things in particular made me watch the first film: Vin Diesel and Asia Argento. Vin I had watched previously in Pitch Black, and loved in the Escape from Butcher Bay game, and Asia Argento I have fancied since...well since I first saw her acting in her father's excellent horror films. And an article in Bizzarre showed that even when she was pregnant she was still hot as ever.
Which makes it such a pity that neither are in the sequel, not even for a second! In fact right early in the film Xander Cage (Vin's character from the original) is killed off. I'd almost consider this a spoiler telling you this, but it is such a non-event in the film that you're not missing anything, in fact it is simply a single line of dialog: 'Xander Cage was killed in Boro Boro last night'. That's it. Brushed off like a coating of dandruff on your shoulder.
That said xXx2 is not as bad as some have said. It's no classic film, and certainly not as good as the first, but it is a fun slightly silly action film. Imagine the original cross-bred with something like Driven and you're about there. I did find Samuel J's speeches a little boring this time tho, and there were more cheesy clichés than you can shake a stick at, but you can take it all with a bit of salt, kick back, and enjoy the action.
The story line is interesting, but not particularly intelligent. In fact it's something we've seen many times already. As mentioned it's more of an action film with OTT explosions and a touch of the rediculous.
In short: a fun action flick but no real depth. Would have been better with Vin Diesel (I like Ice Cube, but xXx just screams for Vin).
Rationg: 3/5
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