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Mood:
- RoughStylizedExcitingSuspenseful
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Plot:
- Master VillainSecret AgentsEspionageHeroic MissionDangerHeroesRivalryUndercover more...
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Genres:
- ActionThrillerHollywood ToneAdventure
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Audience:
- Boys' NightTeens
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Praise:
- Blockbuster
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- SeriousSemi FantasticFast
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- Special Effects
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- ProfanityViolent Content
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XXX, 2002
English, German, Spanish, Russian, Czech
USA
Profile of XXX
The mood of XXX is stylized, exciting, and rough. The plot centers around espionage, secret agents, and a master villain. It is a thriller, action, and adventure movie. Stylistically, XXX has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is serious. The pacing is fast. XXX happens in contemporary times. Visually, it involves special effects. The movie is known for being a blockbuster. XXX is especially suggested for teens and a boys' night. Note that it includes violent content and profanity.
Summary of XXX
This amped action drama stars Vin Diesel as Xander (aka Triple X), a rebellious extreme sports star with a mission to defy authority and create anarchy. In the dramatic opening scene of the movie, Xander pulls an outrageous serious of stunts with the help of a band of similar-minded jocks, broadcasts the whole event live onto the Internet with a network of strategically placed digital cameras, and then avoids being captured by the squadron of police who pursue him. When Triple X is later taken into custody, Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), a representative from a government agency, hires the chiseled athlete and turns him into a secret agent with a mission to travel to Prague and collapse a dangerous terrorist cell operated by Yorgi (Martin Csokas) and the seductive Yelena (Asia Argento). Triple X is quickly drawn into Yorgi's lair, a stunning chateau situated in the mountains that is equipped with every high-tech modern amenity imaginable, along with a sizeable team of extra-large Slav bodyguards, a laboratory staffed by top scientists, and an always-ready gaggle of gorgeous concubines. Non-stop stunts, pounding hard-core music, elaborate sets, and inventive costumes make this Rob Cohen-directed adrenaline overload a visually exciting, aurally engaging, highly entertaining success.
Details
| Language: | English, German, Spanish, Russian, Czech |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 9 August 2002 |
| Runtime: | 124 min |
Cast and Crew
as Xander Cage
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
as Yelena
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Critics Reviews
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
In Hollywood, and perhaps beyond, there's nothing more predictable than a rebel with a cause. XXX pretends otherwise, but isn't really fooling anyone -- ultimately, this is a movie as generic as its title.
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- by: Rick Groen
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Diesel clearly has fun playing a character so bullish that his skin seems to be made of leather, and he's self-conscious enough to pull it off even after the film surrenders to formula.
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- by: Keith Phipps
Users Reviews
While the action scenes are better and more varied than the Fast and Furious films, they're not executed anywhere near the level of the Bond films that XXX pretends to blow away. The supporting cast looks good, but they aren't given any dimension....
- 04.May.2010
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- by: Mike
- Mike rated this movie
0/10
Here is where this movie fails... It wants you to say "Man that movie is SOOOOO much cooler than any Bond film". It can't touch a Bond film. XXX wants you to know how cool it is. The hero won't "sell out" yet his associates talk about pre sales...
- 12.October.2009
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- by: Dan
- Dan rated this movie0/10
