xXx (2002)
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48% of critics liked it
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69% of users liked it
(436,751 ratings)
The director (Rob Cohen) and star (Vin Diesel) of the previous summer's hit The Fast and the Furious (2001) are reunited for this spy thriller billed as a next-generation James Bond adventure. Diesel stars as Xander Cage, a nihilist extreme sports enthusiast nicknamed "Triple X"… More The director (Rob Cohen) and star (Vin Diesel) of the previous summer's hit The Fast and the Furious (2001) are reunited for this spy thriller billed as a next-generation James Bond adventure. Diesel stars as Xander Cage, a nihilist extreme sports enthusiast nicknamed "Triple X" because of a large tattoo covering his back and neck. Cage's illegal stunts and poor attitude (he's given to spouting dialogue such as, "Have you ever been punched in the face for talking too much?") land him in jail, where he's recruited/blackmailed into government service by the National Security Agency's Augustus Gibbons, who likes Cage for his skills and expendability. The new secret agent is assigned to infiltrate a Russian crime ring called Anarchy 99, whose access to biochemical weaponry is making the United States extremely nervous. With the help of some high-tech gadgets from weapons master Toby Lee Shavers (Michael Roof), Cage is able to make his way into Anarchy 99, where he targets the group's leader Yorgi (Marton Csokas) and falls for the organization's second-in-command, Yelena (Asia Argento). XXX (2002) is the first in a hoped-for franchise of sequels for the film's producer, Revolution Studios. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rob Cohen
- Written By
- Rich Wilkes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Aug 9, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
If Dubya and Dick Cheney had made their very own post-9/11 patriotic propaganda movie for the teens they need as globalisation fodder, then this would be it.
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Mike Clark, USA Today
The director piles on one expensive but impersonal action scene after another.
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Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
Now I know what XXX stands for:Xtremely Xcruciating Xperience.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Cohen ... loads the film with pow.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
[U]nrelentingly stupid.
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Cast
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Vin Diesel
as Xander "XXX" Cage
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Asia Argento
as Yelena
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Marton Csokas
as Yorgi
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Samuel L. Jackson
as Agent Gibbons
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Danny Trejo
as El Jefe
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Michael Roof
as Toby Lee Shavers
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Tom Everett
as Sen. Dick Hotchkiss
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Richy Müller
as Milan Sova
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Werner Daehn
as Kirill
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Eve
as J.J.
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Rick Thorne
as Caddy Passenger
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Leila Arcieri
as Jordan King
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William Hope
as Agent Roger Donnan
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Mike Vallely
as Skater
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Jason Ellis
as Van Video Shooter
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Brian Deegan
as Extreme Guy
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Colin McKay
as Van Driver
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Tony Hawk
as Caddy Driver
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Rob Wells
as Xander's Friend
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Mat Hoffman
as Extreme Guy
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Carey Hart
as Caddy Passenger
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Martin Barta
as Male Opera Singer
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Martina Bauerova
as Female Opera Singer
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Rammstein
as Themselves
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Orbital
as Themselves
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Vitezsalv Bouchner
as Head Technician
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Tanner Gill
as Trucker
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Petr Jakl
as Kolya
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Leonard Thomas
as NSA Agent
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Thomas Ian Griffith
as Agent Jim McGrath
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Ted Maynard
as James Tannick
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Marek Vasut
as Czech General
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Rich Wilkes
as Tall Guy
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F. Valentino Morales
as Short Order Cook/NSA Agent
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Scott Waugh
as Stock Broker
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Martin Hub
as Ivan Podrov
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Estaban Cueto
as Gold Tooth Narco
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Joe Bucaro III
as Virg
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Mary-Pat Green
as Waitress
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David Asman
as Agent Polk
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TeeJay Boyce
as Bimbo Intern
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Armando Cantina
as Field Worker
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Vaclav Chalupa
as Nervous Hacker
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Alena Cihalikova
as Xander's Bedroom Dancer
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Mike Escamilla
as Ramp Truck Passenger
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Jan Filipensky
as Viktor
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Chris Gann
as T.J.
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Roman Matrka
as Czech Agent
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Joshua Montero
as Child Field Worker
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Michal Muller
as Zither Player
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Ivo Niederle
as Head Chemist
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Lubos Pospisil
as Czech Major
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Ivan Rueda
as Child Field Worker
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Martina Smukova
as Female Czech Cop
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Radek Tomecka
as Ivan Pedgrag








