XXX Movie Review 2002

Director Rob Cohen attempts to update the secret agent flick for the X Games crowd with this stunt-riddled explosion fest. Xander "XXX" Cage (Diesel) is a former extreme athlete recruited by NSA agent Gibbons (Jackson) after he's busted stealing a senator's car. Xander is given a choice between jail time or becoming a special ops agent. He then spends the rest of the movie jumping off, sliding down and blowing up plot devices. If you're looking for an introspective drama about feelings, move along. If you're looking to watch things go "Boom!" while a thick-necked mumbling guy acts like a jackass, then put it in and get some popcorn. Cohen and Diesel previously teamed up on the unexpected hit "The Fast and the Furious," so the bets on the duo remaking "Steel Magnolias" as their next project have officially been taken off the board.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 111 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Spies & Espionage, Eastern Europe, Boom!, CIA/NSA

Screenplay

Rich Wilkes

Cast

Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Danny Trejo, Michael Roof, Tom Everett, Richy Muller, Werner Daehn

Cinematography

Dean Semler

Director

Rob Cohen

Music

Randy Edelman

Other

William B. Kaplan, Kathy Nelson, Chris Lebenzon, Paul Rubell, Joel Negron, Jonathan Lee, Sanja Milkovic Hays, Gavin Bocquet, Joel Hynek

Producer

Neal H. Moritz, Revolution Studios, Columbia Pictures