XXX: State of the Union Movie Review 2005

Ice Cube replaces Vin Diesel (whose character, Xander Cage, is pointedly and dismissively pronounced dead about 20 minutes in) as Darius Stone, a former Navy SEAL in Gibbons' (Jackson) old unit jailed nine years ago for leading a mutiny against a general. When members of that old SEAL unit begin disappearing and Gibbons' XXX HQ is attacked, the two team up to find out why. What they find is an attempted military coup by the Secretary of Defense (Dafoe). To no one's surprise, there's plenty of explosions, gunplay, car chases, and mayhem, and none of it makes a damn bit of sense. But for those who enjoy that sort of thing, it is a wild ride. Don't expect anything resembling believability, though.

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 DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Action-Thriller, Presidency, Politics, Assassination, Capitol Capers, Patriotism & Paranoia, CIA/NSA, Men in Prison, Great Escapes, Femme Fatale, Boom!, Military: Navy, Military: Army

Screenplay

Simon Kinberg

Cast

Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, Nona Gaye, Michael Roof, Sunny Mabrey, Xzibit, John G. Connolly

Cinematography

David Tattersall

Director

Lee Tamahori

Music

Marco Beltrami

Other

Willie Burton, Laura Z. Wasserman, Darren Higman, Mark Goldblatt, Steven Rosenblum, Todd E. Miller, Bradford Ricker, Sanja Milkovic Hays, Gavin Bocquet

Producer

Neal H. Moritz, Arne L. Schmidt, Original Film, Sony Pictures Entertainment