Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.
Critics were split almost evenly on this Vin Diesel action vehicle, with the divide falling roughly between those who found its gleeful self-awareness enough to carry it and those who felt the choppy screenplay squandered the premise. Audiences at the time were considerably more forgiving than the critical consensus suggests.
“In its own punk way, XXX is as good as a good Bond movie, and that's saying something.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“It's hard to hate a movie, even one this droolingly crass, that knows how to laugh at itself.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“Sporadically entertaining, but seriously hampered by a very choppy screenplay”
Adam Smith·Empire
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.
Critics were split almost evenly on this Vin Diesel action vehicle, with the divide falling roughly between those who found its gleeful self-awareness enough to carry it and those who felt the choppy screenplay squandered the premise. Audiences at the time were considerably more forgiving than the critical consensus suggests.
“In its own punk way, XXX is as good as a good Bond movie, and that's saying something.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“It's hard to hate a movie, even one this droolingly crass, that knows how to laugh at itself.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“Sporadically entertaining, but seriously hampered by a very choppy screenplay”
Adam Smith·Empire
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama