XXX (Director's Cut)
Uncensored and Unrated
Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) is a notorious underground thrill-seeker who, until now, has been deemed untouchable by the law. But when crack NSA Agent Gibbsons convinces Cage to infiltrate a ruthless Russian crime ring, this new breed of secret agent (code name: XXX) takes down the enemies of justice with a vengeance in this high-octane, turbo-charged thrill-ride from the acclaimed director of The Fast and the Furious.
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Cheesy and not in a good pizza way! - NessView
I honestly think this movie was terrible, poor Vin Diesel, will he ever be taken seriously as an action hero, sure bubbling with muscles helps the movie become bearable, even watchable, but the dialogue is horrid and the plot reeks of D rated writing. Ugh...XXXtremely good movie - LK--
We liked the soundtrack and the movie.
After Xander Cage stages one "extreme" stunt too many, he must help the US government to save his own (tatooed) neck and stay out of jail. Vin Diesel is very convincing as a guy who seemed to grow up with very little love and as an adult he doesn't care about much or love anyone, but that changes when he is sent to Europe and meets a woman who is as tough...and as vulnerable and hurting... as he is. They're good guys but juuuust this side of good, and the villans... well, it's easy to see how they have slowly become the way they are as well. No one is completely good or completely bad in this movie. The characters seem believable and you start to root for X (and others) as the movie takes you from one white-knuckle ride to another, on land, water, and in the air.
We liked the bonus disk as well, seeing behind the scenes work and how the stunts were done, including a lot of stunts Diesel did himself.
We liked this movie enough we bought the soundtrack (2 cd-s) and the dvd as well.Imaging James Bond, but cranked up to 11 - Ziman
When you have a formula that seems to work, you stick with it. Take for example, Coca-Cola. The forula has stayed the same for decades, and has been very successful. Others try and imitate it, use similar ingredients, maybe even the same measurements, and although they may come close, they JUST don't quite get it exactly the same, and it doesn't taste the same. But eventually, someone will take that formula, and improve upon it... and no I'm not talking about 'New Coke'... but something completely different.
Let's look at the basic formula for a typical James Bond type flick, with the ingredients being: an international spy, a villain with a blatant foreign accent hell-bent on world domination and/or destruction, an array of neat gizmos and gadgets for our hero, as well as a hot-fast car... oh, and of course, the beautiful woman. Take those elements and pit the spy against coming into close contact of our villain, wanting to covertly undermine his ploy, but eventually wind up blowing-up everything in sight, saving his own neck from capture (as well as the beautiful woman's) while ensuring, at the last minute, that the villains plans are thwarted.
XXX is a movie that takes these basic elements, from the basic Bond formula, and cranks the volume on it up to 11. (As if the soundtrack in the opening sequence alone isn't evidence enough of that) The high-impulse action begins with the opening scene, and doesn't stop until the story is finished. In fact, the action filled scenes get more intense as the movie rolls on.
Vin Diesel plays Xander Cage, an X-Sports athlete whose internet videos have made him an underground star. Problem is, he takes his extreme-lifestyle too far too often, and is a wanted man. The NSA needs a man just like ‘X' (as he prefers to be called) for their lucrative assignment... and so it goes.
The story, as I've hinted already, follows a basic Bond formula, but that's not to the films discredit. It's simply taking a form
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Cheesy and not in a good pizza way! - NessView
I honestly think this movie was terrible, poor Vin Diesel, will he ever be taken seriously as an action hero, sure bubbling with muscles helps the movie become bearable, even watchable, but the dialogue is horrid and the plot reeks of D rated writing. Ugh...XXXtremely good movie - LK--
We liked the soundtrack and the movie.
After Xander Cage stages one "extreme" stunt too many, he must help the US government to save his own (tatooed) neck and stay out of jail. Vin Diesel is very convincing as a guy who seemed to grow up with very little ...Imaging James Bond, but cranked up to 11 - Ziman
When you have a formula that seems to work, you stick with it. Take for example, Coca-Cola. The forula has stayed the same for decades, and has been very successful. Others try and imitate it, use similar ingredients, maybe even the same measurements, and ...