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James Bond fuses with the X-Games and the Dirty Dozen...
Ultimate freedom would be anarchy where rules do not apply and chaos governs everything. In such society, people could do whatever they desire. Xander "X" Cage (Vin Diesel) is a freedom seeker that exercises his anarchistic politics in a personal manner, which he displays on underground websites through short films. These film clips often contain some form of extreme action sport, or high-risk activity that appeals to most, as it is dangerous and cool. However, his risk taking displays some level of selfishness, which reflects through his life of having it all, as the established part of society despises his neglectful attitude.

Xander's attitude is what makes him perfect for one of the National Security Agency's (NSA) missions, as the NSA has previously lost a number of agents due to their personalities. Agent Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) decides to recruit him and group like-minded characters. It is the edgy, aggressiveness, and distant behavior of Xander that Agent Gibbons wants for the mission, but also someone calculated, perceptive, and quick while being able to be cool. After a number of live tests, Xander passes at the top of his class and he arrives in Czechoslovakia where he is supposed to gather information on an organization called Anarchy 99.

Jet-lagged and irritated Xander arrives to Prague where he meets with a city official with an inferiority complex who lays down the rules for him. Instead of playing it by the rules Xander does what he does best, his own thing. He simple walks up to Yorgi (Marton Csokas) and introduces himself as a potential buyer of luxury sports cars while blowing the cover for the insignificant police officer. Xander's attitude fits in perfect with the people in Anarchy 99, as he quickly climbs the popularity ladder in Prague.

The friendships Xander makes with the people in Anarchy 99 is real, as he likes to hang out with them and do crazy stuff. However, as he gets closer to understanding them he realizes the flaw within his own logical reasoning in regards to freedom and anarchy, as total freedom could harm innocent people. This idea motivates Xander to pursue Anarchy 99, which brings the audience through a rollercoaster-like adventure where the gunshots and explosions are not far in between.

XXX delivers a highly explosive action adventure where James Bond fuses with the X-Games and the Dirty Dozen (1967). The story could explore themes such as second chances, or the self-discovery in regards to anarchy. However, it does not develop an interesting theme or plot, which leaves the audience with a hollow and superficial story that relies on explosions, gunshots, and extreme sports. After awhile it becomes tedious to watch Vin Diesel out-jump and out-shoot the crooks, which really hurts the potential of the story. Nonetheless, Diesel's performance displays some quality moments where he brings out the cool edginess and quick-witted aggressiveness in Xander. In the big picture, XXX offers an acceptable cinematic experience, which has youthful coolness and refreshing moments.


James Bond meets the X-Games
Boy I tell ya, either folks like this film or they hate it. To be honest with ya, I've bought both versions of this DVD. The original SE and this new URDC 2-disc version. (Skipped the Superbit, obviously.) And also to be honest, I haven't watched this film since the original DVD came out in Dec. 2003. I bought this new version for basically two reasons. One, the build-up to the hype for the sequel, and two, was curious as to what the additional 8 minutes of footage would bring. Again, to be honest, I couldn't tell you what or where the new footage is without doing a comparison with the old disc.

In any case, I was pleasantly surprised by this new cut. Has the new footage fleshed out some of the plots and characters? I'm not really sure, but the movie actually flows a bit better with the new footage whatever it is. So if you didn't get the first disc, and you're in any way remotely interested into getting into the xXx franchise, go ahead and pick this set up.

Now then, as for my title of this review, and my 4-star rating... As another reviewer so eloquently stated, that this film is a bit of a new take on the old traditional James Bond film with the modern Playstation-era X-Game scene thrown in. And whether you're into the X-Games or X-Treme Sports or not, it actually does work, that is the meshing of the two. xXx uses a plethora of James Bond-esque type gadgets and excellorates them using X-Treme sports. Need to take out some bad guys? Surf a self-caused avalance on a snow board.

Xander Cage, aka xXx, is billed as your typical American anti-hero hero. He's a rough-billed fella who despite his "rum dumb" appearance actually is a very observant and smart cookie. During the cafe test scene, he points out several unrealistic circumstances that would be ridiculous in everyday life. Then late on when he infiltrates Anarchy 99, instead of doing the cookie cutter cop routine, he just walks right up to them and acts like a potential partner in crime. He also has a thing against chain smoking. ;) To which he used later on to "smoke" a guy with a heat-seeking missile.

OK, got the picture? Anyway, this new disc has a short that attempts to explain the lead-up to this year's sequal "State of the Union". As well as a decent little "Making of" of the new film. Quite frankly, I'm really looking forward to the DVD of the sequel and hoping that this franchise picks up some steam.

Oh, for my rating of 4 stars? Actually I give it 3.5 stars. Not bad, but not all that great either. Well, you could say that about several of the latest Bond films as well.

xxx+vin diesel=one kick ass movie
this movie was so cool.the first time i saw it was at my friends house.after that i kept watching it over and over again.the thing that pisses me off is that ice cube is playing xxx next year.i mean im sure it will be cool but if he would have played in the 1st xxx it would be cool but, idont know it better be cool.vin diesel is still the perfect riddick and xxx

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