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Revision as of 19:43, 20 December 2016

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Directed by
Written by
Produced by
StarringSee below
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • One: August 9, 2002
  • Two: April 29, 2005
  • Three: January 20, 2017
Running time
220 minutes[1][2]
Country
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$157 million
Box office$348,4 million

XXX (pronounced as Triple X and stylized xXx) is an American action film series created by Rich Wilkes. The series consists of three films XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017).

Films

XXX (2002)

Main article: XXX (2002 film)

The film was released on 9 August 2002, which stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency who is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe. XXX also stars Asia Argento, Samuel L. Jackson, and Marton Csokas. Cohen previously directed The Fast and the Furious, in which Diesel also starred.

XXX: State of the Union (2005)

Main article: XXX: State of the Union

The film was released on 29 April 2005, which stars Ice Cube as Darius Stone, a new agent in the XXX program, who is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.

XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

Main article: XXX: Return of Xander Cage

The third film, set for release on 20 January 2017 in the United States, sees the return of Vin Diesel as Xander Cage who comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora’s Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.[3]

Short Film

The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage

Main article: XXX (2002 film) § Director's Cut#The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage

In addition to the deleted scenes on the Director's Cut of XXX, the DVD also contains an extra video titled The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage, a four-minute short film that attempts to tie up some loose ends about the Xander Cage character by showing his gory demise.

In the short film, Cage is played by Vin Diesel's stunt double Khristian Lupo (who never shows his face or speaks) while reusing some archival lines spoken by Vin Diesel. It also features Leila Arcieri as Jordan King from the first film, and John G. Connolly as Lt. Colonel Alabama "Bama" Cobb, one of the villains from the sequel XXX: State of the Union, as the man behind the attack on Cage.

Cast

Character Film
XXX XXX:
The Final Chapter:
The Death of Xander Cage
(short film) 		XXX:
State of the Union 		XXX:
Return of Xander Cage
Xander Cage
XXX 		Vin Diesel Khristian Lupo Mentioned Only Vin Diesel
NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons Samuel L. Jackson   Samuel L. Jackson
Yorgi Martin Csokas
Yelena Asia Argento
Millan Sova Richy Müller
Kirill Werner Daehn
Kolya Petr Jákl
Viktor Jan Pavel Filipensky
Californina State Senator Dick Hotchkiss Tom Everett
El Jefe Danny Trejo
NSA Agent Jim McGrath Thomas Ian Griffth
J.J. Eve
NSA Agent Roger Donnan William Hope
Ivan Pedgrag Radek Tomecka
Ivan Podrov Martin Hub
Jordan King Leila Arcieri
Toby Lee Shavers Michael Roof   Michael Roof  
Alabama "Bama" Cobb   John G. Connolly  
Darius Stone
XXX 		  Ice Cube
General George Deckert   Willem Dafoe
Agent Kyle Christopher Steele   Scott Speedman
US President James Sanford   Peter Strauss
Zeke   Xzibit
Charlie Mayweather   Sunny Mabrey
Lola Jackson   Nona Gaye
NSA Agent Meadows   Ramon De Ocampo
Serena Unger Deepika Padukone
Xiang Donnie Yen
Talon Tony Jaa
Rebecca "Becky" Clearidge Nina Dobrev
Adele Wolff Ruby Rose
Harvard Kris Wu
Tennyson "Torch" Rory McCann
CIA Director Al Sapienza
Gina Roff Ariadna Gutiérrez
Hawk Michael Bisping
Ainsley Hermione Corfield
Red Erik Andrey Ivchenko

Crew

Film Director Writer(s) Producer(s) Cinematographer Music Editor(s)
XXX Rob Cohen Rich Wilkes Neal H. Moritz Dean Semler Randy Edelman Chris Lebenzon
Joel Negron
Paul Rubell
XXX: State of the Union Lee Tamahori Simon Kinberg Neal H. Moritz
Anre Schmidt 		David Tattersall Marco Beltrami Mark Goldblatt
Todd E. Miller
Steven Rosenblum
XXX: Return of Xander Cage D. J. Caruso F. Scott Frazier
Chad St. John 		Vin Diesel
Joe Roth
Jeff Kirschenbaum
Samantha Vincent 		Russell Carpenter Brian Tyler
Robert Lydecker 		Jim Page
Vince Filippone

Reception

Box office

Film Release date Box office gross Box office ranking Budget Reference
North America Other
territories 		Worldwide All time
North America 		All time
worldwide
XXX August 9, 2002 $142,109,382 $135,339,000 $277,448,382 #334 #416 $70,000,000 [4]
XXX: State of the Union April 29, 2005 $26,873,932 $44,148,761 $71,022,693 #2,629 N/A $87,000,000 [5]
Total $168983314 $179487761 $348471075 $157 million [6]

Critical response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
XXX 48% (178 reviews)[7] 48 (33 reviews)[8] A−[9]
XXX: State of the Union 16% (135 reviews)[10] 37 (31 reviews)[11] B+[9]

The first film was received by mixed reviews from critics. Roger Ebert called it "as good as a James Bond movie".[12] Adam Smith of Empire Online called the movie, "Sporadically entertaining, but seriously hampered by a very choppy screenplay", and rating it three out of five stars.[13] The film was nominated for a Razzie Award for Most Flatulent Teen-Targeted Movie, but lost to Jackass: The Movie.

The second film in the series was critcally panned by critics, Boo Allen of the Denton Record Chronicle called it "a chubby, surly, incomprehensible action hero".[14] Brian Orndorf of FilmJerk.com compared watching the film to running "headfirst at top speed into a brick wall".[15] David Hiltbrand of the Philadelphia Inquirer said "the plot swings between pathetically implausible and aggressively stupid".[16] Some critics liked the film. Mack Bates of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel praised Ice Cube's "trademark charisma and street sensibility",[17] while Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly called it "that rare B movie that’s rooted in gut-level stirrings of power and retaliation".[18] Paul Arendt of the BBC said, "Viewed on its own trashy terms, it succeeds brilliantly".[19]

References

  1. ^ "XXX (2002)". British Board of Film Classification. August 9, 2002. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "XXX: State of the Union (2005)". British Board of Film Classification. April 29, 2005. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  3. ^ http://collider.com/xxx-3-return-of-xander-cage-synopsis-images-vin-diesel/
  4. ^ "XXX (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "XXX: State of the Union (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "xXx Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  7. ^ "XXX". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  8. ^ "XXX: reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  9. ^ a b "CinemaScore". Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  10. ^ "XXX: State of the Union". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  11. ^ "XXX: State of the Union: Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  12. ^ "XXX". rogerebert.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  13. ^ "XXX (2002) review". empireonline.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  14. ^ ROTTEN TOMATOES: Just what we need, a chubby, surly, incomprehensible action hero Archived December 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ FilmJerk.com - Reviews - XXX: State of the Union
  16. ^ http://ae.philly.com/entertainment/ui/philly/movie.html?id=301309&reviewId=17886[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=322097[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ "Movie Review: XXX: State of the Union". Entertainment Weekly. 4 May 2005.
  19. ^ Paul Arendt (28 April 2005). "BBC - Movies - review - XXX: The Next Level". BBC.
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