XXX (film series)
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Running time | 220 minutes[1][2] |
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Language | English |
Budget | Total (3 films): $215 million |
Box office | Total (3 films): $656,539,421[3] |
XXX (pronounced as Triple X and stylized as xXx) is an American action film series created by Rich Wilkes. The series stars Vin Diesel and Ice Cube and consists of three films: xXx (2002), xXx: State of the Union (2005) and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017). The series has grossed $656 million worldwide.
Films
xXx (2002)
The film was released on August 9, 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. The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas and Samuel L. Jackson. Rob Cohen previously directed The Fast and the Furious (2001), in which Diesel also starred.
xXx: State of the Union (2005)
The film was released on April 29, 2005, which stars Ice Cube as Darius Stone, a new agent in the Triple X program, who is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
The film was released on January 20, 2017, sees the return of 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.[4]
Future
In a interview with Variety, Diesel revealed that Paramount has already contacted him about returning for a fourth film, even going so far as asking him if he and other cast members would be willing to get to work sometime in May.[5]
Short film
The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage
In addition to the deleted scenes on director's cut of the first film, 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 glorious demise.
In the short film, Xander is played by Vin Diesel's stunt double Khristian Lupo (who never shows his face or speaks) while reusing some archival lines spoken by 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 xXx: State of the Union, as the man behind the attack on Xander.
Cast
Character | Film | ||||
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xXx (2002) |
The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage (2005 short film) |
xXx: State of the Union (2005) |
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) | ||
Xander Cage xXx |
Vin Diesel | Khristian Lupo | Mentioned Only | Vin Diesel | |
NSA Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons | Samuel L. Jackson | Samuel L. Jackson | |||
Darius Stone xXx |
Ice Cube | ||||
Toby Lee Shavers | Michael Roof | Michael Roof | |||
Jordan King | Leila Arcieri | ||||
Alabama "Bama" Cobb | John G. Connolly | ||||
Yorgi | Martin Csokas | ||||
Yelena | Asia Argento | ||||
Milan Sova | Richy Müller | ||||
Kirill | Werner Daehn | ||||
Kolya | Petr Jákl | ||||
Viktor | Jan Pavel Filipensky | ||||
California 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 | ||||
General George Deckert | Willem Dafoe | ||||
NSA Agent Kyle Christopher Steele | Scott Speedman | ||||
U.S. President James Sanford | Peter Strauss | ||||
Zeke | Xzibit | ||||
Charlie Mayweather | Sunny Mabrey | ||||
Lola Jackson | Nona Gaye | ||||
NSA Agent Meadows | Ramon De Ocampo | ||||
Xiang xXx |
Donnie Yen | ||||
Serena Unger | Deepika Padukone | ||||
Becky Clearidge | Nina Dobrev | ||||
Adele Wolff | Ruby Rose | ||||
Talon | Tony Jaa | ||||
Harvard "Nicks" Zhou | Kris Wu | ||||
Tennyson "Torch" | Rory McCann | ||||
CIA Director Anderson | Al Sapienza | ||||
Gina Roff | Ariadna Gutiérrez | ||||
Hawk | Michael Bisping | ||||
Ainsley | Hermione Corfield | ||||
Red Erik | Andrey Ivchenko | ||||
Neymar Jr. xXx |
Neymar |
Crew
Film | Director | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Cinematographer | Music | Editor(s) |
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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 | Joe Roth Jeff Kirschenbaum Vin Diesel Samantha Vincent |
Russell Carpenter | Brian Tyler Robert Lydecker |
Jim Page Vince Filippone |
Reception
Box office performance
Film | Release date | Box office revenue | Box office ranking | Budget | Reference | |||
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Worldwide | All time North America |
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xXx | August 9, 2002 | $142,109,382 | $135,339,000 | $277,448,382 | #334 | #416 | $70 million | [6] |
xXx: State of the Union | April 29, 2005 | $26,873,932 | $44,148,761 | $71,022,693 | #2,675 | N/A | $60 million | [7] |
xXx: Return of Xander Cage | January 20, 2017 | $44,268,346 | $263,800,000 | $308,068,346 | #1,763 | #463 | $85 million | [8] |
Total | $213,251,660 | $443,287,761 | $656,539,421 | $215 million | [3] |
Critical response
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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xXx | 48% (178 reviews)[9] | 48 (33 reviews)[10] | A−[11] |
xXx: State of the Union | 16% (135 reviews)[12] | 37 (31 reviews)[13] | B+[11] |
xXx: Return of Xander Cage | 44% (100 reviews)[14] | 41 (24 reviews)[15] | A–[11] |
Average | 36% | 42 | A– |
The first film was received by mixed reviews from critics. Roger Ebert called it "as good as a James Bond movie".[16] 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.[17] 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 panned by critics, Boo Allen of the Denton Record Chronicle called it "a chubby, surly, incomprehensible action hero".[18] Brian Orndorf of FilmJerk.com compared watching the film to running "headfirst at top speed into a brick wall".[19] David Hiltbrand of the Philadelphia Inquirer said "the plot swings between pathetically implausible and aggressively stupid".[20] Some critics liked the film. Mack Bates of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel praised Ice Cube's "trademark charisma and street sensibility",[21] while Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly called it "that rare B movie that’s rooted in gut-level stirrings of power and retaliation".[22] Paul Arendt of the BBC said, "Viewed on its own trashy terms, it succeeds brilliantly".[23]
References
- ^ "XXX (2002)". British Board of Film Classification. August 9, 2002. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "XXX: State of the Union (2005)". British Board of Film Classification. April 29, 2005. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "xXx Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ "'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage' Synopsis Sounds Exciting if You've Never Seen a 'xXx' Movie". February 11, 2016.
- ^ Jackson, Helen (January 12, 2017). "Vin Diesel Says Paramount Wants Another 'xXx' Movie". Variety.
- ^ "XXX (2002))". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ^ "XXX: State of the Union (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ^ "XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "XXX". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "XXX: reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ a b c "CinemaScore". Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "XXX: State of the Union". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "XXX: State of the Union: Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ "XXX: Return of Xander Cage reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ "XXX". rogerebert.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "XXX (2002) review". empireonline.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
- ^ ROTTEN TOMATOES: Just what we need, a chubby, surly, incomprehensible action hero Archived December 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Havens, Cassandra. "FilmJerk.com - Reviews - XXX: State of the Union".
- ^ http://ae.philly.com/entertainment/ui/philly/movie.html?id=301309&reviewId=17886[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=322097[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Movie Review: XXX: State of the Union". Entertainment Weekly. May 4, 2005.
- ^ Paul Arendt (April 28, 2005). "BBC - Movies - review - XXX: The Next Level". BBC.