Product: xXx (2002)
Rating: 4.0
Imagine James Bond on speed.
Take the basic James Bond idea and twist it just a bit. Instead of the suave stylish Sean Connery, you have the iron pumped Vin Diesel and some how this works.The movie was so awesome that it is truly hard to actually capture and do it justice. I found myself cringing when he slid down the mountain, cheering when he did the corvette stunt and loving his antics toward Gibbs or Gibson - Samuel L. Jackson. The director did well with the movie because he followed a formula that works - the ones from James Bond movies - yet, its not a rip off at all it is an adrenaline rush.It is a non-stop, heart pounding, edge of your seat, nail biting, laugh out loud, action packed movie! A good begining to a summer.What I found very nice was the limited use of CGI stuff and just more in your face explosions that looked 'real' for a movie of this caliber.Perhaps it has a few flaws but what 007 movie doesn't. However we have a new phrase now that we can use and although it is a rip off - again - it fits."Hello, my name is X, Triple X." it will be fun having two kinds of secret agent around. The one that shows us romance and the one that kicks [butt] - wait they both kick [butt]!