Product: xXx (2002)
Rating: 4.0
super spy movie
Vin Diesel describes it as "A Vin Diesel movie". Enough said.I'm writing a bit more anyway: Diesel plays Xander Cage, a.k.a. XXX, a tough antisocial extreme-sports enthusiast who's recruited by a supersecret government agency (headed by Samuel L. Jackson) to put his unique athletic skills to use infiltrating a crime ring for the government.Director Rob Cohen (he directed The Fast and the Furious, as well as The Skulls) describes exactly what that means: ''He surfs down a stairway using a waiter's tray. He steals a senator's Corvette and drives it off a bridge and surfs on it all the way down. He does stunts on a motocross freestyle bike while being chased by a helicopter with a Vulcan cannon. Basically, we're reinventing the spy movie.''And, they hope that, if all goes according to plan, XXX will turn Diesel into the hottest secret agent since James Bond. It's an expensive gamble -- Sony has spent more than $90 million on XXX -- but Diesel and Cohen do have a proven track record. The two teamed up for last year's ''The Fast and the Furious,'' which ended up reinventing the hot-rod movie to the tune of $145 million. Plus, Pierce Brosnan is getting up there in years-- there seems to be room for a big-name actor playing spy roles nowadays.XXX promises to be an exciting, heart-pounding thriller with a lot of special effects. ...