Product: xXx [VHS] (2002)
Rating: 5.0
James Bond from the Bronx
Yes, it copies the Bond cliches. Yes, it's confusing at the beginning. Yes, the plot is irrelevant. Yes, it's loaded with stupid jokes. SO WHAT! It's an action thriller of the first class. It moves, it sizzles, it flies through the air and the roof tops. ...P>Low points: it should have been made for adult audiences. They should have supress the stupid jokes. At the beginning, when Vin Diesel is racing down the highway pursued by the California police, he talks to the audience. Aw, pleeeze! This technique is called "comic relief" and it [was bad].Another low point: Too bad they HAD to get that stupid PG-13 rating. So what if kids hear F-words and see some naked woman? They will not be perverted forever and their souls will be as safe as yours and mine. If you're a parent and believe your kid(s) don't use harsh language ever, you're living in another planet. By the way, I'm sure the Russian Mafia and all crooks in the world use plenty of F-words and its endless variations on a daily basis. Not in this film. It's as clean as if the Council of Churches had produced it.High points: the stunts are unbelievable, especially the avalanche sequence which is the best ever. I didn't know that Vin is such an accoplished snowboarder. He is great and did his stunts to perfection. By the way, all stunts in this movie were superb.Another high point: the movie improves as it progresses and toward the end, James Bond should go home and cuddle with his cat.And the last high point: the commentaries by director Rob Cohen are extremely intelligent.All in all, five stars for being such an action packed thriller with superb stunts.