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- 2002
- Unrated
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 4 m
- 2002
- Unrated
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 4 m
Summary Vin Diesel stars as former extreme sports athlete Xander "XXX" Cage, notorious for his death defying public stunts. Betting he can succeed where other conventional spies have failed, Xander is recruited by NSA Agent Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) to become a different kind of undercover agent.
Directed By: Rob Cohen
Written By: Rich Wilkes
- 2002
- Unrated
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 4 m
- 2002
- Unrated
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 4 m
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5.9
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Summary Vin Diesel stars as former extreme sports athlete Xander "XXX" Cage, notorious for his death defying public stunts. Betting he can succeed where other conventional spies have failed, Xander is recruited by NSA Agent Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) to become a different kind of undercover agent.
Directed By: Rob Cohen
Written By: Rich Wilkes
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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30% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
48% Mixed
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16 Reviews
21% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
48
30% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
48% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
21% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
A threat to the Bond franchise? Not a threat so much as a salute. I don't want James Bond to turn crude and muscular on me; I like the suave style. But I like Xander, too, especially since he seems to have studied Bond so very carefully.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 338 User Ratings
5.9
50% Positive
170 Ratings
170 Ratings
20% Mixed
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
30% Negative
101 Ratings
101 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 338 User Ratings
5.9
50% Positive
170 Ratings
170 Ratings
20% Mixed
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
30% Negative
101 Ratings
101 Ratings
A threat to the Bond franchise? Not a threat so much as a salute. I don't want James Bond to turn crude and muscular on me; I like the suave style. But I like Xander, too, especially since he seems to have studied Bond so very carefully.
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A brawny commercial attraction strategically tapping into the auds for extreme sports, spy pix, thrill rides, popcorn actioners and anyone looking to see Diesel kick butt, blow stuff up and/or take his shirt off.
Can I admit XXX is as deep as a Petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure? Because I have to confess, when special agent Xander Cage tossed two detonators onto a mountainside and outran the ensuing avalanche on a snowboard, I was digging the action.
Action fans will watch their adrenaline levels redline, and those not at ease with this climax-after-climax style will white knuckle their way through to the end.
All you get here for paid admission is a long and terrific avalanche scene -- state of the art, no question. Then it's over and ready to melt away, much like memories of this movie.
The infuriating thing about XXX isn't that it delivers thrills and spills to moviegoers who don't know any better, but that its Hollywood hype reinforces the notion that brain-dead entertainment is what movies are all about.
I enjoyed the movie a bit but the stunts were totally unrealistic. The actors are fine and the plot is pretty good also but just not done well. The downfall I said eariler, the stunts. Imagine a motorcycle being attacked by a helicopter, then jumping a ramp, going over a barn that blows up, and the person is not hurt at all, that is this.
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"xXx" ?!... mais qu'est-ce que c'est que ce titre à la mords-moi-le noeud ? un film de boules ? ah non, quand même pas ! il s'agit simplement de Monsieur Merdafioul au crâne de piaf, social justice warrior de son triste état, qui se retrouve catapulté agent secret stagiaire à l'insu de son plein gré...
"Triple X" donc est un pur navet au scénario écrit dans une pochette-surprise (dans un Kinder très probablement) avec notre guignol aux gros bras qui va sauver le monde en compagnie de la charmante Asia Argento. Un navet triple Z certes mais avec le fric d'un triple A et quelques belles cascades... les nombreuses explosions et fusillades peuvent aussi en témoigner.
La mise en scène de Rob Cohen est tout-à-fait présentable et en plus, on voit du pays, on fait du tourisme à Prague et on peut rigoler de temps à autre à cette espèce de "comédie" surmenée de bêtise presque aussi stupide que les plus mauvais James Bond (et ils sont légion à dire vrai).
Hélas, même en laissant sa cervelle au vestiaire, on s'ennuie déjà à la moitié : on est très ennuyé et consterné par le ridicule généralisé des situations et de leurs poncifs poncés jusqu'à la corde ; on est ennuyé puis énervé par Monsieur Mazout lui-même (et son manteau tout aussi ridicule !) qui nous les brise sévère avec sa "cool attitude".
ça doit être son charisme d'andouille avariée qui fait ça. En hommage à Monsieur Triple, je lui accorde donc finalement une note triple : 3x1 = 3.
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Im giving this movie as much as 3/10 only because I enjoyed mediocre performance of Vin Diesel and I believe that some movies serve as parody of real action productions. I didn't feel any bond forming with any character, just a hollow acting and cliches even for 2002. Even being slightly tipsy couldn't make me enjoy this movie and I am not hard to amuse. All scenes and their purpose were enigma to me till the very end. Stereotypical "badass" main hero and a woman he meets later that fall in love with each other throughout the movie. Even more stereotypical bad guy. In conclusion I do not recommend watching this, unless you have the lowest of standards and time to waste.
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Awards
World Stunt Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 2 Nominations
