xXx (2002)

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writer (WGA):

Rich Wilkes (written by)

Release Date:

9 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

If you want someone to save the world, make sure it's someone who likes the world as it is.

Plot:

Xander Cage is an extreme sports athelete recruited by the government on a special mission.

Plot Keywords:

Agent | Spy | Extreme Sports | Machete | Poison Gas

Awards:

4 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Vin Diesel	...	Xander Cage
Asia Argento	...	Yelena
Marton Csokas	...	Yorgi
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Agent Augustus Gibbons
Michael Roof	...	Agent Toby Lee Shavers
Richy Müller	...	Milan Sova
Werner Daehn	...	Kirill
Petr Jákl	...	Kolya (as Petr Jakl)
Jan Pavel Filipensky	...	Viktor (as Jan Filipensky)
Tom Everett	...	Senator Dick Hotchkiss
Danny Trejo	...	El Jefe
Thomas Ian Griffith	...	Agent Jim McGrath
Eve	...	J.J.
Leila Arcieri	...	Jordan King
William Hope	...	Agent Roger Donnan

Also Known As:

Triple X (USA) (informal English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, non-stop action sequences, sensuality, drug content and language.

Runtime:

124 min | 132 min (unrated director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Spanish | Russian | Czech

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Taiwan:R-12 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Malaysia:18SG | South Korea:12 | Canada:14+ (TV rating) | Brazil:14 | India:UA | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Austria:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (uncut DVD version) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (director's cut) | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) (director's cut) | Singapore:PG (original rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A (original rating) (cut) | UK:12 (video rating) (2003) (cut) | UK:15 (director's cut) | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Auburn, California, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

Vin Diesel performed many of his own stunts. However, according to the DVD commentary, Vin was sick for the Corvette base jump, and pro Tim Rigby performed the stunt wearing a Vin mask.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: There is no way that the scene racing up the river in Prague could have taken place as it did, as there is a weir in the way which he would not have been able to cross.

Quotes:

Gibbons: You've passed the test. The Gibbons Test.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Rammstein: Lichtspielhaus (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Landing

Original

Though movies about spies have been created many times over through the years, xXx still carries an auro of uniqueness.

Xander Cage (Diesel) is a character that doesn't nessecarily want to save the world. He'd rather live out his life being the extreme sportist he is. But, a heavy threat hangs in the air and he is roped into becoming a hero...and winning a woman along the way.

Yelena (Argentino) is a far cry different from 'Bond girls' and fights Xander with biting words and suspician along the way of the movie...and we have our own suspicians about her.