- Film Review
- Reviewed By Dave Aldridge
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2 out of 5
Ice Cube replaces Vin Diesel for this second instalment in the thick-ear action franchise. Cube, the thinking man's Mr T, plays an imprisoned special ops soldier who's sprung by Samuel L Jackson's shadowy NSA agent to thwart Willem Dafoe's military coup against US President Peter Strauss. The plot blends Seven Days in May with a typical Bond film, say Die Another Day, which is coincidentally the work of xXx 2 director Lee Tamahori. It's not as good as either, despite one or two exciting set pieces, but it's entertaining enough for the video game generation who'll doubtless relish the fact that the last 20 minutes look exactly like something out of a PlayStation shoot 'em up. And one can only pity poor Mr Diesel, who reportedly priced himself out of this follow-up and is here dismissed with a perfunctory "he died last night in Bora Bora".
Plot Summary
Spy thriller sequel starring Ice Cube, Willem Dafoe and Samuel L Jackson. When a devious general threatens to overthrow the government, US Intelligence chief Augustus Gibbons concocts the perfect solution - recruit dangerous renegade Darius Stone as the new secret agent XXX.
Cast and crew
Cast
- "XXX", Darius Stone
- Ice Cube
- Secretary of Defense General George Octavius Deckert
- Willem Dafoe
- Augustus Gibbons
- Samuel L Jackson
- Agent Kyle Steele
- Scott Speedman
- Zeke
- Xzibit
- President James Sanford
- Peter Strauss
- Lola Jackson
- Nona Gaye
- Charlie Mayweather
- Sunny Mabrey
- Toby Lee Shavers
- Michael Roof
Crew
- Director
- Lee Tamahori
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