xXx

"A new breed of secret agent."

2002 2h 4m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 5,048

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Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.

“A new breed of secret agent.”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rob Cohen
Writers: Rich Wilkes, Temple Clark
Languages: Czech, English, German, Spanish, Russian
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $70M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Czech, English, German, Spanish, Russian.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "xXx Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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341+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rob Cohen, shot by Dean Semler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rob Cohen directs. Dean Semler behind the camera. Randy Edelman scores. Chris Lebenzon cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Czech, English, German, Spanish, Russian.

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1Mid-budget at $70M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
3Released 24 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Czech, English, German, Spanish, Russian.
5Part of the "xXx Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6341+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Rob Cohen, shot by Dean Semler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Chris Lebenzon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Vin Diesel and Asia Argento and Marton Csokas carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "A new breed of secret agent.".
12IMDB entry: tt0295701 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Classified under 8 themes, including "mission", "biological weapon", "sports car", "cold war".
14Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dean Semler
Original score: Randy Edelman
Editing: Chris Lebenzon
Production design: Gavin Bocquet
Costume design: Sanja Milkovic Hays
Makeup / hair: Hallie D'Amore
VFX supervisor: Syd Dutton
Sound: Bruce Stambler
Stunt coordinator: M. James Arnett
Runtime: 124 min · 2h 4m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $70,000,000
Box office: $277,448,382
Return: 396% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: xXx (2002)

Part of

xXx Collection

XXX (pronounced as Triple X and stylized as xXx) is an American action film series. The first follows Xander Cage, a thrill seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency. The second introduces Darius Stone, a new agent in the Triple X program. The third sees the return of Xander Cage who comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead.

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CinemaSerf2023-09-03
★ 6/10
Vin Diesel is actually quite good in this as an adventurer who manages, frequently, to wind up US law enforcement by causing mischief and mayhem against those he thinks deserving of exposure. When NSA agent "Gibbons" (Samuel L. Jackson) arranges for him and his team to be dumped in the Czech Republic they have a choice - infiltrate a ruthless gang of Russian hoodlums bent on world domination or... go to jail. Initially, the team think it's all an hoax but as it becomes clear that they actually are in a real scenario it all starts to heat up. Diesel has bags of charisma, attitude and muscle on screen, for this. Sure, it's not new nor will the writing and dialogue cause you to need a dictionary (unless you are about seven years old) but as action films go, it is perfectly watchable with plenty of car chases, pyrotechnics and gadgets

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