| | | A new breed of secret agent.
Features: Special Edition, DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) is a notorious underground thrill-seeker who, until now, has been deemed untouchable by the law. But when crack NSA Agent Gibbsons convinces Cage to infiltrate a ruthless Russian crime ring, this new breed of secret agent (code name: XXX) takes down the enemies of justice with a vengeance in this high-octane, turbo-charged thrill-ride from the acclaimed director of The Fast and the Furious.
"Everything about the picture is fun..." Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"...as good as a good Bond movie..." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"...a rock-the-house Saturday night movie with enough high-voltage energy to power an entire suburb." Joe Leydon, San Francisco Examiner
Editor's Note
This amped action drama stars Vin Diesel as Xander (aka Triple X), a rebellious extreme sports star with a mission to defy authority and create anarchy. In the dramatic opening scene of the movie, Xander pulls an outrageous serious of stunts with the help of a band of similar-minded jocks, broadcasts the whole event live onto the Internet with a network of strategically placed digital cameras, and then avoids being captured by the squadron of police who pursue him. When Triple X is later taken into custody, Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), a representative from a government agency, hires the chiseled athlete and turns him into a secret agent with a mission to travel to Prague and collapse a dangerous terrorist cell operated by Yorgi (Martin Csokas) and the seductive Yelena (Asia Argento). Triple X is quickly drawn into Yorgi's lair, a stunning chateau situated in the mountains that is equipped with every high-tech modern amenity imaginable, along with a sizeable team of extra-large Slav bodyguards, a laboratory staffed by top scientists, and an always-ready gaggle of gorgeous concubines. Non-stop stunts, pounding hard-core music, elaborate sets, and inventive costumes make this Rob Cohen-directed adrenaline overload a visually exciting, aurally engaging, highly entertaining success.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Audio: English And French 5.1 (Dolby Digital) | | Subtitles: English, French | | Deleted Scenes Including: Extended Erotic Version Of Girl's Dance On 4 Poster Bed, X Sings The National Anthem At The After Party W/ Anarchy 99 | | Featurette On Costume Designer And Set Designer | | Secret Agent Comparison/Contrast | | Storyboard To Shot Comparison: Drug Farm Chase & Avalanche Scene | | TV Spots | | Music Videos | | Prague Featurette | | Scoring XXX | | Alternative Angle Feature | | Rob Cohen, Vin Diesel Visual Commentary | | Dean Semler (X's apt.), Lance Gilbert Scene Specific Commentary | | Drug Farm Featurette | | Director's Audio Commentary |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 7/19/2005 |
| Running Time: 124 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 10607 | | UPC: 00043396106079 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...[Diesel is] a dynamite screen presence....[Argento] gives the role a slinking, teasing perversity..." 09/05/2002 p.78Box Office
"...It's fully stocked with the requisite bond movie paraphernalia....Vin Diesel is an action star..." 10/01/2002 p.62 Sight and Sound
"...Diesel's star vehicle stands as a fast, polished and potent exercise in popular film-making..." 11/01/2002 p.60 Sight and Sound
"...Diesel's star vehicle stands as a fast, polished and potent exercise in popular film-making..." 11/01/2002 p.60 Total Film
"...Brash, ballsy and bursting with big, blaring bangs. And that'll do for a Friday night..." 11/01/2002 p.102 Hollywood Reporter
"...There's no denying that the man knows how to keep things moving..." 12/31/2002 p.13 Toronto Sun 9 of 10
Nothing in XXX is original. We've seen it all before in other movies, although here it is slick and well-orchestrated. Like in the Bond pictures, the violence is stylized and goreless. Cohen and his crew also pump up the visual and aural volume to extreme lengths using both traditional stunt techniques and computer special effects. - Bruce Kirkland
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