SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

stormhawk2018 A "xXx" movie without Vin Diesel is like a "Terminator" movie without Arnold or "The Mask" without Jim Carrey.Hmmm...who should be the next xXx agent? A secret agent devoting his life to loyalty and honor with more skills than a Navy SEAL, Spetsnaz soldier, and KSK soldier combined. Oh I know! As our star agent died, let's get a gangster we found of the streets with no loyalty, no self control and no acting ability! Our enemies are screwed now! So, what is the best thing about the movie? It's xXx. As bad as it is, it's still xXx. That means I can handle watching it...for about 20 min. (The movie is 1:40). As for the bad, there is a lot of it. Ice Cube makes Shaquille O'Neill look like a good actor. He has pretty much no personality and he can't talk properly, apart from the occasional explosion. But they couldn't just take one crappy actor/rapper! No they had to take another one, in the form of Xzibit, a bad actor AND a bad rapper like IC! 2 for the price of 1! The whole premise of the movie is down right uncreative and ridiculous. The villain has murdered more people than our last war, but he NEVER get's caught for it? And why didn't Willem Defoe just kill Gibbons?! Then nothing would have stood in his way! And why is Ice Cube put under so little security? Do they REALIZE this is xXx? But the worst part about it? They KILLED of the first xXx! You're telling me Ice Cube is a better than Vin Diesel because he has a better chance of surviving a maniacal dictator than Vin? No! Just no. Ice Cube needs to learn to leave acting to actors. Not rappers, not athletes, only actors.The soundtrack was awful. In this sequel replaced the great hard rock OST to a crappy rap/hip-hop music.Also the filmmaking was terrible, mainly the director (Lee Tamahori) who commissioned what is a terrible sequel to an already poor original film. Lee Tamahori has shown a poor eye for directing action films, just remember that special effects debacle of an opening for "Along Came a Spider" or the surfing scene in "Die Another Day". This film fails in poor storyline and supporting cast who are just relentless and one dimensional. I'm gearing up to see the next film but I'm struggling after this one-two punch knockout franchise, how talents like Dafoe, Samuel L. Jackson (sadly, the only actor who returned from the first, and I recognize that he is a good actor) and Scott Speedman joined this film is probably the central question after Diesel hated the scripts. This abysmal film deserved to flop and I'm annoyed that a film of this size has horrible special effects.This film is an absolute train wreck. Avoid this movie like the plague to every cost.P.S. To the reviewers who said that the redeemable thing of this train wreck was their music (some say that Ice Cube is better than Vin Diesel because he is a musician and others prefer to be interested in the string quartet Bond), let me tell you, guys, that you're LIKE THE MEXICANS, because without music you can't live. I warn you, guys, when the xXx4 appears (and it will perhaps be a mission in Tijuana), don't wait for Xander Cage to be killed once more, and the next xXx agent to be George Lopez (a comedian from Mexican descent) to see if you like it. Bon appetit.

vnikolaidis-1 This is a very American Film and a totally entertaining if you enjoy American Culture and American Humor. All the themes of Sam Greenlee's "The Spy who Sat by the Door" are built upon so there are definitely glimpses of reality in with the fantasy. There is a little bit of everything in this actions film: action, suspense, crash'em-ups, humor, romance, high tech, justice, patriotism and loyalty; all rolled up with high quality director, writer and actors. Women characters are an integral part of the film - not just sex objects or used for horrendous 'snuff' scenes. xXx has all the right moves plus street cred. xXx played by Ice Cube is the BEST secret agent on the planet (btw Skyfall sucks next to xXx: State of the Union.

Egomaniac est. -10 out of 10 I should probably put in a joke to soften the blow of what this movie has done to you to bring you here (yes.. wipe off that puke already). This movie doesn't even need a spoiler button. you'll be left traumatized losing your ability to spell out 'wtf'.Ice cube as a lead? that just cemented the energy of the movie.. he really was a bad ass(not being a compliment). he should have just stuck with his gibberish in songs, it doesn't work when you randomly spaz out unendingly in front of the camera.The only disappointment is that Samuel l Jackson took part in conning the millions.. and millions.

Chris Haskell Line - Witty Retort; Action - Witty Retort; Tough question - tougher answer with wit; Whoops, good acting by Samuel L Jackson for a second; Ice Cube - Close up, tough guy stare and one-liner; explosion, guns, stunts, boats, "grand theft choppers", girls, surprising villain (not too surprising); anti-hero makes tough guys seem like pansy boys - witty retortI got a copy of the script and just wanted to share a little bit with y'all. This movie's got all of the above, and gadgets! I'm trying to think of a situation where this would be worth watching ... and all I can come up with is if you're the curious type who's going to watch it anyways. One thing I will say, at around 39 minutes in, pop-violinists in a major motion picture never looked so good!Rating: 12/40 (just because it delivers on the very few promises it makes)