xXx: Return of Xander Cage
xXx: Return of Xander Cage

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xXx: Return of Xander Cage

2017
Movie
107 min
English

Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.

Insights

IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes44%
Metacritic38/100
Google Users54%
Director: D.J. CarusoGenres: Action, Thriller, Adventure

Plot Summary

NSA agent Augustus Gibbons is presumed dead after a mission goes wrong. Gibbons recruits an unlikely team of extreme athletes, including Xander Cage, to retrieve a dangerous weapon known as Pandora's Box before it falls into the wrong hands. Cage, a former operative thought to be long dead, must race against time and a formidable adversary to save the world from catastrophic destruction.

Critical Reception

The film received generally negative reviews from critics, who found its plot predictable and its action sequences over-the-top and nonsensical. However, it performed moderately well at the box office, particularly in international markets, appealing to fans of Vin Diesel's action franchises.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its high-octane action sequences and Vin Diesel's charismatic performance.

  • Criticized for a convoluted and nonsensical plot.

  • Many reviewers found the film to be a generic action flick that lacked originality.

Google audience: Audiences generally found the film to be an entertaining, albeit silly, action movie with impressive stunts. While some appreciated the return of Xander Cage and the diverse cast, many felt the plot was weak and the action sequences, while spectacular, were often unbelievable.

Fun Fact

The film features a variety of extreme sports athletes in supporting roles, including skateboarder Tony Hawk, snowboarder Shaun White, and motocross rider Carey Hart.

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4 reviews
Reno

Reno

**A new franchise is on making!** I was very happy when I heard about a sequel is on the development of Vin Diesel's one of the career early films. I was a teenager, and I remember celebrating it in the theatre with my friends. But, like...

Dark Jedi

Dark Jedi

I must confess that I did have higher hopes for this movie. I’m not sure what the script writers was up to when writing it but they really seem to have a very low opinion of the audience’s intelligence. Either that or it was written for a v...

DanDare

DanDare

Just as Vin Diesel bailed out of the first The Fast and the Furious Sequel, he did the same for the sequel to xXx. However after some years Diesel is back as extreme sports star turned spy Xander Cage in this daft but slightly entertaini...

Frank Ochieng

Frank Ochieng

Words cannot express how incredibly overwrought, insipid, hyperactive and foolishly exaggerated the third entry into the action-packed _XXX_ film franchise is in the nonsensical and numbing operative spectacle **XXX: Return of Xander Cage**...