starring: Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Roof
rated: R
plot: Vin Diesel stars as Xander "xXx" Cage, a notorious underground thrill-seeker who, until now, has been deemed untouchable by the law. But when NSA Agent Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) wants to infiltrate a Russian crime ring, he knows there's only one man for the job. He makes a deal with xXx, offering him freedom from prosecution if he'll use his extreme athletic skills and attitude to go undercover.
official website: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/triplex/ review: Caught this movie on opening night in a crowded theater (yes, another one

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This is what you would call a "vehicle" movie, one obviously created to take advantage of Vin Diesel's popularity from "the Fast and the Furious". Apparently he's added a couple new tattoo's and dropped a couple pounds to complete the vision for today's "leading actor".
Set mostly during winter in Prague, the scenery was beautiful, the action scenes
action-packed (
great avalanche scene), and the lines somewhat predictable. Boy gets picked up by NSA, boy meets girl, boy almost gets girl killed, girl saves boy's butt, boy saves world. Kind a cross between James Bond and Mr T.
"I pity tha fool who scratches my GTO". - you get the picture.
With lots of cool gadgets, cool cars, and cool people with bad teeth, this movie has it all for the action-genre lover. Violence (no gore) and mildish language earn the "R" rating, I'd recommend it for those over 17 who liked the "fast and furious" movie.
Best Line: Xander Cage: The things I'm gonna do for my country.
rating:

(out of 5)