Synopsis
Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora's Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.
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Cast
- Vin DieselXander Cage
- Donnie YenXiang
- Ruby RoseAdele Wolff
- Toni ColletteJane Marke
- Samuel L. JacksonAgent Augustus Gibbons
- Ice CubeDarius Stone / xXx
- Rory McCannTennyson Torch
- Nina DobrevRebecca 'Becky' Clearidge
- Deepika PadukoneSerena Unger
- Tony JaaTalon
Recommendations
- 75
Slant Magazine
Quibbles dissipate in the face of the giddiness of the action, which builds to such a relentless head that even the serious stakes of the film’s motivation give way to a largely pleasant vibe. - 63
Chicago Tribune
Pure spectacle has since been subsumed into narrative filmmaking, but the cinema of attractions is always present, especially in modern action movies, and there may be no greater current example of this than xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. - 60
Empire
We've seen all these stunts pulled before, and seen them done better, but there's some pleasure to be had here — even if it's of the extremely guilty kind. - 60
The Guardian
Vin, great ridiculous beefcake lunk that he is, does provide us with some fun. - 50
Variety
Rarely do five minutes elapse between some sort of laugh-out-loud absurdity, and the distinction between the film’s intentional and unintentional comedy grows hazier as it goes. - 40
Total Film
Somewhat impressively, it’s even stupider than this outlandish synopsis sounds, with action that makes the F&F movies look grounded, “hip” dialogue that induces spasms of embarrassment and a shockingly casual disregard for human life. - 40
The Telegraph
The movie wastes chance after chance to pull together a satisfying action sequence, or give us anything to look at that’s not lame, spatially confusing, and badly lit. - 40
Arizona Republic
The film is packed with moments of rank idiocy.
