Xxx (2002)

"...a rock-the-house Saturday night movie with enough high-voltage energy to power an entire suburb.  Joe Leydon, San Francisco Examiner
"Everything about the picture is fun...  Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"...as good as a good Bond movie...  Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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.

	Asia Argento
	Danny Trejo
	Marton Csokas
	Michael Roof
	Samuel L. Jackson
	Tom Everett
	Vin Diesel
	Chris Lebenson, et al. - Editor
	Dean Semler - Cinematographer
	DMX - Original Music
	Eve - Original Music
	Gavin Bocquet - Production Designer
	Gavin Rossdale - Original Music
	Jay-Z - Original Music
	Neal H. Moritz - Producer
	Rob Cohen - Director

Rolling Stone
"...[Diesel is] a dynamite screen presence....[Argento] gives the role a slinking, teasing perversity..." 09/05/2002 p.78

Box 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 sli - Bruce Kirkland