I went to see this movie, we all
thought it would be fun and a new fresh approach to the 007 styles and
the Mission Impossible stories, but Rich Wilkes has written, alas, a copy
and just misses the mark. Vin Diesel stars as Xander Cage, who is an
extreme sports man who likes to take extreme sports to another level.
After foolishly doing a silly stunt which involved stealing a car and
jumping off a bridge, he is then forced into the CIA by the government and
sent on a special mission. This film has all the hallmarks of 007, but
without the British something that makes the Bond films special. At the
end it even has a Bond intro, with a girl dancing with a gun. But by the
time that comes on most people have left the cinema. Mind you, the effects
are first-class, and it has a lot of American Action Hero Style to it. I
cannot say much about the plot other than it is good if you have never
seen a 007 film. The sets are nice, but the boat looks like a reject from
Captain Nemo or Stingray. Sorry, only 2 out of 5. Fun, but not that much
so. xXx 2 Production aims to start in mid-late 2003 with a late 2004
release, but I dread to think what this will look like. |
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