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* The first few minutes of the movie take place in a [[Rammstein]] concert in Prague. |
* The first few minutes of the movie take place in a [[Rammstein]] concert in Prague. |
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* One of the tattoos on Xander Cage reads "[[Melkor]]," the name of one of Diesel's old [[Dungeons & Dragons]] player characters, and is one of the names of [[Morgoth]], the master of [[Sauron]] and the original evil spirit in the world of [[ |
* One of the tattoos on Xander Cage reads "[[Melkor]]," the name of one of Diesel's old [[Dungeons & Dragons]] player characters, and is one of the names of [[Morgoth]], the master of [[Sauron]] and the original evil spirit in the world of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle Earth]], and greater [[Arda]]. |
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* When Xander first enters the club where he hands over the list of cars, the theme song from [[The Third Man]] (1949) is being played on a [[zither]]. |
* When Xander first enters the club where he hands over the list of cars, the theme song from [[The Third Man]] (1949) is being played on a [[zither]]. |
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* [[Tony Hawk]] makes a cameo appearance filming the Corvette scene from the bridge (near the beginning of the movie) and skating over a half-pipe at Xander's place later. |
* [[Tony Hawk]] makes a cameo appearance filming the Corvette scene from the bridge (near the beginning of the movie) and skating over a half-pipe at Xander's place later. |
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| Directed by | Rob Cohen |
| Written by | Rich Wilkes |
| Produced by | Neal H. Moritz |
| Starring | Vin Diesel Asia Argento Marton Csokas Samuel L. Jackson |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar |
Release date | August 9 2002 (USA) |
Running time | 124 min. 132 min. (director's cut) |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $85,000,000 US (est.) |
XXX (also written xXx), pronounced "Triple X", is a 2002 action movie starring Vin Diesel. XXX was marketed as a James Bond style film for the new millennium and featured similar gadgetry, international schemes and intrigues, villain-sponsored take-over-the-world schemes backed up by doomsday devices, a female co-star / love interest, and outrageous stunts (as Roger Ebert put it, "Why blow up two cars when you can blow up twenty?").
XXX was written by Rich Wilkes, directed by Rob Cohen (who also directed Diesel in 2001's The Fast and the Furious), and produced by Neal H. Moritz for Revolution Studios. Stuntman Harry L. O'Connor was killed in an accident during filming.
A sequel was released in 2005, titled XXX: State of the Union, starring rap artist/actor Ice Cube and Willem Dafoe.
Plot summary
- Tagline: A new breed of secret agent.
Vin Diesel stars as Xander "XXX" Cage, an extreme sports star that gets in trouble with the law. He's given a chance of having the charges against him dropped, by working as an undercover agent for NSA agent Augustus Gibbons (played by Samuel L. Jackson).
Betting XXX can succeed where other conventional spies have failed, Gibbons sends him to infiltrate Anarchy 99—an underground Russian ex-military crime ring—undetected, using his natural athletic prowess and a whole lot of attitude.
As the story unfolds, XXX will have to stop Anarchy 99's plans to unleash Ahab, a solar-powered robotic submarine which mission is to terminate the world's most prominent capital cities with a chemical WMD known as Silent Night.
Cast and roles
- Vin Diesel - Xander Cage
- Asia Argento - Yelena
- Marton Csokas - Yorgi
- Samuel L. Jackson - Augustus Gibbons
- Michael Roof - Agent Toby Lee Shavers
- Richy Müller - Milan Sova
- Werner Dähn - Kirill
- Petr Jákl - Kolya (as Petr Jakl)
- Jan Pavel Filipensky - Viktor (as Jan Filipensky)
- Tom Everett - Senator Dick Hotchkiss
- Danny Trejo - El Jefe
- Thomas Ian Griffith - Agent Jim McGrath
- Eve - J.J.
- Leila Arcieri - Jordan King
- William Hope - Agent Roger Donnan
- Till Lindemann, Richard Z. Kruspe, Christoph Schneider, Paul Landers, Oliver Riedel, Christian Lorenz - As themselves
Filming locations
- Most of the movie is set in Prague, Czech Republic
- The Corvette jump was filmed at the Foresthill Bridge in Auburn, California
- The final scenes were set in Bora Bora, Tahiti, and French Polynesia
Soundtrack
The soundtrack is on Universal Records.
Disc 1-The Heavy Metal Side
- Feuer Frei! - Rammstein
- Bodies (Vrenna XXX Mix) - Drowning Pool
- I Will Be Heard - Hatebreed
- Millionaire - Queens of the Stone Age
- Before I Die - Mushroomhead
- Get Up Again - Flaw
- Landing - Moby
- Adrenaline - Gavin Rossdale from Bush
- 004 - Fermin IV
- Technologicque Park - Orbital
- Juicy - I Mother Earth
Disc 2-The Xander Zone
- Stick Out Ya Wrist - Nelly featuring Toya
- Look At Me - Lil' Wayne
- Truth Or Dare - N*E*R*D featuring Kelis & Pusha T
- Are We Cuttin? - Pastor Troy featuring Ms. Jade
- Still Fly - Big Tymers
- Connected For Life - Mack 10 (featuring Ice Cube, WC &Butch Cassidy
- Lights, Camera, Action! [Club Mix] - Mr.Cheeks featuring Missy Elliott & P.Diddy
- I'ts Okay - Postaboy featuring Rashad & 7A
- Yo, Yo, Yo - Dani Stevenson
- Lick - Joi
Trivia
- The first few minutes of the movie take place in a Rammstein concert in Prague.
- One of the tattoos on Xander Cage reads "Melkor," the name of one of Diesel's old Dungeons & Dragons player characters, and is one of the names of Morgoth, the master of Sauron and the original evil spirit in the world of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, and greater Arda.
- When Xander first enters the club where he hands over the list of cars, the theme song from The Third Man (1949) is being played on a zither.
- Tony Hawk makes a cameo appearance filming the Corvette scene from the bridge (near the beginning of the movie) and skating over a half-pipe at Xander's place later.