Number Rolled: 27
Movie Name/Year: XXX
(2002)
Genre: Action
& Adventure
Length: 132
minutes
Rating: PG-13
Director: Rob
Cohen
Writer: Rich
Wilkes
Actors: Vin
Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Roof, Richy
Muller, Werner Daehn, Petr Jakl, Jan Pavel Filipensky, Tom Everett, Danny Trejo,
Thomas Ian Griffith, Eve, Tony Hawk
XXX is about as action-filled as action movies get. Exactly
what else do you expect from a Vin Diesel casted film, though?
A daredevil internet sensation falls into some trouble after
earning his third strike. He’s whisked away by a government agency, tested and
then offered a free pass on jail if he completes a mission. He accepts the deal
and goes ahead to attempt to bring down Anarchy 99, a Russian crime ring.
There’s not a huge amount of depth to the storyline and lots
of movies have done this brand of story before and since XXX came out, some
have even done it a lot better. It’s not the most intellectually stimulating
movie out there, but sometimes that’s just not what you’re going to be looking
for. Sometimes it’s just about getting lost in another world where you can
watch amazing action sequences and lose yourself in the imagery of it. At
least, that’s how it is for me. I love a movie that challenges me and makes me
think, but I also like the movies that are creatively done to highlight the
action behind the story. Whether it’s for background noise, or because I had a
bad day and just want to watch shit get blown up, this would be a damn good movie.
I’m not the biggest fan of Vin Diesel’s acting, usually, but
I thought his flat-snarkiness really fit his character and it presented some
laughs during the movie. As much as I enjoyed him, however, I enjoyed his co-star,
Asia Argento, a lot more. She played a relatively stereotypical character, but
she did it with finesse.
The one glaring issue I really had with this movie was the
forced love story aspect. Now, if you know me and you’ve read some of my blogs
up until now, you’ll know that I love a good romance. You’ll also know that one
of my biggest pet peeves with movies is when they force the romance between
characters where the movie just would have been done better without it. Let’s
call that the Bloodrayne philosophy from now on.
Overall Opinion – 3.5/5
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