XXX (movie)

xXx, pronounced "Triple X", is a 2002 action movie starring Vin Diesel. Diesel stars as Xander Cage, an extreme sports star who is recruited by a National Security Agency agent, played by Samuel L. Jackson, to infiltrate a group of European criminals named Anarchy 99. Anarchy 99 formed in the early 90's and consists of deceipted former Russian soldiers now acting as businessmen. Their main activity besides international underground and illegal business consists of the celebration of orgiastic parties. Anarchy 99 acts across the whole worldwhile being based in Prague in the Czech Republic. xXx was marketed as a James Bond film for the new millenium 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. Stuntperson Harry L. O'Connor was killed in an accident during filming.

A sequel is set to release in 2005, currently titled xXx: State of the Union, and will star rap artist Ice Cube and Willem Dafoe.

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