XXX: State of the Union (Blu-ray Disc)
Ice Cube replaces Vin Diesel for this hard-bangin` sequel which favors fists, cars, and snooping over the original`s heavy dose of extreme sports stunts. NSA agent Gibbons (Samuel Jackson, back from the original) finds his group under attack by well-ar...
Ice Cube replaces Vin Diesel for this hard-bangin` sequel which favors fists, cars, and snooping over the original`s heavy dose of extreme sports stunts. NSA agent Gibbons (Samuel Jackson, back from the original) finds his group under attack by well-armed, well-informed combatants, forcing him to activate a new XXX, Darius Stone (Cube), an old Navy Seal buddy currently cooling his heels in an army prison. It turns out there`s a plan to whack the president (Peter Strauss) and a deranged secretary of defense played by Willem Dafoe is behind it. What`s more important is the cool way Darius knows how to land a speeding boat on a bridge, then walk away in slow motion as it blows up behind him. Other great scenes include a tank battle on an aircraft carrier and a race with a bullet train that makes THE FRENCH CONNECTION look like a turtle race. There`s some hilarious dialogue, such as when Darius recruits his old D.C. car-jacking buddies to ride into battle against the corrupt militia, leading to the first tank-jacking in history. Scott Speedman plays a sympathetic Fed; Lola Jackson and Sunny Mabrey are the sexy chicks. There`s lots of greal looking cars, cool gadgets, and pumpin` rap-crunk music. Director Lee Tamahori also helmed James Bond`s DIE ANOTHER DAY and the 1997 thriller THE EDGE.
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