XXX: State of the Union

XXX: State of the Union
Cast: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Scott Speedman
Studio: Revolution
Rating: 3/10

CORPORATE LINE: In Revolution Studios’ follow-up to the successful franchise film XXX, NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube), also code-named “XXX,” must track a dangerous military splinter group led by Willem Dafoe that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government in the nation’s capital.

THE GOOD: The special effects are certainly amazing. That’s about it for the good.

THE BAD: Every moment is bursting with chaos. Apparently studios believe mass carnage and explosions are all it takes for Homo sapiens to be amused. The dialogue is worse than generic—it’s insulting. It’s impossible for the filmmakers to move xXx along with a character discussing ever little thing that is happening or going to happen. Each scene and preceding scene is little more than an excuse for massive assaults of destruction. So much of xXx is built on the usual asinine clichés where the bad guys let the good guy live not because they are nice but because they are so stupid as to shoot and then run after someone when they don’t hit him. Why they don’t continue shooting while chasing defies logic.

FRANKLY: xXx is completely brain dead. If your IQ is below 75 maybe you’ll be thrilled but chances are you’ll only be even more insulted.

+ Charlie Craine


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