xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage

Xander Cage is back! 

xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage – Is it just me or is Vin Diesel incapable of stopping himself from making his movie roles appear in sequels after sequels?

Bigger cast but is it any better? 

After assuming that Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) was dead in the first movie, Agent Gibbons (Samuel L Jackson) goes in search for his replacement (Look out for certain Brazilian footballer). Unfortunately Gibbons is ‘killed’ and Agent Jane Marke (Toni Collette) takes over his position. She soon locates Xander and recruits him to help locate a disruptive device called Pandora’s Box. Unhappy with the team Jane had picked for him, Xander decides to enlist his own squad. Pretty soon they trace the dangerous weapon before it causes more destruction but can the team trust anybody else keep the troublemaking tool safe?

Dare you jump? 

A casting of international actors including Deepika Padukone, Tony Ja, Ruby Rose and Donnie Yen among others might have hyped up the anticipation for this third movie from the franchise. Sadly some of the roles played by this worldwide cast were so limited they are better off not appearing altogether (cough Ruby cough). The action sequences as expected were over the top at times to downright unbelieve while the storyline is another recycled retrive-the-destructive-gadget-before-it-falls-into-hands-of-baddie trick.

xXx marks the spot! 

I watched xXx in the cinema so I could participate in a competition, or else I would have given it a miss because there’s nothing much to shout about this flick anyway except when Vin kissed Deepika…like….I wanted to yell ‘Woi…keep your hands off her please Mr. Botak!”