xXx 2: State of the Union
2005 · 101 min · PG-13 · 4.5/10 on IMDb
Also known as [xXx 2: The Next Level].
action, adventure, crime, sci-fi, thriller
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.
Director: Lee Tamahori, Actors: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, Michael Roof, Xzibit, Sunny Mabrey, Nona Gaye, John Gleeson Connolly
USA
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