| XXX - State of the Union - State Of The Union (Widescreen) (2005)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Ice Cube |
Darius Stone
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| Willem Dafoe |
George Deckert
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| Scott Speedman |
Agent Kyle Steel
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| Peter Strauss |
President James Sanford
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| Nona Gaye |
Lola Jackson
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| Samuel L. Jackson |
Agent Augustus Gibbons
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| Sunny Mabrey |
Charlie
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| Michael Roof |
Toby Lee Shavers
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| Xzibit |
Zeke
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| John G. Connolly |
Lt. Alabama Cobb
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| Plot |
| With a core audience of gameboys and hot-rodders aged 25 and under, xXx: State of the Union is the kind of action movie that requires literally no thought to enjoy. With Vin Diesel's original character just killed in Bora Bora (for details, see the uncensored unrated director's cut of xXx), Ice Cube steps in to play bad-ass, and the whole franchise takes on a hip-hop edge that's almost admirably absurd. The asinine plot is anarchy in Washington, D.C., as an insanely hawkish Secretary of State (Willem Dafoe) plots a Capitol coup just as the President (Peter Strauss, playing it straight) is giving his state-of-the-union address. All of this is prefaced by Cube's recruitment as a former Navy SEAL turned new-xXx, escaping from jail (Dafoe's character put him there), hooking up with an old flame who runs a chop-shop full of the world's hottest wheels, and reuniting with his old commander (Samuel L. Jackson) for a bullet-train climax that feels like Mission Impossible Lite. You could argue that Diesel's the smartest guy in the franchise for cashing out early, but xXx: State of the Union gets the job done in passable fashion, with action veteran Lee Tamahori delivering the goods while he waits for a grown-up script to come along. --Jeff Shannon |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Thriller; Crime; Action |
| Director |
Lee Tamahori |
| Producer |
Neal H. Moritz; Arne L. Schmidt; Rob Cohen; Derek Dauchy |
| Writer |
Simon Kinberg; Rich Wilkes |
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| Studio |
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
100 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
4/29/2005 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
97 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
Widescreen Edition |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 2.40:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
043396102064 |
| Release Date |
7/26/2005 |
| Subtitles |
English; French |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
 FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Filmmaker's Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Visual Effects Commentary
From Convict to Hero: The Making of 'XXX: State of the Union' Documentary
Top Secret Military Warehouse
XXX According to Ice Cube
Bullet Train Breakdown |
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