Monday, 15 August 2011

xXx 2 : The Next Level (2005) 5/10

Starring : Ice Cube, Samuel L Jackson, Willem Dafoe
Director : Lee Tamahori
Running Time : 101 mins

Convicted criminal and ex-Navy SEAL Darius Stone (Cube) has been selected by Agent Gibbons (Jackson) to be the latest agent in the XXX programme. His primary mission is to stop a splinter group in the military who plan to have the President of the United States assassinated, and his main suspect for leading this attack is his former commanding officer, General George Deckert (Dafoe).

This might have been a lot better if the CGI effects weren’t so terrible. Even the colours didn’t really match in some of the scenes. Also, Ice Cube didn’t really have much of a personality in the lead role, which is amazing considering he’s following on from Vin Diesel who isn’t exactly the world’s most charismatic man. The plot was okay, and the action sequences were passable (aside from those with bad CGI), and action fans might find something of interest in this movie.

You’ll like this if you liked : The Transporter



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