Thus earning him Yorgi's trust and in return, Yorgi makes Cage a member of Anarchy 99; in reality, Cage was able to use fake blood splatter darts to fake Sova's death. Later, Cage attends the car deal he made earlier with Yorgi in a warehouse which Sova attempts to intercede. Impressed winaura by his work, Gibbons sends tech-specialist Agent Toby Shavers, who provides Cage with a special revolver, binoculars that can see through walls and explosives disguised as bandages. The next morning, Gibbons calls Cage about changes to the list of cars, but is impressed when Cage gives them loads of information on Anarchy 99, thanks to Kolya eagerly providing to please his idol. Cage hands him the list and Yorgi immediately identifies that the tenth car on the list, a 1967 Pontiac GTO would be hard to find in Europe. Cage tells Yorgi that he is in the club to make a deal with Yorgi about high-end sports cars.
- Cage hands him the list and Yorgi immediately identifies that the tenth car on the list, a 1967 Pontiac GTO would be hard to find in Europe.
- Cage harpoons the drone and crosses over to it, and is able to disable the weapon moments before it goes off.
- Cage relays Yorgi’s plans to the NSA on the condition that the US Government give Yelena asylum in the country, who prepare a coordinated attack on the castle.
- The GameBoy Advance game received a rating of E in North America and 3+ rating in Europe unlike the film’s PG-13 rating.
- Roger Ebert called it “as good as a James Bond movie”.
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The same clip is available, but from the band's perspective (with only brief scenes from the film) in their video compilation Lichtspielhaus. The first few minutes of the film take place at a concert of German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein in Prague, performing the song "Feuer Frei". The accident occurred while filming the second take of the stunt; O'Connor's first attempt was completed without incident and can be seen in the completed film, which was dedicated to him. The Corvette jump was filmed at the Foresthill Bridge in Auburn State Recreation Area, Auburn, California. In August 2001, Sony put up a large billboard advertising the film in Hollywood, before a script had been written. In July 2001, it was announced that Vin Diesel would receive in the neighborhood of $10 million to star in the film, with an initial release date of July 26, 2002.
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The film was released on April 29, 2005, which stars Ice Cube as Darius Stone, a new agent in the Triple X program, who is sent to Washington, D.C. Undercover NSA agent Jim McGrath is assigned to recover the weapon but is killed by Anarchy 99 at a Rammstein concert. The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, and Samuel L. Jackson. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency.
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Cage relays Yorgi's plans to the NSA in return for Yelena's asylum. Yelena saves Cage, revealing herself to be an abandoned undercover Russian Federal Security Service agent. Overhearing his plan to launch "Silent Night" from the water-borne drone Ahab; he first tests the weapon on the scientists who developed it, to Cage and Yelena's horror. Cage sneaks into Yorgi's castle and follows him into a secret underground lab. Cage, while searching for the biochemical weapon, catches Yelena investigating Yorgi's secret safe. As Cage attends the car deal he made with Yorgi, Sova attempts to intercede.
- Cage and Yelena take his car, now heavily modified by Agent Shavers, to race alongside the river to catch up to Ahab.
- The sequence opens with Xander driving in a car with Jordan King.
- After confronting a homeless man, Xander returns to the building.
- Dan Jolin of Empire magazine said, “We’ve seen all these stunts pulled before, and seen them done better, but there’s some pleasure to be had here — even if it’s of the extremely guilty kind.”, rating it three out of five stars.
- Thus earning him Yorgi’s trust and in return, Yorgi makes Cage a member of Anarchy 99; in reality, Cage was able to use fake blood splatter darts to fake Sova’s death.
- Rammstein provided some of the music and was even featured in the film in the opening scene.
The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas and Samuel L. Jackson. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade A− on scale of A to F. The film opened in 3,374 theaters and grossed $44,506,103 in its opening weekend. The "Tweaker remix" of the song "Adrenaline" by Gavin Rossdale (the lead singer of Bush) was featured in the film, while the original version is included on the soundtrack. Rammstein provided some of the music and was even featured in the film in the opening scene. The film score was composed by Randy Edelman, a frequent collaborator of Cohen's.
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Tech-specialist Agent Toby Shavers then provides Cage with gadgets including a revolver with special ammo, binoculars that can see through walls and explosives disguised as bandages. Cage asks Yorgi about purchasing high end sports cars, and Yorgi's girlfriend and lieutenant Yelena, gives Cage an account number. In Prague, Cage meets his team which includes his supervisor, Czech agent Milan Sova. Russian terrorist group Anarchy 99 acquires the biochemical weapon "Silent Night", presumed missing since the fall of the Soviet Union. XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. Cage harpoons the drone and crosses over to it, and is able to disable the weapon moments before it goes off.
Roger Ebert called it "as good as a James Bond movie". He remarks "Poor Xander, you never had very much between the ears." His men pick him up and drive off in their car. After confronting a homeless man, Xander returns to the building.
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Cage meets with Gibbons in an opera house who demands that he return to America now that his cover is blown, and that special forces are planning to siege the castle to recover the weapon. Cage meets with Gibbons, who demands he return to America as his cover is blown and special forces are planning to assault the castle. Adam Smith of Empire magazine called the movie, "Sporadically entertaining, but seriously hampered by a very choppy screenplay", and rating it three out of five stars. The film was released on January 20, 2017, and sees the return of Diesel as Xander Cage, who comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with a deadly alpha warrior and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora's Box.
In September 2018, it was announced that a fourth film is in development. XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes.
The sequence opens with Xander driving in a car with Jordan King. In the short film, Xander is played by Vin Diesel's stunt double Khristian Lupo (who never shows his face or speaks) while reusing some archival lines spoken by Diesel. In 2024, an article by Deadline has stated that the film has been stalled due to The H Collective's financial problems and litigation with the xXx franchise film rights. In September 2023, it was reiterated that a fourth film was still in development, though production would not be able to start until Diesel completed his work on the upcoming eleventh Fast & Furious film. Japanese rock star and musician Yoshiki was set to serve as the film's composer. D. J. Caruso was believed to return as director, while Vin Diesel would reprise his role as Xander Cage.
Cage and Yelena take his car, now heavily modified by Agent Shavers, to race alongside the river to catch up to Ahab. Cage relays Yorgi's plans to the NSA on the condition that the US Government give Yelena asylum in the country, who prepare a coordinated attack on the castle. She explains that she is an FSB agent that started to get close to Yorgi two years before, but her handlers abandoned her. Cage, while searching for the biochemical weapon, catches Yelena attempting to investigate Yorgi's secret safe. Yorgi brings Cage back to a castle after a dance party at one of his nightclubs that serves as Anarchy 99's headquarters.
Going against orders leaving, Cage gives his car to Shavers and tells him to load it up with as much weaponry as he can. The NSA send an undercover agent to recover the weapon, but Anarchy 99's skills easily see through the deception and assassinate him. The GameBoy Advance game received a rating of E in North America and 3+ rating in Europe unlike the film's PG-13 rating. Dan Jolin of Empire magazine said, "We've seen all these stunts pulled before, and seen them done better, but there's some pleasure to be had here — even if it's of the extremely guilty kind.", rating it three out of five stars.
Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly called it "that rare B movie that's rooted in gut-level stirrings of power and retaliation". David Hiltbrand of the Philadelphia Inquirer said "the plot swings between pathetically implausible and aggressively stupid".Some critics liked the film. The second film in the series was panned by critics, Boo Allen of the Denton Record Chronicle called it "a chubby, surly, incomprehensible action hero".Brian Orndorf of FilmJerk.com compared watching the film to running "headfirst at top speed into a brick wall".