XXX / XXX: State of the Union 2-Pack (2-DVD Special Edition, Widescreen)

Starring: Vin Diesel; Ice Cube; Samuel L. Jackson; Scott Speedman & Willem Dafoe Director: Rob Cohen & Lee Tamahori  Rated:

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French

Disc 1: XXX - Widescreen, Special Edition

Widecreen - 2.35

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - Rob Cohen - Director
• Featurettes - 1. FILMMAKER'S DIARY
                     2. DIESEL POWERED
                     3. DESIGNING THE WORLD OF 'XXX'
                     4. BUILDING SPEED - THE WORLD OF 'XXX'
                     5. THE GTO IS BACK
• Deleted Scenes With Optional Director's Commentary
• Music Video - Gavin Rossdale - "Adrenaline"

Interactive Features:

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Selection

DVD-Rom Features:

Disc 2: XXX: STATE OF THE UNION - Widescreen, Special Edition

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic - 2.40

Audio:

• DSS - English, French
• Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
• Subtitles - English, French - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - 1. Lee Tamahori - Director
                               2. Visual Effects Crew
• Behind the Scenes - (4) Bullet Train Breakdown Angles With Director Lee Tamahori's Introduction

(3) Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary

• Featurette - 1. "Top Secret Military Warehouse"
                    2. "xXx: According to Ice Cube"
• Making Of - "From Convict to Hero: The Making of XXX: STATE OF THE UNION"
• Trailers - Sony Pictures Previews

Product Description:

XXX: This amped action drama stars Vin Diesel as Xander (aka Triple X), a rebellious extreme sports star with a mission to defy authority and create anarchy. In the dramatic opening scene of the movie, Xander pulls an outrageous serious of stunts with the help of a band of similar-minded jocks, broadcasts the whole event live onto the Internet with a network of strategically placed digital cameras, and then avoids being captured by the squadron of police who pursue him. When Triple X is later taken into custody, Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), a representative from a government agency, hires the chiseled athlete and turns him into a secret agent with a mission to travel to Prague and collapse a dangerous terrorist cell operated by Yorgi (Martin Csokas) and the seductive Yelena (Asia Argento). Triple X is quickly drawn into Yorgi's lair, a stunning chateau situated in the mountains that is equipped with every high-tech modern amenity imaginable, along with a sizeable team of extra-large Slav bodyguards, a laboratory staffed by top scientists, and an always-ready gaggle of gorgeous concubines. Non-stop stunts, pounding hard-core music, elaborate sets, and inventive costumes make this Rob Cohen-directed adrenaline overload a visually exciting, aurally engaging, highly entertaining success.

XXX: STATE OF THE UNION: 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. Other great scenes include a tank battle on an aircraft carrier and a race with a bullet train that makes THE FRENCH CONNECTION look like a turtle race. There's some hilarious dialogue, such as when Darius recruits his old D.C. car-jacking buddies to ride into battle against the corrupt militia, leading to the "first tank-jacking in history." Scott Speedman plays a sympathetic Fed; Nona Gaye (CRASH) and Sunny Mabrey are the sexy chicks. There's lots of greal looking cars, cool gadgets, and pumpin' rap-crunk music. Director Lee Tamahori also helmed James Bond's DIE ANOTHER DAY and the 1997 thriller THE EDGE.

Plot Keywords:

Action | Criminals | Military (USA) | Secret Agents | Sequel | Snowboarding | Spy | Theatrical Release | Violence

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