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Today I caught a matinee of xXx, aka XXX, aka Triple-X, aka that new Vin Diesel movie. The movie was developed to be sort of the Bond of the younger generation - a younger secret agent who is flawed and into extreme sports-type things like dirt biking and cliff-jumping.
It was pretty good, a fun ride, with lots of action pieces. I liked the Xander Cage character, as he had a sort of sense of humor through the whole thing, and am interested to see how the franchise evolves (XXX2 is already a sure thing). I also liked the way that X didn't kill people unless necessary, instead using knock-out darts part of the time. Bond is so blase about killing.
There was a preview for The Transporter in front of XXX, which is the new Luc Besson movie. It has the guy who played Turkish in Snatch in it (that reminds me - Phil, don't forget to bring back my Snatch DVD when you come back next week) and looks pretty cool. I loved Besson's work in Leon: The Professional and The Fifth Element, so this should be interesting. |
