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Friday, September 06, 200230-Second Movie Review: XXX
Haven't done one of these in a while. Jason Kottke's review just came through my aggregator, he wrote:
XXX, taking it's cue from Charlie's Angels, is pure stylized action and explosions with limited interruptions for things like the plot. The gadgets, love story, and dialogue are cheesy as hell and deliberately so because Diesel and company recognize that there's no need for it, other than to poke fun at other action movies (the tricked-out GTO at the end of the movie takes the piss out of Bond's increasingly ridiculous gadget cars). And I loved every minute of it.
My first thought after seeing this flick was that James Bond ain't got nothing on Xander Cage. Cage is everything that Bond isn't: crude, crass, direct, and eager to blow stuff up. This is Vin Diesel's breakout role, forget about The Fast and the Furious.
Most of the action takes place in Prague, which brought extra enjoyment for me. Praha is my favorite city in the world, and seeing XXX brought back many great memories.
