xXx: State of the Union (2005)
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Darius Stone's criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star general and Secretary of Defense George Deckert.
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"State of the Union" opens explosively and never lets up, with Lee Tamahori ("Die Another Day") in full command of the action and Simon Kinberg an equally astute writer with a flair for linking socko action set pieces with terse characterization and a sure sense of topicality.
Anyone who knows Seven Days in May will follow the plot, or perhaps simply recognize it.
George has since been elevated to Secretary of Defense (you know this is make-believe because the president is a liberal and his hawkish advisors have actually served time in combat) whose Seven Days in May ambitions unfold after a mystery raid on an NSA headquarters leaves top dog Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) on the run.
…him like an action movie version of Boyz n the Hood‘s Doughboy.
As they did with "The Fast and the Furious," director Rob Cohen and star Vin Diesel have opted to leave their participation in the "XXX" franchise at one.