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August 12, 2002

No one ever said it was going to be a smart picture, did they? Imagine every “action sport” stunt tweaked to fit into a flimsy plot about being a superspy, throw in some video game references and you have the perfect movie for every braindead teen in America that burned hours and hours trying to master that million-point combo in Tony Hawk Pro Skater. Incredibly shameless, but that’s why it’s fun.

I wish more Hollywood pictures were like this, not because this is some Great Important movie, but because it delivers the stuff that Hollywood is actually good at (giant ridiculous stunts) and doesn’t even bother to deliver the rest. xXx is stupid and pure and joyful in a way that summertime at the movies should be.

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