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Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.
2002 · Directed by Rob Cohen · 124 min · Action · Adventure · Thriller · Crime · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 5 frames
Tagline
A new breed of secret agent.
Plot
Russian terrorist group Anarchy 99 acquires the biochemical weapon "Silent Night", presumed missing since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Undercover NSA agent Jim McGrath is assigned to recover the weapon, but is killed by Anarchy 99 at a Rammstein concert.
NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons suggests sending Xander "XXX" Cage, an extreme sports professional wanted for unlawful protesting, citing his lack of ties to the United States government. Under Gibbons' supervision, Cage passes two tests, one involving stopping a fake armed robbery, and another where he and two other potential candidates are dropped into Colombia where they're thrown into an actual conflict between the Cartel and the Colombian Army. Xander was given the options to take a job or go to prison, in which Xander reluctantly accepts the contract.
In Prague, Cage meets his team, which includes his supervisor, Czech agent Milan Sova. While scouting an Anarchy 99 party, Cage identifies Sova as a police officer, earning him favor with the group and catching the attention of the leader Yorgi. Cage asks Yorgi about purchasing high end sports cars, and Yorgi's girlfriend and lieutenant Yelena, gives Cage an account number.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Rich Wilkes
- Cinematography: Dean Semler
- Edited by: Chris Lebenzon, Joel Negron, Paul Rubell
- Music: Randy Edelman
- Production design: Gavin Bocquet
- Produced by: Neal H. Moritz
Cast
- Vin Diesel as Xander Cage
- Asia Argento as Yelena
- Marton Csokas as Yorgi
- Samuel L. Jackson as Agent Augustus Gibbons
- Michael Roof as Agent Toby Lee Shavers
- Richy Müller as Milan Sova
- Werner Daehn as Kirill
- Petr Jákl as Kolya
- Jan Filipenský as Viktor
- Tom Everett as Senator Dick Hotchkiss
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Czech, English, German, Spanish, Russian
- Studios: Revolution Studios
- Budget: $70,000,000
- Box office: $277,448,382
- Themes: mission, biological weapon, sports car, cold war, prague, czech republic, nsa agent, adrenaline junkie, thrill seeker
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