The new trailer for xXx: The Return of Xander Cage popped into my inbox today and man alive is it extreme. I remember the first film targeting the Mountain Dew/Red Bull crowd of the early 2000’s and then the series detoured into Ice Cube country but now it seems like the series is going back to its roots.
so far I see a lot o fwhat I want to see in this movie. This will be a popcorn flick through and through and will release in the notoriously dry month of January, which will help the movie carve its own space among all of the Oscar films we will undoubtedly be overwhelmed with.
There’s a lot here that I like. The return of the ludicrous stunts with an extreme sport twist is satisfied and then the prerequisite line of blowing shit up while looking dope. This movie has formulaic written all over it and I LOVE IT FOR THAT. Lord knows that January needs movies like this to hold us over until the new unofficial start of summer movies, (March), to get us out of the house and have some fun in a theater.
My only expectation for this movie is to provide an excuse to get out the house, have some popcorn, and watch Vin Diesel blow shit up while jumping out of a helipcopter without a parachute, while wearing skis and chewing bubblegum. THAT’S IT.
Check out the character posters that released with the trailer and feel free to chime in your mindless expectations in the comments. Or don’t. Whatevs.
