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XXX

(2002, Rated PG-13, Action/adventure, Starring Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Eve)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 12, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 13.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    Vin Diesel, every teen's fantasy action hero.

Themes in this movie include:   materialism, revenge
updated 11.24.09

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 13–14

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Classic good vs evil motif.
  • Role models :

    Triple X is given a chance to do some good rather than go to jail... that about says it all.
  • Violence:

    Chase scenes and big explosions, not too graphic
  • Sex:

    A pole dance and suggested sex
  • Language:

    Some strong language
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Drinking, smoking, and drug use; hero does not do any
 

What Parents Need to Know

About XXX

Parents need to know that this movie has lots of intense action sequences and strong language for a PG-13 rating. Characters use drugs, drink, and smoke. In one scene, a number of people are killed in a particularly heartless fashion, while others watch and make fun of them. There are implied sexual situations, including a character telling his girlfriend to have sex with someone else and a woman given to X as a sexual favor, but nothing explicit is shown. A character explains his plans for world anarchy in a manner that is worth discussing with teenagers who see the film.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the different definitions of "freedom" that bad guy Yorgi, X, and Gibbons mean when they use the term.
  • What is your own definition? Why? How does X decide who deserves his loyalty? How does Yorgi? How does Gibbons?
  •  Parents might also discuss the sexual innuendos with their younger kids to put some of the pole dancing favors into perspective. As for the rest, you might ask your kids what makes a bad guy a bad guy?
  • The hero has good and bad in him. What do they admire? What do they think the rewards are for the hero?

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  1. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 4 and give it 5.0

    i m happy

    i m happy

  2. I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Awesome Awesome Awesome!!!!!!!!

    Great movie lots of action and some humor. A must see, especially if you like explosions!

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 4.0

    Great fun but not for protective parents

    This movie was great fun but everything gets blown up at a certain point. The language is dicey, the role model heavily tatooed and there's one scene where a scantily clad woman does a pole dance on her bed. That said, the main character is a bad guy gone good and for parents who can't bear one more Disney movie, this is probably going to be a savior.

  4. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    great movie

    definitely worth the money Funny plus amazing special effects The snowboarding scene was amazing. Also the movie was very creative and imaginative

  5. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    worth what you payed for it

  6. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Minnesota
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 1.0

    this is garbage

    This is a pale ripoff on the James Bond formula which seems to have been desieghned in the name of profit.

  7. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 3.0

    Went with our kids and had lots to discuss

    Enter Review Here We went to this with a nine and twelve year old. We had read enough to know that the drugs would go over the younger one's head and the old one was used to these discussions from every day television. There was one really sexual scene where a woman does a pole dance on a bed. She is clothed but it's really inappropriate. So why bring the kids? Because they are the kind of kids you can discuss this stuff with and they really enjoyed the fast paced energy of it all. Every once in a great while it's okay for my family to see these kind of movies. We all had a great time and they felt very grown up for a night.

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