XXX (PG-13)
Vin Diesel, every teen's fantasy action hero.
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- Studio: Columbia Tristar
- Directed By: Rob Cohen
- Cast: Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson
- Running Time: 124 minutes
- Release Date: 09/09/2002
- Video/DVD Release Date: 05/13/2003
- Genre: Action/adventure
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
- MPAA Explanation: violence, language, drug use, and sexual situations
Parents need to know
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?
Message
Social Behavior:
Good versus evil
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Drinking, smoking, and drug use; hero does not do any
Violence
Chase scenes and big explosions, not too graphic
Sex
A pole dance and suggested sex
Language
Some strong language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Nell Minow
Is it any good?
There are some great stunts, especially a snowboard race with an avalanche that would be scarier if it didn't recall the similar scene with Scrat at the beginning of Ice Age. It is too bad that the bad guy is not as interesting as X -- he's just a generic post-communist era guy with an evil plan, a big mouth, a remote control, a girlfriend who is too smart and pretty for him, and a getaway speedboat. But this movie is clearly designed as the first of a series, and it is all about X. Diesel is just the guy for the part, delivering the lines, the kisses, and the action scenes with attitude to spare.
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worth what you payed for it
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worth what you payed for it

