xXx The Return of Xander Cage [Blu-ray]

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I gave this 5 stars because it is just a action film, so I don’t expect a lot of drama, meaning spending time developing characters isn’t the way of most action movies, so expecting it with this one is kind of silly!
I liked the different characters they have in it, it makes these types of movies better having more than just one character doing everything, especially when the main character is a man, since nearly every action film is like that, its like if you have seen on male lead action film you have seen them all!

But having more than just Vin in it, especially the women, makes it different, makes it stand out, so it’s not just another action film with some guy, and the only female characters are either half naked ones that he fools around with, which they do in this one too, or they’re the person the man is trying to protect or they get killed so that the male lead can start on his revenge thing for the movie!

But in this the women are mostly just like him, able to handle things on themselves, I especially loved seeing Ruby Rose again playing a tough role!
I was surprise that this was free for even Prime members, but I am so glad it was, I enjoyed it, it was a great way to pass the time, very entertaining to me! And even re-watchable too!

-Claramj

Two stars instead of one because I can say ‘I’ve seen worse’. I got half way through, round about the grenade shuffling scene at the table… and just gave up.

I don’t remember the first one being this bad, specifically so unplausible. Every 2 minutes in this film, something completely impossible happens shattering any suspension of disbelief. I can’t enjoy a movie when it’s _THIS_ bad because it’s just too jarring and yanks me out of the narrative of the film to drive home I watching an impossible over the top exaggeration. I don’t want to do a laundry list, but 300ft jumps with no parachute onto solid ground… but I guess it didn’t drive his femurs into his chest cavity when landed because… he had skis on? I was unaware skis altered physics. This is just one example early on, there are many. You can say ‘it’s just an action film’, but things like that ruin movies for me. One or two I can let go, but when it’s constant like this? Every few minutes I’m jarred out of the film thinking ‘that is impossible’. To go further, to make some of this impossibility happen on screen, there is some mediocre CGI, like some of the skateboard stunts right after his physics defying jump.

‘It’s just an action movie’ I can hear people saying… take that jump off the tower… how hard to make that a BASE jump where he cuts shoot right before landing, THEN down slope on the skis? Answer? Director didn’t give a crap. This is lazy film making with an utter disregard for reality. At least in Marvel movies we know they are superhuman and capable of the impossible. Here they don’t even bother with a thin veneer of how people can survive 200 ft falls through 3″ thick glass.

Never saw the Vin-less second one, haven’t seen the first one in many years… I honestly can’t remember if it was this bad.

Vin was Vin in this (I actually do like Vin Diesel or I probably wouldn’t even have bothered trying to watch this mess). That’s about the highest praise I can give it and how it got a second star.

-Dave

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone
Directors: D.J. Caruso
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: French, English, Spanish
Subtitles: Portuguese, French, Spanish, English
Dubbed: Spanish, French
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned
Studio: Paramount
DVD Release Date: May 16, 2017
Run Time: 96 minutes
ASIN: B01N5Q2UQJ