XXX

Year: 2002
USA: Columbia Pictures
UK: Columbia Tristar Films (UK)
Cast: Vin Diesel, Samuel L Jackson, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Joe Bucaro, TeeJay Boyce, Eve, Paul Hartnoll, Phil Hartnoll, Richard Kruspe, Paul Landers, Till Lindemann, Michael Roof, Dina Rosenmeier
Director: Rob Cohen
Countries: Czech Republic / USA
UK: 123 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for violence, non-stop action sequences, sensuality, drug content and language
UK Certificate: 12A contains intense action scenes and mild drugs references. To obtain this category cuts of 1 second were required. The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make one sound and vision cut to sight of headbutt in order to achieve a 12. An uncut '15' was available to the distributor.
USA Release Date: 9 August 2002
UK Release Date: 17 October 2002

Synopsis

Vin Diesel reunites with the director Rob Cohen and the producer Neal H Moritz of the blockbuster THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS in this summer's high-octane, action-packed espionage thrill ride from Revolution Studios.

Xander 'XXX' Cage (Vin Diesel) is the notorious underground thrill seeker who until now has been deemed untouchable by the law. NSA Agent Gibbons (Samuel L Jackson) forces XXX to co-operate with the government to infiltrate an underground Russian crime ring and avoid going to prison.

Betting XXX can succeed where other conventional spies have failed, Gibbons sends XXX to enter this world of crime undetected, using his natural athletic prowess and a whole lot of attitude. Enlisted for a dangerous covert operation, he must combat a clever, organised and ruthless enemy far beyond the scope of his experience.

This summer the fate of the world lies in the hands of a new breed of secret agent.