xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

Storyline

Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang (Donnie Yen) and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora's Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.

Plot Keywords

conspiracy, skateboarding, television broadcast, satellite, jumping through a window, swimming pool, airplane, free fall, parachute, disarming someone, pistol, laptop, threatened with a knife, knife throwing, knife, mexican standoff, nightclub, wristwatch, reference to youtube, uzi

Short Review

This is only slightly less dumb and nonsensical than the previous films, but it teems with thrilling action sequences and rollicking stunt work from the middle-aged Diesel and martial artist Donnie Yen.