XXX stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, an extreme sports professional who gets recruited to become a spy to take down the mercenary group Anarchy 99 in Czech Republic as an undercover agent. XXX spends 30 mins showcasing Xander in his extreme sports profession, stealing a Senator's car and trashing it, and then being recruited by the NSA. Then another half hour is spent with Xander infiltrating the mercenary group. Basically, XXX takes a long time to set up and you are only rewarded with the true plot when you're near the end of the film. XXX's stunts and set pieces also get more extravagant as it goes on, with the last action sequences being so over-the-top that it is hard to believe that Xander would be able to survive them. It also ends up being campy with the number of gadgets that shows up. XXX isn't a bad film but it takes a while for the viewer to warm to it and it targets a very specific audience.
