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The Worst Film Ever

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

The movie beginning is not too bad, but very soon the obnoxiousness of the hero starts to grate on my nerves.Attitude, yeah. They certainly cranked it up! In the worst way! Seriously, it's embarrassing. The sexism, the macho behaviour, the gratuitous putting down of the nerd guy (despite the fact that he provided all the needed tool for the job), are some of the worst I've ever seen in any movie...According to this movie, to be "A MAN" you must use plenty of guns, act violently -and without any brains-, love BIG cars, talk "tough" and all the absurd -obsolete- stereotypes you can imagine. PATHETIC.And to be respected as "A WOMAN", you must be a top model and show that you know about BIG cars as much as the hero (so, she's in fact a man?). DOUBLE PATHETIC. (Seriously, that scene in the garage with the luxury cars was super cringy)Too bad because despite being really over the top, the story is not that bad (for a B movie) and has some twists that are more clever than you'd expect. But it does not excuse the obnoxious characters.

This movie is the exact definition of what i hate about American cinema. 113 million dollars (wich is the exact budget of this movie) for making a movie about.. stuff..and explosions.. and black rappers (or actors in that case) saying the most black things ever in a movie without any content or originality. The movie wants to be an awesome an cool action genre roller-coaster.. but it fails miserably to give that feeling to the audience.. with the most flat/cliché dialogues and the most absurd situations and scenes i've ever seen (Blowing up the white house at the end). Maybe it sounded all awesome and cool on paper.. but the scenario has no consistency and doesn't build a believable climax... everything feels random. I guess this is another movie part of the enormous 'vague' of shitty American movies of the 2000's. Movies that are a copy (or sequels) of other movies you saw once on a Sunday night ... but a lot worse . And why the f**ck is Willem Defoe in that movie ? You're a good actor don't embarrass yourself. And Samuel Jackson.. well were used to seeing him in bad movie Only good point : the fights are OK and very enjoyable when you're high.3/10

A secret underground NSA bunker is attacked and Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) barely escapes. Sixteen agents are killed. Gibbons selects prison inmate Darius Stone (Ice Cube) as the new XXX agent. Stone escapes from prison with Gibbons' help and meets up with his crime partner Zeke (Xzibit) and ex-girlfriend Lola Jackson (Nona Gaye). Stone has to go back to the NSA bunker to retrieve a computer drive while being guarded by agent Kyle Steele (Scott Speedman). General Deckert (Willem Dafoe) is behind the scheme to heighten the threat to the nation. Stone was in prison for hitting him and now he's the Secretary of Defense.Simply put, this franchise misses Vin Diesel. This is no way to build a new franchise. The plot never really matters in these. The first one wasn't a work of genius. It was Vin Diesel playing around in ridiculous Bond plus adventures. The plot is as overblown and incoherent as the first one. I don't have any major problems with Ice Cube. He brings a completely different vibe. That's not really the important point. The important point is he's different. Anyways, he's not better by any means.

In the bundle of all that it lacks, I feel that the movie is ignored for its imagery. XXX 2 was well-received in its American premiere. The film is brooding, intense and depressing. One knows from the start that there is no way for it to really end well. I found the film a little too dark and a little too slow as it moves to what seems like an inevitable bitter end. I liked it because it's fun. It has its fair share of problems. I think it could use some editing to speed the pace a bit. The film is hard to watch at times and difficult to call enjoyable, but the story is still powerful. All in all, seven out of ten.