xXx: State of the Union
Prepare for the next level
Country
Production
Budget
$60 000 000
Revenue
$71 410 636
Director
Actors
Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, Xzibit, Michael Roof, Sunny Mabrey, Nona Gaye, John Gleeson Connolly
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Composer
Artist
Gavin Bocquet, Luke Freeborn
Audition
Margery Simkin
Editing
Short description
Darius Stone's criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star general and Secretary of Defense George Deckert.
What's left behind the scenes
- Actor Vin Diesel and director Rob Cohen signed contracts to participate in the film two months before the premiere of the first installment. However, due to various circumstances, they were later forced to terminate the contracts.
- Renowned composer Jerry Goldsmith advised director Lee Tamahori to pay attention to the promising Marco Beltrami. However, the Italian composer already had soundtracks to such well-known films as "Terminator 3", "I, Robot", and "Hellboy" under his belt at that time.
- Two scripts were written during the pre-production stage: the first took place in Southeast Asia with pirates, and the second took place in Washington. After heated debate, the second option was chosen. Rob Cohen, while in the director's chair, also struggled for a long time to lean towards either option. Ultimately, he decided that one of them would become the second part, and the losing choice would become the third.
- A real photograph of Ice Cube performing on stage with NWA in the late 80s – early 90s was used in the film as an illustration for his character's file.
- For Ice Cube, this film was the highest-budget project of his entire career.
- At the 3-minute mark of the film, mercenaries jump into newly formed tunnels in the ground without safety harnesses or any securing equipment. When they land in the corridor in the next shot, safety cables are already attached to their backs.
- At the 12th minute of the film, Darius rips out a wire and winds it around the washing machine shaft to pull out the ventilation grille. It can be noticed that in some shots, winding appears on the shaft.
- At the 12th minute of the film, Darius kicks out the fan and grille, climbs out, and scales the building's facade to the roof. In one of the shots as he climbs onto the roof, the previously kicked-out fan and grille are seen back in place.
- At the 15th minute of the film, when Darius opens the door and gets into the car, a member of the film crew can be seen in the reflection on the door.
- At the 20th minute of the film, while Gibbons is working on the plan, a gun lies on the table next to a sheet of paper containing a diagram of the NSA facility. In one of the following shots, as the agent points to locations on the diagram, the handle of the gun is already lying on the sheet itself.
- At the 22nd minute of the film, Darius descends through a hole previously blasted by mercenaries. During the descent, it is clearly visible that the tunnel walls are made of concrete, even though the mercenaries had previously used explosives rather than performing construction work.
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