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{{Short description|American spy action film series by Rich Wilkes}}
{{Infobox film
| name = XXX
| image = Xxx-movie-logo.png
| caption = Official film series logo
| director = {{Plainlist|

* [[Rob Cohen]] (1)
* [[Lee Tamahori]] (2)
* [[D. J. Caruso]] (3–4)
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Neal H. Moritz]] (1–2)
* Arne Schmidt (2)
* [[Joe Roth]] (3)
* Jeff Kirschenbaum (3)
* [[Vin Diesel]] (3)
* Samantha Vincent (3)
}}
| writer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Rich Wilkes]] (1)
* [[Simon Kinberg]] (2)
* F. Scott Frazier (3)
}}
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring =
| narrator =
| music = {{Plainlist|
* [[Randy Edelman]] (1)
* [[Marco Beltrami]] (2)
* [[Brian Tyler]] (3)
* Robert Lydecker (3)
}}
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dean Semler]] (1)
* [[David Tattersall]] (2)
* [[Russell Carpenter]] (3)
* Stephen F.Windon (4)
* Marc Spicer (4)
}}
| editing = {{Plainlist|
* [[Chris Lebenzon]] (1)
* Joel Negron (1)
* [[Paul Rubell]] (1)
* [[Mark Goldblatt]] (2)
* Todd E. Miller (2)
* [[Steven Rosenblum]] (2)
* Christian Wagner (4)
* Dylan Highsmith (4)
* Leigh Folsom Boyd (4)
* Christopher Rouse (4)
* Jim Page (3-4)
* Vince Filippone (3-4)
}}
| studio = {{Plainlist|
* [[Revolution Studios]] (1–4)
* [[Original Film]] (1–2 & 4)
* [[One Race Films]] (3 & 4)
* [[Roth/Kirschenbaum Films]] (3 & 4)
}}
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Columbia Pictures]] (1–2)
* [[Paramount Pictures]] (3–4)
}}
| released = 2002–present
| runtime = 322 minutes<ref>{{cite web|title=''XXX'' (2002)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/xxx-2002-2|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=August 9, 2002|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''XXX: State of the Union'' (2005)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/xxx-next-level-2005|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=April 29, 2005|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref>
| country = {{Plainlist|
* United States
}}
| language = English
| budget = '''Total (3 films):''' $215 million
| gross = '''Total (3 films):''' $694 million<ref name="BOM"/>
}}
'''''XXX''''' (stylized as '''''xXx''''' and pronounced '''''Triple X''''') is an American [[spy fiction]] [[action film]] series created by [[Rich Wilkes]]. It consists of three full-length feature films: ''[[XXX (2002 film)|XXX]]'' (2002), ''[[XXX: State of the Union]]'' (2005) and ''[[XXX: Return of Xander Cage]]'' (2017), and a short film: ''The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage''. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.

== Films ==
=== ''XXX'' (2002) ===
{{main|XXX (2002 film)|l1=''XXX'' (2002 film)}}

The film was released on August 9, 2002, which stars [[Vin Diesel]] as Xander Cage, a [[thrill seeking]] [[extreme sports]] enthusiast, [[stuntman]] and [[anti-establishment|rebellious]] athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the [[National Security Agency]] who is sent on a dangerous mission to [[infiltration tactics|infiltrate]] a group of potential Russian [[terrorist]]s in [[Central Europe]]. The film also stars [[Asia Argento]], [[Marton Csokas]] and [[Samuel L. Jackson]]. It was directed by [[Rob Cohen]], who previously directed ''[[The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)|The Fast and the Furious]]'' (2001), in which Diesel also starred.

=== ''XXX: State of the Union'' (2005) ===
{{main|XXX: State of the Union|l1=''XXX: State of the Union''}}

The film was released on April 29, 2005, which stars [[Ice Cube]] as Darius Stone, a new agent in the Triple X program, who is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.

=== ''XXX: Return of Xander Cage'' (2017) ===
{{main|XXX: Return of Xander Cage|l1=''XXX: Return of Xander Cage''}}

The film was released on January 20, 2017, sees the return of Diesel as Xander Cage who comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/xxx-3-return-of-xander-cage-synopsis-images-vin-diesel/|title={{-'}}xXx: The Return of Xander Cage' Synopsis Sounds Exciting if You've Never Seen a 'xXx' Movie|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>

=== ''XXX 4'' (TBA)===
In September 2018, it was announced that a fourth film is in development. The project will be a joint-venture production, with [[The H Collective]] and [[iQiyi]] after the former acquired franchise rights from [[Revolution Studios]]. [[D. J. Caruso]] was believed to return as director, while [[Vin Diesel]] will reprise his role as Xander Cage. Production was scheduled to begin in early-2019.<ref name="frater">{{cite magazine | last=Frater | first=Patrick | url=https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/xxx-4-expands-h-collective-and-iqiyis-hollywood-china-funding-pact-exclusive-1202930634/ | title={{-'}}xXx 4' Expands H Collective and iQIYI's Hollywood-China Funding Pact (Exclusive) | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=September 6, 2018 | access-date=October 25, 2018 }}</ref> In November 2018, [[Jay Chou]] and Zoe Zhang joined the cast.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/vin-diesel-xxx-4-the-green-hornet-jay-chou-1202503092/|title=Vin Diesel-Led 'xXx 4' Adds 'The Green Hornet's Jay Chou|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=November 20, 2018|access-date=November 20, 2018|author=Amanda N'Duka}}</ref> Japanese rock star and musician [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]] will serve as the film's composer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/01/yoshiki-music-xxx-4-spycies-x-japan-first-album-22-years/|title=Yoshiki composes music for the films xXx 4 and Spycies, as X Japan finish up first album in more than 22 years|date=2019-01-23|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/x-japans-yoshiki-to-create-theme-song-for-new-xxx-4-film-starring-vin-diesel/|title=X JAPAN's YOSHIKI To Create Theme Song for New 'xXx 4' Film Starring VIN DIESEL|last=Blabbermouth|date=2019-01-22|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref>

==Short film==
=== ''The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage'' (2005) ===
Included with the 2005 director's cut DVD of the first film is a four-minute short titled ''The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage'', that serves as a prequel to ''XXX: State of the Union'' by detailing the alleged death of Xander Cage before the events of that film.

In the short film, Xander is played by Vin Diesel's stunt double Khristian Lupo (who never shows his face or speaks) while reusing some archival lines spoken by Diesel. It also features [[Leila Arcieri]] as Jordan King from the first film and John G. Connolly as [[Lieutenant colonel (Australia)|Lt. Colonel]] Alabama "Bama" Cobb, one of the villains from ''xXx: State of the Union'' who is Deckert's right-hand man, as the man behind the attack on Xander.

The sequence opens with Xander driving in a car with Jordan King. He stops next to his apartment building. King makes sexual overtures to him and they get intimate. Suddenly they hear a noise and Xander goes to check it out. Cobb's men show up and abduct King. They plant a bomb in the building and drop her coat on the steps to trick Xander to his death. After confronting a homeless man, Xander returns to the building. He takes the bait left by Cobb and his henchmen and is apparently blown apart by a huge explosion. His trademark coat survives the blast. Cobb shows up and picks up a piece of burnt skin from Xander's neck which has the Triple X tattoo on it. He remarks "Poor Xander, you never had very much between the ears." His men pick him up and drive off in their car. Cobb's motives for killing Xander are obvious; he doesn't want him to interfere in Deckert's plans. "[[Feuer Frei]]" by [[Rammstein]] plays in the background during the sequence.

==Cast and crew==
===Cast===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:88%;"
|-
! rowspan="3" style="width:20%;" | Characters
! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | Films
! style="text-align:center;" | Short film
|-
! style="text-align:center; width:9%;" | ''[[XXX (2002 film)|XXX]]''
! style="text-align:center; width:10%;" | ''[[XXX: State of the Union|XXX: State of the Union]]''
! style="text-align:center; width:11%;" | ''[[XXX: Return of Xander Cage|XXX: Return of Xander Cage]]''
! style="text-align:center; width:11%;" | ''XXX 4''
! style="text-align:center; width:17%;" | ''The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage''
|-
! 2002
! 2005
! 2017
! TBA
! 2005
|-
! rowspan="2" | Xander Cage {{small|xXx}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Vin Diesel]]
| rowspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | [[Vin Diesel]]
| Khristian Lupo
|-
| {{N/A|Vin Diesel}} {{small|(''archive recordings'')}}
|-
! [[National Security Agency|NSA]] Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons
| colspan="3" | [[Samuel L. Jackson]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Darius Stone {{small|xXx}}
| style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| colspan="2" | [[Ice Cube]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Toby Lee Shavers
| colspan="2" | [[Michael Roof]]
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Jordan King
| [[Leila Arcieri]]
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| Leila Arcieri
|-
! Alabama "Bama" Cobb
| style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| John G. Connolly
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| John G. Connolly
|-
! Yorgi
| [[Martin Csokas]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! Yelena
| [[Asia Argento]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! Milan Sova
| [[Richy Müller]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! Kirill
| [[Werner Daehn]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! Kolya
| [[Petr Jákl]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! Viktor
| [[Jan Pavel Filipensky]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! California State Senator Dick Hotchkiss
| [[Tom Everett]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! El Jefe
| [[Danny Trejo]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! NSA Agent Jim McGrath
| [[Thomas Ian Griffith|Thomas Ian Griffth]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! J.J.
| [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! NSA Agent Roger Donnan
| [[William Hope (actor)|William Hope]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! Ivan Pedgrag
| Radek Tomecka
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! Ivan Podrov
| [[Martin Hub]]
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|-
! General George Deckert
| style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| [[Willem Dafoe]]
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! NSA Agent Kyle Christopher Steele
| style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| [[Scott Speedman]]
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! U.S. President James Sanford
| style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| [[Peter Strauss]]
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Zeke
| style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| [[Xzibit]]
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Charlie Mayweather
| style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| [[Sunny Mabrey]]
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Lola Jackson
| style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| [[Nona Gaye]]
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! NSA Agent Meadows
| style="background:lightgrey;" |  
| Ramon De Ocampo
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Xiang {{small|XXX}}
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Donnie Yen]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Serena Unger {{small|XXX}}
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Deepika Padukone]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Becky Clearidge
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Nina Dobrev]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Adele Wolff
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Ruby Rose]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Talon
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Tony Jaa]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Jane Marke
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Toni Collette]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Harvard "Nicks" Zhou
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Kris Wu]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Tennyson "Torch"
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Rory McCann]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] Director Anderson
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Al Sapienza]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Gina Roff
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Ariadna Gutiérrez]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Hawk
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Michael Bisping]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Ainsley
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| [[Hermione Corfield]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! Red Erik
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| Andrey Ivchenko
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|-
! [[Neymar|Neymar Jr. {{small|XXX}}]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
| Neymar
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |  
|}

===Crew===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:99%;"
! Film
! Director
! Writer(s)
! Producer(s)
! Cinematographer
! Music
! Editor(s)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''XXX''
| [[Rob Cohen]]
| [[Rich Wilkes]]
| [[Neal H. Moritz]]
| [[Dean Semler]]
| [[Randy Edelman]]
| [[Chris Lebenzon]] Joel Negron [[Paul Rubell]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''XXX: State of the Union''
| [[Lee Tamahori]]
| [[Simon Kinberg]]
| Neal H. Moritz Arne L. Schmidt
| [[David Tattersall]]
| [[Marco Beltrami]]
| [[Mark Goldblatt]] Todd E. Miller [[Steven Rosenblum]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''XXX: Return of Xander Cage''
| rowspan="2"| [[D. J. Caruso]]
| F. Scott Frazier
| rowspan="2"| [[Joe Roth]] Jeff Kirschenbaum Vin Diesel Samantha Vincent
| [[Russell Carpenter]]
| [[Brian Tyler]] Robert Lydecker
| Jim Page Vince Filippone
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''XXX 4''
| [[Derek Haas]]<ref name="THCF">{{Cite web|title=The H Collective Films|url=https://www.thehcollectivefilms.com/xxx-4/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=TheHCollectiveFilms|language=en-US}}</ref>
| {{TBA}}
| [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]]<ref name="Yoshiki">{{Cite web|date=2019-01-23|title=Japanese Composer and Rock Star Yoshiki to Score xXx 4|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1030255-yoshiki-to-score-xxx-4/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=ComingSoon|language=en-US}}</ref>
| {{TBA}}
|}

==Reception==

===Box office performance===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:99%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Film
! rowspan="2" | Release date
! colspan="3" | Box office revenue
! colspan="2" text="wrap"| Box office ranking
! rowspan="2" | Budget
! rowspan="2" | Reference
|-
! North America
! Other territories
! Worldwide
! All time North America
! All time worldwide
|-
| ''XXX''
| August 9, 2002
| style="text-align:center;"| $142,109,382
| style="text-align:center;"| $135,339,000
| style="text-align:center;"| $277,448,382
| style="text-align:center;"| #334
| style="text-align:center;"| #416
| style="text-align:center;"| $70 million
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=xxx.htm|title=XXX (2002))|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| ''XXX: State of the Union''
| April 29, 2005
| style="text-align:center;"| $26,873,932
| style="text-align:center;"| $44,148,761
| style="text-align:center;"| $71,022,693
| style="text-align:center;"| #2,675
| style="text-align:center;" {{n/a|N/A}}
| style="text-align:center;"| $60 million{{failed verification|date=May 2019}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=xxx2.htm|title=XXX: State of the Union (2005)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| ''XXX: Return of Xander Cage''
| January 20, 2017
| style="text-align:center;"| $44,898,413
| style="text-align:center;"| $301,065,438
| style="text-align:center;"| $345,963,851
| style="text-align:center;"| #1,750
| style="text-align:center;"| #322
| style="text-align:center;"| $85 million
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=xxx3.htm|title=XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017)|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:142109382+26873932+44898413}}}}
! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:135339000+44148761+301065438}}}}
! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:277448382+71022693+345963851}}}}
! colspan="2" |
! $215 million
! <ref name=BOM>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=xxxtrilogy.htm|title=xXx Movies at the Box Office |access-date=May 8, 2019|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Critical and public response===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Film
! [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
! [[Metacritic]]
! [[CinemaScore]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''XXX''
| 48% (179 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/xxx/ |title=XXX|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref>
| 48 (33 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/xxx|title=XXX: reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref>
| A−<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title=CinemaScore |access-date= May 21, 2019 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''XXX: State of the Union''
| 17% (137 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/xxx_state_of_the_union/ |title=XXX: State of the Union|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>
| 37 (31 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/xxx-state-of-the-union |title=XXX: State of the Union: Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref>
| B+<ref name="CinemaScore" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''XXX: Return of Xander Cage''
| 45% (140 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/xxx_return_of_xander_cage |title=xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>
| 42 (25 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/xxx-return-of-xander-cage |title=XXX: Return of Xander Cage reviews |website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=January 19, 2017}}</ref>
| A−<ref name="CinemaScore" />
|}

The first film received mixed reviews from critics. Roger Ebert called it "as good as a James Bond movie".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/xxx-2002|title=XXX|publisher=rogerebert.com|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref> Adam Smith of [[Empire (film magazine)|Empire magazine]] called the movie, "Sporadically entertaining, but seriously hampered by a very choppy screenplay", and rating it three out of five stars.<ref>{{cite web |date= |author=Adam Smith |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/xxx-review/ |title=XXX (2002) review |website= [[Empire (film magazine)]] |access-date=July 24, 2016 }}</ref> The film was nominated for a [[23rd Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzie Award]] for Most Flatulent Teen-Targeted Movie, but lost to ''[[Jackass: The Movie]]''.

The second film in the series was panned by critics, Boo Allen of the Denton Record Chronicle called it "a chubby, surly, incomprehensible action hero".<ref>{{cite web | title = ROTTEN TOMATOES: Just what we need, a chubby, surly, incomprehensible action hero | website = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/xxx2_state_of_the_union/articles/1384898/just_what_we_need_a_chubby_surly_incomprehensible_action_hero |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081211134008/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/xxx2_state_of_the_union/articles/1384898/just_what_we_need_a_chubby_surly_incomprehensible_action_hero |archive-date=December 11, 2008 }}</ref>
Brian Orndorf of FilmJerk.com compared watching the film to running "headfirst at top speed into a brick wall".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmjerk.com/reviews/article.php?id_rev=566|title=FilmJerk.com - Reviews - XXX: State of the Union|first=Cassandra|last=Havens|access-date=July 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020030847/http://www.filmjerk.com/reviews/article.php?id_rev=566#|archive-date=October 20, 2006|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
David Hiltbrand of the ''[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' said "the plot swings between pathetically implausible and aggressively stupid".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/david-hiltbrand/movies?page=4|title=David Hiltbrand Movie Reviews| author = David Hiltbrand|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>
Some critics liked the film. Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called it "that rare B movie that's rooted in gut-level stirrings of power and retaliation".<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1056450,00.html | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | title=Movie Review: XXX: State of the Union | date=May 4, 2005}}</ref> Paul Arendt of the [[BBC]] said, "Viewed on its own trashy terms, it succeeds brilliantly".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/04/25/xxx2_the_next_level_2005_review.shtml | title = BBC - Movies - review - XXX: The Next Level | author = Paul Arendt | date = April 28, 2005 | work = BBC }}</ref>

The third film received mixed reviews from critics. Dan Jolin of Empire magazine said, "We've seen all these stunts pulled before, and seen them done better, but there's some pleasure to be had here — even if it's of the extremely guilty kind.", and rating it three out of five stars.<ref>{{cite web |author= Dan Jolin |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/xxx-return-xander-cage/review/|title=xXx: Return Of Xander Cage Review|publisher=empireonline.com|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> Andrew Lapin of ''[[Uproxx]]'' gave the film a negative review, saying: "There is an intellectual argument to be made in favor of the [[Fast & Furious|''Fast & Furious'' franchise]], which features diverse casts, operatic plotlines, and cartoon setpieces that often look like a child assembled them out of Hot Wheels sets. ''xXx'' is aiming for a much lower bar, striving only to be marketable, not inventive. The series is no longer interested in aping James Bond, lacking as it does a decent gadget or supervillain and often highlighting the sidekicks at the expense of Xander himself."<ref>{{cite web |last=Lapin|first=Andrew|url=http://uproxx.com/movies/review-xxx-return-of-xander-cage/ |title=Vin Diesel Aims His Skateboard Low With 'xXx: Return Of Xander Cage{{'-}} |website=Uproxx |date=January 20, 2017|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>

==Video games==
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A video game featuring Xander Cage was produced for [[Game Boy Advance]], released in [[North America]] and [[Europe]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pricecharting.com/game/gameboy-advance/xxx|title=XXX Prices GameBoy Advance - Compare Loose, CIB & New Prices|website=PriceCharting}}</ref> The GameBoy Advance game received a rating of E in North America and 3+ rating in Europe unlike the film's PG-13 rating. In 2004, a ''XXX'' game was in development for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] by [[Warthog Games]], but it was cancelled; a prototype was leaked onto the Hidden Palace website in February 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hiddenpalace.org|title=Hidden Palace|website=HiddenPalace}}</ref>

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