Review: xXx: Return of Xander Cage (12A)

More than 10 years after xXx 2: The Next Level, which flopped without the rippling abs and pecs of Vin Diesel as extreme sports enthusiast Xander Cage, the muscular Californian actor returns to the franchise for an action-packed third chapter directed by DJ Caruso.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Jan 2017, 10:33 BST
Updated 24th Jan 2017, 10:37 BST
HE'S BACK: Musclebound Vin Diesal returns as Xander Cage.HE'S BACK: Musclebound Vin Diesal returns as Xander Cage.
HE'S BACK: Musclebound Vin Diesal returns as Xander Cage.

A powerful device called Pandora’s Box, which controls every military satellite in the world, somehow manages to fall into the clutches of a terrorist called Xiang (Donnie Yen) and his henchmen.

The future of mankind hangs in the balance and National Security Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L Jackson) needs a thrill-seeking daredevil to infiltrate Xiang’s inner circle and retrieve the deadly technology.

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Under the aegis of his boss Jane Marke (the always dependeable Toni Collette), Gibbons recruits Xander Cage back into the fold, who has an illustrious history of stealing cars and driving them off bridges, as well as evading the law.

Cage selects his own team of authority-flouting renegades to help him in his mission, which includes the sharp shooter Wolff (Ruby Rose), Nicks (Kris Wu) and The Torch (Rory McCann).

Together, Cage and his pumped up gung-ho crew push their bodies to breaking point to outwit Xiang and avert global disaster.