XXX
There was a great chance that XXX would disappoint. I don't recall when the first Internet trailer premiered, but I am sure that it was more than four months ago. It may have been as long ago as February. Since then, I've been anticipating it with great excitement. In the end, all I really wanted was two hours of fun.
XXX delivered.
At times, XXX is a film with ADD: it jumps from cut to cut scene to scene with abandon. Dialogue is short, and barely enough to carry the plot. Just the same, in the style of Jerry Bruckheimer, there is always something that just makes you say "cool."
The plot is formulaic, but in the spy-thriller, the formula is the thing. A villain who will go to terrible lengths for world domination (or destruction), a super-cool spy who can handle everything thrown at him, a girl who is more than she appears to be, and, above all, toys. There is no shortage of any in XXX.
XXX did have ample opportunity to disappoint me. It did not.
August 10, 2002 - 01:34 PM