Went and saw xXx tonight. Really good movie. Although, as would be expected with any "secret agent" flick, there were some things that really stretched the suspension of disbelief to it's breaking point (like outrunning a massive avalanche on a snowboard), it was a very entertaining movie. Vin Diesel is just so fuckin' cool. It must say in his contract somewhere that he gets to drive an incredibly sweet muscle car in every movie he makes. In The Fast and the Furious he gets to drive this so totally tasty Plymouth Charger, 900 hp of pure muscle. Well, in xXx he's handed, well, thrown, the keys to this sleek, sexy blue GTO. I just sat there moaning and shooting load after load after load all over the guys in front of me. In case you haven't figured it out...I'm a car nut. Well, I can't say nut because I couldn't wrench on a car to save my ass, but I do love them. Especially older muscle cars like GTO's, Mustangs (i.e. Eleanor), Chargers and the like.

Another major plus to xXx besides, the sweet car, hot chicks and super cool tattooed freaks was the soundtrack. Luckily there were only like a dozen people in the theater because people probably would have thought I was having a seizure. I was sitting there, banging my head almost constantly to the music. Rammstein, Drowning Pool (R.I.P Dave), Hatebreed, and Flaw are just a few groups who contributed to the soundtrack. I'd list more, but the credits went by too fast and I couldn't catch any names. Anyway, it's one for the CD collection soon as I get a chance.

One thing that kind of bothered me was that, in the trailers, they make Xander (Vin Diesel's character) out to be a criminal that the NSA picked up in like prison or something. When, in fact, he's a 'criminal with a cause'. His whole schtick is that he's this Xtreme athelet dude who gets off on doing 'stunts' and shit for an underground web site to try and get a message across. For example, he's introduced to the audience in a scene where he steals this asshole senator's (or was it congressman) car, straps about 5 different crash-proof cameras to it and then proceeds to outrun the cops while giving a soliloquy about all the bad things this senator has done. When he's done with his tirade and has embarassed the cops enough, he takes the car over the side of a bridge and base jumps off of it while it's plummeting to the earth. Actually, that's really fuckin' cool. Wish I had the nerve to do that. There are probably an almost endless supply of politicians who need to be taken down a peg or two...or thirty.

xXx also had it's comedic moments. Vin showed that, not only can he pull off the serious action shit, but he can also deliver the funny. One of my favorite lines is when he looks the "James Bond-type tech guy" they've sent to help him (who is rambling on and on and on about how cool it must be to be a 'secret agent') right in the eye and asks totally deadpan, "You ever get punched in the face for talking too much?" I love shit like that. Of course, it doesn't quite come across as cool when I do it. I usually get more of a laugh, but it's a "You gotta be fuckin' kiddin' me, right?" kind of laugh.

So, basically, I really liked this movie and think you should go see it. Really, go see it. Or I'll come to your house and try to act all tough and shit at you until you do. And trust me, the last thing you want in your life is me hanging around your house.

Hasta mañana!

Da' Bear

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