xXx review

That was not meant to be some porno review or wat. It's a review of the movie xXx... ermz.. yeah.. the one with all the mean-looking blacks.. nope.. not the R21 ones.. oh well.. u get the picture.. those who keep themselves up-to-date with the latest movie offerings and all.. Yeah. This was the movie that Jing and JX n I caught yesterday... cos it was the only midnight movie that we could watch (the other one's R21).

Ok now the review. I did not watch xXx 1, so I dunno if there are any connections. So I only comment on xXx 2. What's the story about? The Defence Minister of the United States seem to have some political disagreement with the President. So he decided the only way out is to stage a never-before-seen coup to oust the President. The beginning of the movie sees the Defence Minister killing off 16 of the people of some internal security agency or some other defence related agency, to convince the President to change his mind and adopt the Defence Minister's proposed policy of offence. When the President still refused, the Defence Minister thought, "Seems like I would be a much better Presidential candidate than you!!! Die u evil shit!" and started his evil plotting of the coup.

On the other hand, the head of the department which lost those 16 men decided that the Defence Minister muz be the culprit cos he has this devilish face, so he went to find this jailbird who also offended the Defence Minister b4 (Great! We have a common enemy! Let's exterminate him together!), and staged an escape for the jailbird. The jailbird was named xXx. He supposedly is very capable physically as well as in his command of many vehicles, on land and in water. Yeah. Great soldier.

So in the end, yeah.. jailbird together with his bunch of hooligan friends and his girlfriend (who Jing and JX insisted looks like a transvestite.. Walau.. dun discriminate pple with fake boobs and huge body frames can?!) saved America! Yay! Sounds far-fetched? Oh well, before 911 I thought the idea of using airplanes to crash into buildings were far-fetched too.

K the highlights of the film?
At the beginning there was this part... the head of the department which lost 16 men (forgot his name.. call him Uncle Scar from now on.. cos he has this scar on the right side of his face).. he went to jail to find xXx to persuade him to join in their league, and also set a timing for his jail escape. He gave his identity as xXx's lawyer to the jail authorities when he went to visit xXx. And he had to choose the name of this bloody famous lawyer... a deadgiveaway... Aww come on... the jailroom has cameras.. they can capture his face... and he gave such a ridiculous identity... (that was how the people eventually found out who jail-napped xXx btw.) Sooo smart of him.... *clap clap*.. and he's supposed to be a real cautious guy.. downright ridiculous! Yeah.. so because of this weak link near the start of the movie, u can sorta consider the rest of the movie crap.

Next this-movie-is-purely-fictatious-do-not-believe part of the movie comes near the end. Seems like the White House has this emergency evacuation vehicle installed in the basement.. a bullet train! No no.. this is not the unbelievable part... the unbelievable part is that, this bullet train is supposed to be an emergency evacuation vehicle mind u.. but it seems more like a luxurious train carriage, complete with the train-version of air-stewardess (dunno wat u call them) and nice comfy seats, top grade cutlery, etc etc.. u get the picture.. everything's state of the art. Yeah. And the next really unscientific part.. the bullet train was hit with some missile.. and started to fall into the sea from the tracks. xXx had jumped from the train b4 tt and was falling into the sea too. Eh wait.. how come the train seems to be falling faster than xXx though it fell from the track AFTER xXx?! Cos it's heavier??! Remember Galileo (or whoever is it) who conducted the experiment and proved that regardless of weight, all objects freefall with the same acceleration?! Oh man.. can someone please send these hollywood people for Physics lessons?!

Ok... conclusion... to watch.. or not to watch? Erm.. watch... if u have a fetish for fake boobs and huge frames! =p