More Entertaining than Almost Every Superhero Movie of the Last 10 Years

I agree with this. All of the Superhero movies I've attempted to sit through have bored me to death. This movie was hilariously bad, but entertaining in it's ridiculousness and bad acting. Add to that the badass stunts and you've got some fun entertainment. I just wish I could watch it MST3K style and make jokes the whole time. 7 for entertainment value, 2 as a work of art.

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I enjoyed it thoroughly. I went in expecting good, dumb fun but it was better than that.

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Been reading a lot of similar reviews on Reddit. Really excited for the movie. Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa in the same movie for the first time would have been enough for me, but I'm glad to hear from many people that it is actually fun.

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I have to say I agree with this, as I was kinda surprised to see such low ratings on both IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes. I mean, what were people expecting from seeing such a movie? The next Inglorious Bastards or Citizen Kane? I expected a dumb, fun, action filled movie and that's what I got. Beautiful women, Donnie Yen kicking ass, explosions, completely implausible stunts - what more could you want?

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Dude you are so absolutely 100% on point here it's not even funny. This trend of people *SERIOUSLY* having no idea what a good movie is anymore has been boarding on near-dangerous levels for the past 3 years. And that's regarding films of all kinds, people come into movies with some sort of faulty expectation & if the film doesnt meet that expectation, they walk away critical of that movie. Regardless of what the film was going for / trying to be, & how well the film executed it's efforts & intentions. In other words, people are just stupid, & don't know how to judge film.

This was the most satisfying action movie for me since Winter Soldier (actually have neglected Fury Road for no great reason, I'll be sure to check it out), & I'm no marvel fanboy either. Or a comic type, that movie just really brought it & so did this one. On every level. I love Donnie Yen, & exactly as you say, it's not complicated, just LET HIM KICK ASS. That alone is more entertaining than most comic book CGI crap, & I had no idea Tony Jaa was also casted until the very start of the movie. This cast was stacked. It's funny because I loved the first xXx when I was younger & was always upset they didn't bring back Cage for a 3rd movie. Finally years later they do, & despite expecting the movie to suck, it absolutely came through & seriously delivered on how great an action series I always thought these xXx films could be. This can be a franchise similar to Fast & Furious, just infinitely more entertaining.

Otherwise I 100% agree with you on these corny super hero movies, & even more so about these (new) crap Star Wars movies. The idea that someone can say that either of those movies were good, but this one sucks, makes me want to vomit quite honestly. That right there is telling....And you're right, the Vader scene was the only good thing to come out of Rouge One, as it FINALLY felt as though star wars was back. Finally....Took long enough. Amazing that people let brand names & trendy *beep* warp their perception of things so much. On every level, this movie delivered.

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Just got back from a screening. All I can say is that the current 5.6 rating on IMDb is a damn joke. I really think people do not understand what a good action movie is anymore. We've been inundated with so many bloated, poorly paced comic book movies (that take themselves so seriously that they demand completely unnecessary 150 runtimes) that we've lost sight of what pure entertainment actually is. Hell, less than a month ago I saw a Star Wars movie that took 90 minutes to get to a decent action scene.

Return of Xander Cage is easily the best paced, big budget action film since Mad Max: Fury Road. Don't get me wrong, because it is an incredibly stupid film, but it's also damn entertaining from start to finish. For example, Donnie Yen is finally allowed to do what he does best in a Hollywood movie. It's not rocket science - let the guy kick some ass. The only negative that popped out to me was the awkward sexual innuendos near the beginning, which felt very out of place and a bit cringeworthy. Other than that, this is fantastic action trash that everyone should go out to support.

You get 3 action scenes within the opening 30 minutes, then a truckload of action afterward. Just as importantly, every single moment between the action is used to drive things forward. This movie does not waste time, so it safely avoids the “dull filler” that can drag these movies down. I really enjoyed the cast as well. It may have been a corporate suit who decided to cast a different actor from every country for the purposes of box office appeal, but it felt like these people had a blast making this movie and they seemed to have good chemistry together despite the fact that the character development was basic at best. Tony Jaa ditches his serious mug for a loony, dance-crazy role that had me in stiches. Nice to see “The Hound” from Game of Thrones here too.

The action is completely ridiculous, but it’s certainly plentiful enough and has good enough quality to be satisfying. There are certain instances that overuse editing, but it’s only an issue at certain points and I was not distracted by it for most of the runtime. It’s certainly better than most of Paul Greengrass’s titles.

I almost never say this about a big budget Hollywood action film, but I want a damn sequel!

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As it is, it was very entertaining and action packed, on the other hand i feel like the action is soft (like all PG13 out there) i wish this was directed by JOHN WOO and R rated! This is what is missing in this, nudity, blood squibs, less CGI (more real explosions) more crazy stunts and better director / writer.

Get Shane Black as the writer next time and John Woo as director!

Vin Diesel is in great shape and still looks like xXx i liked the Ice Cube cameo

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