XXX: State of the Union

Ice Cube took over the lead role as the new Triple X agent in the film, following the huge commercial success of the James Bond film Die Another Day. The film was a box-office bomb and it was criticized by reviewers, mainly for the performances, an illogical story, and overuse of CGI-based visual effects. The soundtrack was released on April 26, 2005, and peaked at #26 on the Billboard Top 200.

About XXX: State of the Union in brief

Summary XXX: State of the Union XXX: State of the Union is a 2005 American action film directed by Lee Tamahori and a sequel to the 2002 film XXX. It is the second installment of the XXX film series, and was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures. The film was a box-office bomb and it was criticized by reviewers, mainly for the performances, an illogical story, and overuse of CGI-based visual effects for most of the action sequences. Ice Cube took over the lead role as the new Triple X agent in the film, following the huge commercial success of the James Bond film Die Another Day, which he directed. The soundtrack was released on April 26, 2005, and peaked at #26 on the Billboard Top 200. It was the last film in the XXX series to be distributed by Columbia Pictures, as Paramount Pictures became the distributor for its future films, starting with Return of Xander Cage in 2017.

The story is about a former U.S. Navy SEAL, who is currently serving 9 of his 20-year sentence in Leavenworth for disobeying orders and breaking the jaw of ex-four star General George Deckert. Deckert wants to kill Sanford and his successors so he can take Sanford’s place as President, in opposition to Sanford’s current plans to dismantle various military branches to focus on foreign aid. In Virginia, a rancher discovers dead bodies on his farm and is then killed by assailants. The attackers use special explosives to break into an NSA bunker beneath the horse farm.