Release Year: 2005 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 101 minutes Other Title: XXX², XXX²: The Next Level Director: Lee Tamahori Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Arne Schmidt, Rob Cohen, Todd Garner Distributor: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
NSA Agent August Gibbons, fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent Darius Stone, now code-named "XXX," must track down a military splinter group that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government.
Darius Stone: [Darius is waiting for Toby to hack into the Dept. of Defense at Lola's car shop. Lola is waiting with them.] You know, you don't have to wait up.
Lola Jackson: You think I'd leave you alone with my car?
XXX: STATE OF THE UNION, directed by Lee Tamahori, is a mindless and exceedingly dumb action picture that alternates between cheesy and boring. But no matter how much firepower and explosions the movie throws at the audience, it is mainly a colossal bore.