your job is to wince at the corny jokes, soak up the action, enjoy those parts of the balletic and inventive stunts not ruined by manic editing and marvel at how outdated and idiotic the whole thing is
to its credit, the film, directed by D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye), definitely has its tongue not only in its cheek, but practically rammed down its throat. It begins with an amusing sequence
"xXx: Return of Xander Cage" is the movie equivalent of cotton candy: all empty calories. Excessive consumption of this product is likely to give a body the queasies