Movie Substrate · Film
xXx: State of the Union (2005)
★ 5.1 · 2,022 ratings on TMDB
Prepare for the next level.
Darius Stone's criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star general and Secretary of Defense George Deckert.
DirectorLee Tamahori
The emergence reading
xXx: State of the Union keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
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