XXX

I like Ice Cube. There was a time when I questioned the motives of the former N with A, even despite Jingle all the Way....I mean Are We There Yet... I still like him.

He has been in poignant flicks like Boyz in the Hood. He has been in comedies like the Friday franchise. All of these films are up high on my list of all time classics. When Cube teams up with a comedian like Chris Tucker or Mike Epps, comedy doesn't get much funnier than that.

But XXX, that's a different story altogether. Ice Cube teams up with Samuel L. Jackson and some white dude referred to as"college boy" (because he's the smart one??) to make a action movie that make you say WHOA. Not whoa like Black Rob would like you to say, more like "Whoa, what the fuck just happened?" And "Whoa, can I have that hour and a half of my life back?"
The XXX storyline is pretty standard: Guy breaks out of prison to help a secret secret branch of the NSA to foil a coup attempt by Willam Defoe. Along the way he must complete a number of crazy stunts and avoid the temptation of sumptuous white girls.

While many are not convinced that Ice Cube is capable of filling the shoes of the dreadful Vin "Cock" diesel, I think this is the least of the films ailments. In fact, for me Ice Cube is just who I want to see shooting guns and beating the shit out of people, (at times I thought that I was watching GTA the movie (which is referenced verbally at least twice)).

Overall, with the exception of a few dope stunts, well really only one, the movie is pretty boring. There is not sufficient comic relief provided by college boy and Ice Cube's kung-fu is just aight. We the audience would be much better off renting the hilarious All About the Benjamins and calling it a night. 400/1,000,000 for the terrible movie and bonus for preempting GTA on the cinematics.