xXx, released in 2002, was the third film (just after The Fast & The Furious and Pitch Black) that helped launch Vin Diesel into super-stardom.
Whether it’s because of these memorable characters or from Diesel’s sheer likability off-screen, he has amassed an enormous fanbase that seems primed for xXx: Return of Xander Cage.
Sequels are now planned through a 10th movie, and perhaps lightning will strike twice with the xXx films.
If there was one complaint I had about xXx the first cut, it’s too short.