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The things I'm gonna do for my country. Xander Cage (Vin Diesel): I wish I had a camera. Yelena (Asia Argento): Why? Xander Cage: 'Cause this is gonna be one hell of a trick. Yes, I know that this movie is a little over the top, but it qualifies as one of those guilty pleasures we visit from time to time when we want mindless entertainment. In that sense, it excels. I was just looking for a Danny Trejo fix until Machete comes out and found this and Nightstalker. Trejo was only in this for a short time as the Columbian Army swept in and blew everything up. That's OK, it satisfied me for a while. During that raid, we got to see some of the best stunt work with a vehicle as drivers maneuver motorcycles around exploding buildings. During this stunt, helicopters fire at the motorcycles, a motorcycle jumps an exploding vehicle, a stunt driver on a motorcycle jumps through barbed wire and a stunt man jumps over barn as it explodes behind him. AWESOME! This movie features action sequences and sound work that makes the best Bond movie seem tame. You see a stunt man harpoon a moving boat while in a car traveling parallel to the boat. Using a parachute, the stuntman attaches himself to the moving boat and flies behind it. As a bridge approaches, the stunt man unhooks himself from the parachute harness and slides down into the boat. You also see a stunt man drive a Corvette off a bridge and escapes the inevitable crash by parachuting off the car and gliding to safety. Lots of explosions, shootings, fantastic Bond-type equipment, and a great GTO. So, Vin Diesel will probably not win any awards outside of MTV, Blockbuster, or Teen Choice, but he is fun to watch. And Asia Argento, daughter of the famed Dario Argento, has been thrilling us ever since she burst out of her bra as a topless seventeen-year-old in Trauma (directed by her father). We get a little nip slip here (don't want to upset the teenies), but nothing like her skintastic performance in Scarlet Diva, the movie she wrote, directed, and starred in. I also got a Samuel L. Jackson fix that will hold me until I can catch Black Snake Moan. All-in-all a good night. email this review to a friend
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