If xXx 4 wants to evolve the series, it should take a page out of The Fast And The Furious playbook and bring in some of Xander Cage’s family. The original xXx was custom built for Vin Diesel as a star vehicle, following the surprise success of 2001’s The Fast And The Furious. Plans to turn it into a James Bond-style series came to halt when the star passed on a sequel, with Ice Cube taking over for State Of The Union in 2005. This follow-up was a box-office dud, but Diesel was later lured back for 2017’s The Return Of Xander Cage.
While that appeared to right the ship, xXx