xXx: State of the Union - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of xXx: State of the Union or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to xXx: State of the Union

[liam]

Towards the end of the film, Stone (Ice Cube) uses the phrase "Son of a bitch stole my line" in response to the President's speech. This line was spoken by Dr. Maguire (Robin Williams) in Good Will Hunting (1997).

[harry]

xXx drove a Shelby Roadster Coupe in the sequence to chase down the Presidential train. It was a Limited Edition Shelby Coupe model.

[wallace]

Two scripts were written for consideration. One by Rich Wilkes, involves pirates in Southeast Asia, and the other, by Simon Kinberg, involves a plot set in Washington, D.C. The Simon Kinberg script was selected. Open casting calls in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area were made, on August 19, 2004 and August 26, 2004. Shooting would start on September 14, 2004 and go through October 1, 2004. Rob Cohen had earlier suggested that that both scripts may be made, with the one not used for this movie, becoming xXx3.

[aaron]

When the N.S.A. is going over Darius Stone's profile, one of the pictures shown was a picture of Ice Cube from when he was with NWA (Niggaz Wit Attitudes) hip hop group in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

[darrell]

To build a so-called "stealth tank" for one of the sequences in the movie, the production designers took a used truck chassis, shortened it and placed a Freightliner diesel truck engine onto it. "Stealth" panels were then placed on top of it to give the tank its unique look. Tracks were taken from another piece of heavy equipment and fitted onto the "tank". Even a double barrel turret was constructed that could counter rotate.

[cassandra]

Vin Diesel and director Rob Cohen signed on for this film two months before xXx (2002) opened. Both ended up leaving the project, the former stating that he hated the script.

[scarlett]

The car is painted with a special paint, called an "interference pigment", invented by Flex Products, which appears to change color when viewed from different angles.

[jesse]

Xander Cage's phrase from xXx (2002) "The things I'm going to do for my country" is echoed by Darius (Ice Cube) in one scene when he takes a shower at Charlie's (Sunny Mabrey's) house.

[kenneth]

The bulletproof vest Darius (Ice Cube) puts on during the aircraft carrier scene is the same Interceptor body armor currently worn by the U.S. mtilitary.

[jessie]

A scene was filmed showing Xander Cage being killed in an explosion off-screen, with his severed body parts flying in the air, as an explanation for why his character didn't return. The scene was ultimately deleted, just in case Vin Diesel ever decided to reprise his role. Though this film's box office failure ultimately meant no sequels anytime soon, Vin Diesel eventually came back for the third film xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (2017), rendering this deleted scene non-canon.

[javier]

In the UK, the subtitle, "State of the Union" was changed to "The Next Level" for DVD and Blu-ray releases.

[manuel]

The converted truck chassis used for the "stealth tank", was later redressed and used for the alternate mode of the Decepticon Brawl/Devastator in Transformers (2007).