xXx: State of the Union, mainly released as xXx²: The Next Level outside the United States and Canada, is a 2005 action-adventure film directed by Lee Tamahori. It is a sequel to the 2002 film xXx (pronounced "triple x"). The film was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures.
Vin Diesel and Rob Cohen, the lead actor and director of the original had signed onto this film before xXx had opened, but both dropped out; Cohen remained an executive producer. Actor/rapper Ice Cube takes over the lead role as the new xXx and Tamahori was brought in to direct following the huge commercial success of the James Bond film Die Another Day which he directed.
Two different scripts were made for this film, and the one written by Simon Kinberg was selected. The other script featured a radically different plot, possibly serving as the basis for another sequel. State of the Union underperformed at the box office, and was criticized heavily by critics (the first installment's reception was mixed) - mainly for its poor star, illogical story and overuse of CGI-influenced visual effects for most of the action sequences as opposed to live-action stunts being filmed.
A man is tending an equine farm when he discovers dead bodies, and is taken out by one of the assailants himself. Meanwhile, attackers use special explosives to break into an NSA bunker beneath the equine farm. There, NSA Agent Gibbons fends off the attackers before barely escaping himself. Sgt. Cobb is later revealed to be responsible for the attack on the bunker.
Later, Gibbons poses as Stone's lawyer and makes a deal with him in prison. Stone, who had been in prison at Leavenworth for assaulting Deckert, makes a daring escape. Stone is later told to recover a hard drive from the NSA bunker, while trying to escape Agent Kyle Steele at the same time, and is rescued by Gibbons' assistant, Toby Lee Shavers. Some time later, Gibbons appears to be attacked in his home and murdered, with Deckert covering up the plot. Afterwards, Stone meets up with Gibbons' contact, a beautiful blonde named Charlie, to get information and go to her safe house, but is framed so that it will appear that he murdered 3-Star General Pettibone, whom Cobb and Charlie actually killed.
Police arrive, and Agent Kyle Steele enters the house and makes a deal with Stone, while Toby later hacks into the NSA to retrieve Deckert's plans. Afterwards, Stone infiltrates Deckert's troops aboard the USS Independence and discovers Gibbons is not dead, but being held prisoner by Deckert. Apparently Deckert is setting them up. Stone is discovered by Charlie (whom he knocks out). Gibbons orders him to escape and leave him. After retrieving the blueprints of Deckert's plot, Stone gets into a M-2 Bradley Armored Fighting vehicle and fights his way out of ship, destroying a tank commandeered by Cobb's men to kill him. He briefly converses with the sergeant and realizes that Deckert is planning a coup.
Stone makes contact with Kyle Steele and shows him the plans; stating his view that Deckert is plotting to attack the Capitol. Steele counters that Deckert is guarding the Capitol, not invading it. Stone insists this is a cover , then leaves in frustration with Steele's disbelief. During a conversation with Deckert, Steele realizes Stone was right, because the General lets it slip that he knows that Gibbons is still alive. He finds Stone and tells him Deckert wants to kill the president and his successors so he can take his place. Steele suggests they go off the grid.
Stone, Steele ,and Toby enlist the aid of his former gang leader Zeke (Xzibit)and his crew to fight Deckert's force. Together they rob an 18 wheeler, secretly hauling guns and equipment under the guise of a cheese truck. On the night of Deckert's plan they make their move, driving though the backs of buildings and warehouses. They end up carjacking a tank(the first tank-jacking in history), and Stone helps Steele infiltrate the Capitol building. After some gunfights (in which Charlie is murdered by a liberated Gibbons), Deckert with Cobb abducts the President while he is making the State of the Union Address. They escape on a bullet train.
Stone pursues the bullet train with a Ford Shelby Cobra Concept and makes it aboard; destroying the car in the process. He engages Cobb in hand to hand combat and finally kills him by causing an explosion. Stone fights Deckert while helping the president escape in an adjacent helicopter. Stone leaps from the fleeing train while Gibbons destroys it with a missile, obliterating Deckert. The flaming wreckage from the train lights Stone in a silhouette as he dives into the river below, narrowly avoiding the wreckage that plunges in after him.
The President awards Agent Steele and the Unknown Soldier (Stone) the Medal of Honor, as Stone goes back to his thug-esque lifestyle. Deckert receives full honors at his funeral, somewhat to Stone's disgust. He and Lola part with her leaving him the Mustang, and he drives off; the xXx tattoo can be seen on the back of his neck.
The last scene shifts to the now rebuilt NSA Headquarters, where we see Gibbons, Steele and Shavers discussing what the next xXx agent should be; farther off the grid, a fresh face, a new model. To which Gibbons replies "I got the perfect candidate."
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