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Movies that feel likexXx (2002)

Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.

If you loved xXx, the closest films we have are Kung Fu Jungle (2014), Operation Condor (1991) and Spy Game (2001). All three share xXx's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Patriots Day (2016).

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Kung Fu Jungle
2014 Β· dir. Teddy Chan
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.4action Β· thriller Β· crimePrime Video

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

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Operation Condor
1991 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.2action Β· adventure Β· crime

Both land tension and grit at once

The difference: Easier on the stillness than xXx

Hired by a Spanish baron, Hong Kong treasure hunter Jackie, a.k.a. "Asian Hawk" and his entourage seek WWII Nazi gold buried in the Sahara Desert.

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Spy Game
2001 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.1action Β· crime Β· thrillerNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: cold war

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protΓ©gΓ© has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

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Sixty Minutes
2024 Β· dir. Oliver Kienle
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.7action Β· adventure Β· crimeNetflix

Both lean on stillness more than on action

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 2020s show

Desperate to keep custody of his daughter, a mixed martial arts fighter abandons a big match and races across Berlin to attend her birthday party.

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The Fast and the Furious
2001 Β· dir. Rob Cohen
πŸ… 56%β˜… 6.8action Β· crime Β· thrillerNetflix

The same hand behind both of them: Rob Cohen

Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.

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Patriots Day
2016 Β· dir. Peter Berg
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.3action Β· crime Β· dramaPrime Video

Kinetic thriller in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to history than xXx does

In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.

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Mechanic: Resurrection
2016 Β· dir. Dennis Gansel
πŸ… 28%β˜… 5.8action Β· crime Β· thriller

Adventure built on scale, twice over

Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.

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Point Break
2015 Β· dir. Ericson Core
πŸ… 12%β˜… 5.3action Β· adventure Β· crime

Crime with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

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S.W.A.T.
2003 Β· dir. Clark Johnson
πŸ… 48%β˜… 6.1action Β· thriller Β· crime

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss Alex Montel to prison. It seems routine, but when Montel offers a huge reward to anyone who can break him free, criminals of various stripes step up for the prize.

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Swordfish
2001 Β· dir. Dominic Sena
πŸ… 27%β˜… 6.5action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both lean on momentum more than on action

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

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Transporter 2
2005 Β· dir. Louis Leterrier
β˜… 6.3action Β· thriller Β· crime

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy director and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.

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Crank: High Voltage
2009 Β· dir. Mark Neveldine
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.1action Β· thriller Β· crime

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

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