Director D.J. Caruso’s latest investment in Vin Diesel fandom, xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage, doesn’t arrive until January from Paramount. Nonetheless, marketing is already underway and taking quite an odd shape as of late.
The first official trailer premiered only two months ago and delivered a pretty nifty tease of some ridiculous, crazy action to accomodate the grade-A cast at hand which also includes Kris Wu and Nina Dobrev and professional fighter Michael Bisping, with martial arts stars Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa standing out the biggest and best. Serving as the female lead, however is Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone who, up until now has only ever been hinted as the sultry love interest for our character.
On Sunday evening, a second official trailer went viral online and showcased plenty more of Deepika being way more than just sultry. Bottomline, her stunt double makes her shine here as a contender among her powerhouse cast, and I don’t know how long this trailer will stay up and online seeing as how this just randomly popped up on some channel and not on any of the official social media pages for the film, but watch this space for replacement embeds just in case, because I’m a busy guy with stuff to do, and I’m not writing all this again in a separate piece, lol. Cheers!
SYNOPSIS:
The third explosive chapter of the blockbuster franchise that redefined the spy thriller finds extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) coming out of self-imposed exile and on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora’s Box.
Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.
