An average movie

Following the success of 'xXx, it wasn't really surprising that they decided to make a sequel. What was more surprising is that Vin Diesel didn't come back as Xander Cage. If I understood correctly, Mr Diesel thought that to show up in a sequel was underneath his 'status'. Considering how disappointing his career turned out to be, he shouldn't have been so arrogant... Anyway, back to the 'State of the Union'. Basically, it is a rather average action flick with lots of shootings, explostions and all that stuff. I have nothing against Ice Cube but he didn't really have enough charisma to make us forget Xander Cage. It seems also like centuries ago that Lee Tamahori directed the great and awesome 'Once Were Warriors'. Since then, he has been directing most of the time average action flicks and thrillers ('Next', 'Die Another Day', 'Along Came a Spider', 'The Edge', 'Mulholland Falls'). He seemed to be a very talented director and it is a real shame. To conclude, this flick is not really bad whatsover but it is really generic and disposable and it is not really worth a look, expect maybe if you are a die-hard fan of action movies.

5/10