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The supporting characters are fittingly absurd and bizzare, led by a prototypical performance from Samuel L. All are staples of the franchise, and Xander Cage's first film outing is no different. Fast cars, explosions, women in scantily clad attire, incoherent plots, over-the-top villains, and catchy music. Essentially, this is just another Fast & Furious movie. Especially when it contains countless one-liners that do nothing but put a smile on my face from ear to ear. Or, at least the dialogue coming out of their mouths is awful.īut does a film like this really need to have great dialogue? I guess not.

The humor is there, but in no way do I believe it's intentionally funny. xXx certainly has fun action, but that's about it. Now, the Fast & Furious franchise has figured out the right balance of lighthearted humor, bada** action sequences, and developed characters who we actually care about. What's not to like about it? Heck, even the horribly awful things are entertaining.īack when Vin Diesel decided not to come back to the Fast & Furious franchise, he chose to join F&F 1 director Rob Cohen in taking on another ridiculous action extravaganza, xXx.

"It's unbelievable to me that this kind of activity could have gone ahead without any attempt to restrict it.If any future filmmakers are looking for inspiration in the guilty-pleasure high octane action genre, xXx is exactly the film to look into. "I just think that if there's an increase in the security threat as the result of the executions, the Government it at least in part to blame for allowing these three men access to the media over and over and over again - issuing threats and encouraging their supporters to take revenge and so on," she said. The International Crisis Group's terrorism expert Sidney Jones says she is amazed that, even at this late stage, the bombers are still allowed to incite violence from their cells. He ends by saying not a single drop of Muslim blood is free.Īmrozi's letter of course condemns infidels too, but it is barely literate by comparison. Writing occasionally in English, Samudra says his enemies will not get away with executing him and will get a "Smack Down!" from the Mujahadeen. Imam Samudra rails against the Indonesian officials organising his execution and asks why do they not understand that America is drawing its last breath? He says he does not fear the death penalty because he will become a martyr following God's path. Mukhlas, or Ali Guhfron as he is also known, implores fellow Muslims to commit to Jihad and use swords and weapons to destroy infidels and those who do not live in Islamic states.

They are dated October 22 and were posted on Islamic websites yesterday. The bombers have managed to smuggle out of prison what may be their last angry letters to the world. So while pornographers can now be locked up in Indonesia, convicted mass-murdering terrorists like Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra are still permitted to incite murder and revenge even as their date with a firing squad draws very near. The anti-porn law also invites members of the public to play a role in enforcing it - something which critics say will give legal licence to already unruly groups of Islamic vigilantes. "It includes the body movements which of course will be difficult to what kind, and how far the movements imply sexual arousal," she said. She takes issue with law's definitions of "bodily movements" and walked out of Indonesia's Parliament in protest. Possessing or downloading porn can land you in jail for four years and a sexually suggestive performance can attract a 12-year sentence.Įva Sundari is a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Struggle. The law may have been most fiercely backed by Islamic parties but it has also been supported by the Government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - which has proven itself fearful of being on the wrong side of Indonesia's Muslim hardliners. Protests against Indonesia's controversial Pornography Law had brought thousands into the streets of Bali.īut as the bill was suddenly rushed through Parliament in Jakarta yesterday, the few hundred protesters present were Islamic conservatives cheering on the bill's passage into law. After years of debate, Indonesia's Parliament has passed a far-reaching anti-porn law which empowers authorities to jail people for any sexually suggestive performance.