This preposterously daft actioner does literally everything you might expect it to, it is completely forgettable but is good fun while it lasts. Caruso stages the big action sequences energetically - especially the opener - and keeps the lengthy film running briskly. There is the feeling that this is a Fast & Furious film without the cars and The Rock, and with a liberal sprinkling of a Mission: Impossible thrown in, but as xXx3 does seem to have its tongue knowingly in its cheek it almost gets away with it. Diesel does what Diesel does best, Toni Collette frowns so hard her face might fall off at any moment, and the magnificent Donnie Yen enlivens every fight sequence in which he appears. By the time the completely bonkers final acts appears, give up all hope, surrender to the nonsense and just enjoy it for what it is.
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