Talk:XXX: State of the Union

Plot Section Badly Written
The plot section of this article is so horribly written that it'd be funny if it wasn't so sad. I'd do the rewriting myself, but I'm no good at writing movie/story synopses. Spartan198 (talk) 06:42, 31 March 2009 (UTC) Spartan198


 * @Spartan198 154.80.30.100 (talk) 13:24, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Movie opinion
its a good movie actually(for action-fanatics like my self) the only problem a had with this movie was its moral at the end of plot i am asking my self those criminals saving the country and the presidents life from a potentialy iron rule, i cheered for the general "alleged bad guy" the general just wanted to make U.S little bit machoer for the sake of the greater good the president was too pacifist (funny-idiot) a politic to to scare those criminals (wich are the heroes yeah right! "alleged heroes") just as the main character qoutes "The Fate of the free world in the hand of a bunch of hustlers and thieves" those so-called heroes gonna return to making our life a living HELL, and all this suffer now so just we can enjoy our full-time freedom and life later with ABSURDLY focused on style,trend,fashion and what would the critics say about the new thing, SCREW THIS queerish-democracy i know i'm not perfect, so anyone who encounters this is welcome to counteract my views

Wikipedia isn't a forum, so henceforth Wikipedia isn't about your views. Spartan198 (talk) 06:42, 31 March 2009 (UTC) Spartan198


 * Bold 103.159.75.157 (talk) 11:12, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

the GTO?
ok, we all have seen this move, well most of us anyways, i want to clearify something. the GTO in the movie isn't really a GTO at all. i saw the exact GTO at a car show, and it was not a GTO it was a Pontiac Catalina. visualy the cars look the same, but there is one major difference. the Catalina is longer, and the "GTO" i saw was to long to be a GTO. anyone correct me if im mistaken.

Tank-Jacking?

I thought one of the more preposterous (even by the standards of Hollywood) sequences in the film involved the carjacking of an M1 Abrams tank. It was accomplished by sliding a hydraulic jack (suitable for lifting autos weighing about 2 or 3 tons) underneath the tank (which weighs about 70 tons) to lift it up and therby immobilize it, after which Ice Cube's character uses what appears to be a circular saw to cut through the armor (which is designed to withstand cannon-fired projectiles traveling at nearly a mile per second ) of the tank hatch and order the (understandably surprised) crew out.

"its a good movie actually"
No...Just no...It's a terrible movie, that's terribly written. If anything, the poorly done plot synopsis is better than the actual movie. Having Xzibit turn this article into a rap video would make for a better movie. If you consider yourself an action flick buff, go watch Die Hard (again, if you really are an action buff) and then try and argue this is a good example of the action movie genre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.8.106.30 (talk) 19:40, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was move per request.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:09, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

XXx: State of the Union → XXX: State of the Union – Like its XXX (film) counterpart. Silvergoat (talk∙contrib) 19:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)


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Requested move 9 July 2016

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Closing disruptive RMs started by blocked IP. Jenks24 (talk) 09:36, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

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Budget
There are multiple conflicting sources for the budget. The-numbers.com says $60 million, (Box Office Mojo fails to list a figure), theWrap.com says it was reported at the time as $87 million, but documents from Revolution Studios put the cost at $113.1 million. The low number sounds like the estimated cost before filming, the slightly higher cost sounds like what it actually cost to film it, and the highest total cost sounds like the production budget plus the marketing budget (see P&A) and other costs. We cannot be sure without more detailed sources, and I tried to search for them, looking at Variety.com, Latimes.com, and Deadline.com. The guidelines for Infobox film say not to cherry pick figures so I've included the first two numbers in the Infobox. In the article itself in the Box office section I have explained a bit more, cautiously wording it because it is difficult to be sure about production budget and total spend or final cost, but someone else might want to rephrase it, especially if further sources can be found. -- 109.79.69.205 (talk) 21:44, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
 * User:AndreiDubr deleted the budget range, replacing it with just the highest figure reported by the Wrap $113.1 million . No edit summary was given to explain this change. Template:Infobox film specifically warns against cherry picking figures, I think it is important that a range of figures be included when there is any doubt. As I said above the extra total spending could easily be accounted for by additional marketing costs, and it is best to list the official figures in the Infobox, even if they are disputed, so long as we also have the more detailed explanation in the article body. (Although it might be a fair interpretation of the available sources to put $60-$113 million in the Infobox I don't think that is the best way to go, based on the limited information we have available.) -- 109.79.65.28 (talk) 05:07, 28 July 2020 (UTC)