History Trivia / XXx

** Kolya and Victor, Yorgi's henchmen and former Soviet/Russian officers are played by Czech actors.

** Werner Daehn reprised his role as Kirill in the German dub.

** Creator/AsiaArgento reprised her role as Yelena in the Italian dub, as she usually does with her English-language roles.

** As normally done for her English-language roles, Creator/AsiaArgento reprised her role as Yelena in the Italian dub.

* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: As normally done for her English-language roles, Creator/AsiaArgento redubbed her lines for the Italian release.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Hoo boy, where to start? From the TotallyRadical XtremeKoolLetterz title, the Nu Metal soundtrack, the focus on extreme sports and stunts (with the obligatory cameo by TonyHawk), treating internet live streaming as something new and hip, RippedFromTheHeadlines social commentary about MoralGuardians see video games, rap music, and extreme sports as a sign of social decay, to the subversive TakeThat plot that skewers the more traditional spy films and cliches in favor of the more EXTREME Vin Diesel, the film is a perfect encapsulation of the early 2000s.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Hoo boy, where to start? From the TotallyRadical XtremeKoolLetterz title, the Nu Metal soundtrack, the focus on extreme sports and stunts (with the obligatory cameo by TonyHawk), RippedFromTheHeadlines commentary about MoralGuardians seeing video games and extreme sports as a sign of social decay, to the subversive TakeThat plot that skewers the more traditional spy films and cliches in favor of the more EXTREME Vin Diesel, the film is a perfect encapsulation of the early 2000s.

* ThrowItIn: A rather dark version. Diesel's stunt double died near the ending, filming the scene where Cage parachutes onto the sub. The stuntman landed perfectly during the first take; unfortunately, during the second take, he hit the bridge, fell unconscious into the river, and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath died of the brain trauma caused by the impact before he could drown or freeze to death]]). Footage of the fatal take made it into the final film.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/EricBana was the first choice to play Xander Cage but turned it down to do ''The Nugget''.

* FakeNationality: All named members of Anarchy 99, who are shown to be Russian.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The movie is rumored to have come about after Columbia couldn't get the ''Film/JamesBond'' rights. See the TakeThat at James Bond in the main page.

** Marton Csokas (Yorgi) is a New Zealander.

* ThrowItIn: A rather dark version. Diesel's stunt double died near the ending, filming the scene where Cage parachutes onto the sub. The stuntman landed perfectly during the first take; unfortunately, during the second take, he hit the bridge, fell unconscious into the river, and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath died of the brain trauma caused by the impact before he could drown or freeze to death]]). The director decided to go ahead and use the first take anyway.

* BoxOfficeBomb: ''State of the Union''. On a budget of close to $100 million, its total domestic gross ($26 million) was almost half of what the first film made ''in its opening weekend''. Even with its worldwide take, the film failed to come close to recoup its production costs.