History YMMV / XXx

* 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 Creator/TonyHawk), treating internet live streaming as something new and hip, RippedFromTheHeadlines social commentary about MoralGuardians see video games, rap music as well as a cameo by Eve, 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.

* HarsherInHindsight: The femme fatale nature of Creator/AsiaArgento becomes incredibly disturbing [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/asia-argento-accuses-rob-cohen-sexual-assault-1234611344/ after Argento revealed director Rob Cohen drugged and raped her]] and Cohen's history of sexual abuse including of his own daughter came to light. Knowing this makes a lot of the "sexy" scenes slide into FanDisservice.

** Creator/SamuelLJackson as the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse disfigured leader of a secretive government organization]]. Who recruits [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Groot]].

** Hell, in this situation, the spy couldn't just ditch the dinner jacket and bow tie? Maybe unbutton the dress shirt and ruffle his hair? It'd take him ten seconds and he'd blend in much more effectively then. He ''seemed'' to be trying to go for the stage, where he could talk to security or sneak out the back, with a much lower chance of being grabbed in public by the bad guys.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: How Xander deals with the car of asshole politician (and Jack Thompson expy) Dick Hotchkiss, first making off with it, then livestreaming himself driving it right off a high bridge and parachuting himself down in order to teach him a lesson, that lesson being "don't be a dick, Dick!"

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: How Xander deals with the car of asshole politician (and Jack Thompson expy) Dick Hotchkiss, first making off with it, then livestreaming himself driving it right off a high bridge in order to teach him a lesson, that lesson being "don't be a dick, Dick!"

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: How Xander deals with the car of asshole politician Dick Hotchkiss, first making off with it, then livestreaming himself driving it right off a high bridge in order to teach him a lesson, that lesson being "don't be a dick, Dick!"

* ShallowParody: The first movie 'parodied' the ''Film/JamesBond'' TuxedoAndMartini spy model by having an NSA agent in the opening switching his spy suit for a tux while on the run from the bad guys. He then gets assassinated when he [[TooDumbToLive tries to dissappear into a rock concert actually held by the bad guys]], because he can't blend in with the crowd. While the Bond movies did popularize this trope, Bond himself was never dumb enough to try something like this, and always dressed for the occasion.
** Hell, in this situation, the spy couldn't just ditch the dinner jacket and bow tie? Maybe unbutton the dress shirt and ruffle his hair? It'd take him ten seconds and he'd blend in much more effectively then.

* 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 as well as a cameo by Eve, 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), 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.

* HarsherInHindsight: The femme fatale nature of Creator/AsiaArgento becomes incredibly disturbing [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/asia-argento-accuses-rob-cohen-sexual-assault-1234611344/ after Argento revealed director Rob Cohen drugged and raped her]] and Cohen’s history of sexual abuse including of his own daughter came to light. Knowing this makes a lot of the “sexy” scenes slide into FanDisservice.

** Hell, in this situation, the spy couldn't just ditch the dinner jacket and bow tie? Maybe unbutton the dress shirt and ruffle his hair? It'd take him 10 seconds and he'd blend in much more effectively then.

* HarsherInHindsight: The femme fatale nature of Creator/AsiaArgento becomes incredibly disturbing [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/asia-argento-accuses-rob-cohen-sexual-assault-1234611344/ after Argento revealed director Rob Cohen drugged and raped her]] and Cohen’s history of sexual abuse including of his own daughter came to light. Knowing this makes a lot of the “sexy” scenes slide into Fan Disservice.

* {{Anvilicious}}: [[CaptainObvious Smoking is bad for you, yes.]] But having a smoker get blown up by a heat-seeking missile? If it was any more on the nose, viewers would be left with bruises.

* JustHereForTheGodzilla: As with anything he appears in, Samuel L. Jackson automatically makes the movie better so it's worth watching just for his scenes.

* AwesomeMusic: The intro features "Feuer Frei" by the German group Music/{{Rammstein}}. Bonus points for [[TheCameo their cameo]] in the said scene.