I'd even say that, as a whole, I actually came to enjoy this movie.
With that out of the way, in my opinion, I found this to be a better movie than the original. And I didn't see the second movie with Ice Cube, so there's that. So the original movie can't have been that bad. Then again, to be fair, I really remember a lot of movies unless they're terrible or fantastic. Honestly, I do not remember how it fell apart because I watched that movie quite a few years ago. But, as a whole, I didn't feel that the movie was very consistent and, according to my review, it fell apart in the last 30 minutes. I remember saying in my (very brief) review for that movie (on RottenTomatoes) that it made me look forward to this movie. But, for the interest of fairness, I feel like I should mention that I wasn't exactly the biggest fan of the original xXx. Maybe that's how I perceive it, but I've always felt that Vin Diesel is incredibly passionate about all the franchises that he's helped make famous. He seems like a guy who's far more hands-on than most actors of his ilk when it comes to the properties he is attached to. I don't wanna say that he controls every aspect of what goes into a xXx, Fast and Furious or Riddick movie, but I'm certain that he has SOME sort of control over these franchises and where they should go. Having said that, there's something about Diesel that feels inextricably attached to the franchises that he is a part of. That's not to say that Vin doesn't have his charms or anything of the sort, it's just that The Rock has more of it. When put side by side, realistically speaking, the Rock is considerably far more charismatic and is the better actor of the two. Another thing that's interesting is the fact that, while Diesel is a part of the massively successful Fast and Furious franchise, which has got to be a multi-billion dollar property for Universal by now, is he hasn't gone on to enjoy the same box office success outside of the major franchises that he is a part of like The Rock who is, also, a part of the Fast and Furious universe. It should be obvious, to anyone that can see and hear, that the guy isn't the best of actors. Regardless, Vin Diesel is an interesting man to say the least. The review is on Letterboxd and RT so, as a result, I didn't feel like reviewing it again as my thoughts didn't change that much from then until now.
He is also shown to possess a quick mind and deductive skills, as he is able to easily understand the deception of Agent Augustus Gibbons. Xander Cage has a lot of skills thanks to his affinity with extreme sports, first of all his physical abilities, particularly his strength, agility, endurance, and his reflexes. He was supposedly killed off after his initial assignment and was replaced by Darius Stone, although he was later found alive and well, having lived in a self-imposed exile in Dominican Republic. After destroying a senate's corvette he was employed by the NSA as an undercover agent with the mission of infiltrating a terrorist organization referred to as Anarchy 99 he reluctantly accepted his assignment to avoid imprisonment for his crimes. Xander Cage (or simply referred to as X by his friends.) is a rebellious thrill-seeker with a notorious reputation.