'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage': Action packed trailer released

Cast member Vin Diesel has released an action packed trailer of his upcoming movie “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage” online. The trailer shows the actor in some of the action sequences in the movie.

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Diesel returns as the spy/hero Xander Cage. The actor posted a trailer of the movie on his Facebook page, and the video has already been viewed 3.5 million times. The video has over 36 thousand shares, 280 thousand reactions that include “like,” “love” and “wow” and thousands of comments.

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The highlight of the trailer is the motorcycle stunt of Diesel. The actor can be seen doing a somersault with his bike in one of the scenes. Another scene shows the actor taking on what appears to be a cop in a foreign country.

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“Damn, it feels good to be back,” Xander says in the trailer. Diesel can be seen wearing similar cloths that were seen in the 2002 movie, when he first played the role of Xander Cage.

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“xXx: The Return of Xander Cage” is not a sequel to the 2002 movie. Diesel missed out on the 2005 movie “State of the Union,” which is the sequel. Ice Cube played the lead role of Darius Stone in 2005 and the plot was mostly based on the power struggle in Washington DC.

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Diesel has been sharing behind the scenes pictures from the production set and stills from his upcoming movie online. One of the pictures shows him using his motorcycle under water. The pictures tease more action and mayhem in the film.

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“xXx: The Return of Xander Cage” is set to be released on Jan. 20, 2017 in the US. The release date of the movie in Australia is still not known. The film has been directed by D.J. Caruso and the cast members include Samuel L. Jackson (Agent Gibbons), Ruby Rose (Adele Wolff), Nina Dobrev (Rebecca), Rory McCann (Tennyson Torch), Deepika Padukone (Serena Unger), Donnie Yen (Xiang) and Tony Jaa (Talon).

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