Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government “recruits” him to go on a mission, he’s not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi. —IMDb
Robert “Rob” Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American film director, producer and writer.
Early life
Cohen was born to a Jewish family in Cornwall, New York. He was raised and spent his childhood in the Town of Newburgh and graduated from Newburgh Free Academy in 1967 (according to an article by Germain Lussier in the Middletown (New York) Times Herald Record, August 3, 2008). He subsequently graduated from Harvard University.
Film career
Producing
As producer, he has been behind many major motion pictures, including The Witches of Eastwick, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and The Running Man. His latest movie is the third film in Universal Studios’ The Mummy franchise begun by Stephen Sommers.
Directing
As a director, Cohen is mainly known for his hit films Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Dragonheart, Daylight, xXx, and The Fast and the Furious.He also directed the critical and commercial flop Stealth. Cohen produced the comedy horror flick… read more
One of the most ridiculous movies of the 00's and Rob Cohen over-directs it within an inch of his life. And yet "xXx" is kept afloat by Vin Diesel's ten ton charisma and a screenplay from "Airheads" writer Rich Wilkes that guarantees at least one unexpected reversal occurs in every scene. I love that the unrated director's cut adds nothing but Eurotrash nudity and clunky exposition. See it with a bottle of Mntn Dew.