Factual error: Stone sneaks aboard the USS Independence (CVA-62) to investigate the bad guy's arms cache..yet, when he dives into the water, he is jumping off the USS Hornet (CVS-12). (00:50:35 - 00:57:45)
XXX: State of the Union (2005)
Plot summary
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Ice Cube, Scott Speedman
Following an attack on a top secret U.S. espionage agency installation, Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) and tech specialist Toby Lee Shavers (Michael Roof) must go off the grid and recruit a new XXX. They turn to Darius Stone (Ice Cube), an incarcerated ex-Navy SEAL with a grudge against Gibbons. Stone reluctantly agrees and takes on a mission to save the state of the union.
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Darius Stone: The fate of the free world is in the hands of a bunch of hustlers and thieves.
Agent Steele: So why should tonight be any different? (01:11:10)
Trivia: Rob Cohen (director of the first film) and Vin Diesel (star of the first film) had both signed on to work on this sequel. Cohen had even begun early work on the project, after having very much enjoyed working on the first film. However, due to time constraints and scheduling conflicts with other projects, both had to drop out of their respective roles, and Diesel Xander was unceremoniously "killed off." Both Diesel and Cohen were unsatisfied with this film, with Diesel in particular expressing an interest to return. Diesel later brought the series back with 2017's "xXx: Return of Xander Cage."
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Answer: To break the surface of the water making an easier penetration. Hitting water at high speeds can be like hitting concrete. By stirring up the water it "softens" the impact.
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