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Movies that feel likexXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.

If you loved xXx: Return of Xander Cage, the closest films we have are Kung Fu Jungle (2014), Sixty Minutes (2024) and Enforcement (2020). All three share xXx: Return of Xander Cage's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015).

🍅 46% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. D.J. Carusokineticepicgritty
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Paramount Plus Premium

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Kung Fu Jungle
2014 · dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Sam
🍅 74%★ 6.4action · thriller · crimePrime Video

Physical craft front and center — fights built on real skill

The difference: Disciplined Hong Kong action, no extreme-sports showboating

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

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Sixty Minutes
2024 · dir. Oliver Kienle
🍅 67%★ 5.7action · adventure · crimeNetflix

One breathless sprint across a city with everything on the line

The difference: Small, earnest stakes — a father's custody, not world-saving

Desperate to keep custody of his daughter, a mixed martial arts fighter abandons a big match and races across Berlin to attend her birthday party.

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Enforcement
2020 · dir. Frederik Louis Hviid
🍅 82%★ 6.5action · crimeRent or buy

Street-level danger shot with real kinetic urgency

The difference: A tense social drama — nothing escapist about this ride

The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers Jens and Mike are on routine patrol in Svalegården's ghetto when news of Talib's death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto's youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out.

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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015 · dir. Christopher McQuarrie
🍅 94%★ 7.4action · adventureParamount+

Spy-team missions where the stunts are the star attraction

The difference: Precision-engineered where xXx is happily dumb — and far better

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.

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Triple Frontier
2019 · dir. J.C. Chandor
🍅 71%★ 6.5action · thriller · crimeNetflix

Both land momentum and scale at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

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The Magnificent Seven
2016 · dir. Antoine Fuqua
🍅 64%★ 6.9adventure · action · western

Action built on grit, twice over

The difference: Leans further into western

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.

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Kick-Ass 2
2013 · dir. Jeff Wadlow
🍅 32%★ 6.5action · adventure · crimeNetflix

Cocky self-made heroes throwing themselves into over-the-top action

The difference: Meaner streak of violence and teen snark instead of spy swagger

After Kick-Ass' insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.

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The Lone Ranger
2013 · dir. Gore Verbinski
🍅 31%★ 6.4action · adventure · western

A left-for-dead hero returns masked for giant stunt spectacle

The difference: A bloated western — long stretches between the train-set thrills

The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.

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Point Break
2015 · dir. Ericson Core
🍅 12%★ 5.3action · adventure · crime

Extreme-sports stunts as the whole reason the movie exists

The difference: Takes itself dead seriously — none of Xander's wink

A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

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Mechanic: Resurrection
2016 · dir. Dennis Gansel
🍅 28%★ 5.8action · crime · thriller

A retired specialist dragged back for impossible globe-trotting jobs

The difference: Grim and mechanical, without the party-crew energy

Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.

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Parker
2013 · dir. Taylor Hackford
🍅 42%★ 6.2action · crime

Left for dead, back under a new identity, out to settle the score

The difference: A grounded revenge heist with no gadgets or stunt spectacle

A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.

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F9
2021 · dir. Justin Lin
🍅 59%★ 5.2action · adventure · crimePeacock

A crew of adrenaline junkies treating physics as a suggestion

The difference: Leans on family-saga lore built up across eight earlier films

Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.

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