Now, we loved the corny, cheesy action splendour that was XXX, and we especially adored the metrosexual-meets-machoman that was Vin Diesel. But this sequel is absolutely absurd.

xXx2 doesn't star the deliciously muscley Vin because, once again, the son-of-a-gun asked for too much money. In his place is rapper-singer Ice Cube who plays Darius, a spy with a criminal mind and a daredevil streak.

Darius is sent to the White House to stop the US Secretary of Defence (Willem Dafoe, reprising his evil smirk from Spiderman) in his attempt to oust the US President.

There are bombs, guns and explosions aplenty, and as one can usually expect from this kind of film, all manner of logic is blown to hell.