9/11 at the Movies Pt. 2: xXx & Shooter (with Morgan Phillips & Jake Ures)

It’s been 20 years since 9/11 and for this monumental anniversary, we’re paying tribute to two of America’s bravest soldiers: Xander Cage and Bob Lee Swagger. For this jam-packed, very special episode of Rotten Rewind in the 2000s, we’re joined by actor/writer/Swagger Head Morgan Phillips, as well as cinematographer and our in-house 9/11 specialist, Jake Ures, to look back on the cinematic landscape during the War on Terror. This week, we’ll be discussing the 2002 Monster Energy Drink James Bond action flick “xXx” starring a very eXtreme and horny Vin Diesel, as well as the 2007 libertarian fever dream, “Shooter,” starring Mark Wahlberg as the patriot pimp Bob Lee Swagger. Does Vin Diesel have sexual chemistry with any of his female co-stars? Did “xXx” succeed in ushering in a new breed of Bond for millennials, or was it just a 2 hour recruitment PSA for the CKY generation? Did Antoine Fuqua inadvertently make the wokest action movie of the 2000s? Is Mark Wahlberg the perfect vessel for a patriot dipshit who spends his mornings reading the 9/11 commission report? Was there been a more 2002 moment in movies than a Tony Hawk cameo while Drowning Pool plays on the soundtrack? We’re answering the most pressing 9/11-related questions that have haunted us for decades, right here on Rotten Rewind. “xXx” is streaming on Hoopla and “Shooter” is streaming on Showtime Anytime. Both films are available to rent wherever you rent movies.