ODEON Magazine January 2017 | Page 22

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xXx: The
Return of
Xander Cage

TBC

Xander Cage is back
and he means business!

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Live By Night

DIRECTOR D.J. Caruso
STARRING Vin Diesel, RUBY ROSE,
Samuel L. Jackson, Nina Dobrev

“We need someone
20 who can walk into
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a tornado and come
out the other side like it was
a damn gentle breeze!”
After a prolonged hiatus
(which saw Ice Cube taking
over the lead role), original
xXx star Xander Cage (Vin
Diesel – The Fast and the
Furious series) is back. This
high-octane third instalment
sees the cocky thrill-seekerturned-government agent
facing his biggest challenge yet
in the form of deadly alpha
warrior Xiang (Donnie Yen).
Xiang and his cronies
have stolen a device that
controls every military satellite
in the world and they’re
threatening to do very bad
things with it. Can Triple X,
with a little help from his
hand-picked team – which
he lovingly describes as “the
good, the extreme and the
completely insane” – save the
day once again? And, more
importantly, can they look
dope doing it? Book your
ticket now to find out!
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“I went away a soldier, I came home an outlaw!” Ben
Affleck goes gangster in this enthralling crime thriller!
DIRECTOR Ben Affleck
starring Ben Affleck,
Zoe Saldana, Elle fanning

Writer/director
Ben Affleck had his
work cut out for him
adapting Live By Night for
the silver screen. After all,
Dennis Lehane’s crime novel
is a classic work of fiction. But
the two-time Oscar winner
(whose 2007 film Gone Baby
Gone is also based on a Lehane

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novel) is a director of
increasing renown and he
more than does justice to the
scintillating source material.
Set in 1920s America,
the film chronicles the story
of wannabe gangster Joe
Coughlin, the son of a Boston
police chief who swaps the law
for lawbreaking. Co-starring
Elle Fanning as the conflicted
Loretta Figgis, this is a smart,
sophisticated crime thriller.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

THE DIRECTOR

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THE STAR

THE BUZZ

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I’m lucky I’ve
had the chance to
do [projects] that
are different

It was really
exciting to play
such an intense
character

The trailer
promises a film
that has swagger
to spare

Ben Affleck

Elle Fanning
(Loretta Figgis)

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