predecessor." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 37%, based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F. Boo Allen of the Denton Record Chronicle called Ice Cube's XXX character "a chubby, surly, incomprehensible action hero". Brian Orndorf of FilmJerk.com compared watching the film to running "headfirst at top speed into a brick wall". David Hiltbrand of the Philadelphia Inquirer said "the plot swings between pathetically implausible and aggressively stupid". Some critics liked the film. Mack Bates of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel praised Ice Cube's "trademark charisma and street sensibility," while Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly called it "that rare B movie that’s rooted in gut-level stirrings of power and retaliation". Paul Arendt of the BBC said, "Viewed on its own trashy terms, it succeeds brilliantly". References External links 2 2005 films 2005 action thriller films 2000s spy films Techno-thriller films American action thriller films American spy films Columbia Pictures films 2000s English-language films Films about fictional presidents of the United States Films directed by Lee Tamahori Films produced by Neal H. Moritz Films set in Virginia Films set in Washington, D.C. Films set in the White House Films shot in Baltimore Films shot in California Films shot in Los Angeles Films shot in Washington, D.C. Films set on trains Revolution Studios films Films with screenplays by Simon Kinberg American sequel films Films scored by Marco Beltrami Original Film films Films about coups d'état 2000s American films American spy action films