10 Movie Deaths Only Explained Outside Of The Films

6. Xander Cage - XXX: The State Of The Union

Xander Cage
Universal Pictures UK

Though, yes, Vin Diesel's Xander Cage is the eponymous star of xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, the character didn't feature in the original sequel, called State of the Union. Ice Cube replaced Diesel as the lead, which bombed hard at the box office and failed to resonate with audiences critically either.

The film actually discloses that Diesel's character has died as well, without even showing it. What makes the move so weird is the fact that they did actually film a death sequence for the character, featured on the home release as a bonus 'deleted' scene.

Titled The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage, the short features Diesel's stunt double and reuses archive dialogue featured in the first film. He's 'killed' by Alabama Cobb while in Bora Bora, providing some closure (kind of) on the character's demise.

Y'know, until he returned again anyway.

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