Fails the Bechdel test
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2002. Directed by Rob Cohen, written by Rich Wilkes.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 1 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Xander "XXX" Cage is a thrill seeker who until now has been deemed untouchable by the law. NSA Agent Gibbons forces XXX to cooperate with the government to infiltrate an underground Russian crime ring, and avoid going to prison. Gibbons sends XXX to enter this world of crime undetected where others have failed, using his natural athletic prowess and a whole lot of attitude. Xander must combat an organization led by a clever, ruthless and nihilistic Yorgi whose first target is the city of Prague.
- Released
- 09 Aug 2002
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 48 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 14 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Xander 297 lines, man
- Petra 80 lines, woman
- Yorgi 77 lines, man
- Gibbons 66 lines, man
- Slovo 20 lines, man
- Shavers 16 lines, man
- Sam Tannick 15 lines, man
- Sky 11 lines, woman
- Jefe 10 lines, man
- Kid 10 lines
Full cast, 66 people
- Vin Diesel as Xander Cage
- Asia Argento as Yelena
- Marton Csokas as Yorgi
- Samuel L. Jackson as Agent Augustus Gibbons
- Michael Roof as Agent Toby Lee Shavers
- Richy Müller as Milan Sova
- Werner Daehn as Kirill
- Petr Jákl as Kolya
- Jan Filipenský as Viktor
- Tom Everett as Senator Dick Hotchkiss
- Danny Trejo as El Jefe
- Thomas Ian Griffith as Agent Jim McGrath
- Eve as J.J.
- Leila Arcieri as Jordan King
- William Hope as Agent Roger Donnan
- Ted Maynard as James Tannick
- Joe Bucaro III as Virg
- Chris Gann as T.J.
- Martin Hub as Ivan Podrov
- Radek Tomečka as Ivan Pedgrag
- Mary-Pat Green as Waitress
- Tanner Gill as Trucker
- Scott Waugh as Stockbroker
- Václav Chalupa as Nervous Hacker
- Martina Smuková as Female Czech Cop
- TeeJay Boyce as Bimbo Intern
- Tony Hawk as Caddy Driver
- Mat Hoffman as Extreme Guy
- Brian Deegan as Extreme Guy
- Mike Vallely as Skater
- Mike Escamilla as Ramp Truck Passenger
- Rob Wells as Hillside Video Shooter
- Rick Thorne as Caddy Passenger
- Carey Hart as Caddy Passenger
- W. Colin McKay as Van Driver
- Jason Ellis as Van Video Shooter
- Marek Vašut as Czech General
- Luboš Pospíšil as Czech Major
- Ivo Niederle as Head Chemist
- Vítězslav Bouchner as Head Technician
- Esteban Cueto as Gold Tooth Narco
- Martin Bárta as Male Opera Singer (Don Giovanni)
- Martina Bauerová as Female Opera Singer (Zerlina)
- Rich Wilkes as Tall Guy
- F. Valentino Morales as Short Order Cook/NSA Agent
- Leonard L. Thomas as NSA Agent
- Ivan Rueda as Child Field Worker
- Joshua Montero as Child Field Worker
- Armando Cantina as Field Worker
- Roman Matrka as Czech Agent
- Alena Cihalikova as Xander's Bedroom Dancer
- Till Lindemann as Self [Rammstein]
- Richard Kruspe as Self [Rammstein]
- Christian Lorenz as Self [Rammstein]
- Paul Landers as Self [Rammstein]
- Oliver Riedel as Self [Rammstein]
- Christoph Schneider as Self [Rammstein]
- Paul Hartnoll as Self [Orbital]
- Phil Hartnoll as Self [Orbital]
- Michal Müller as Zither Player
- Rob Cohen as Columbian Horseman (uncredited)
- Olga Lounová as Waitress (uncredited)
- Frank Mercuri as Copter Skid Gunner (uncredited)
- Christopher Eric Ruiz as F.A.R.C. Soldier (uncredited)
- Rob Roy as Navy SEAL (uncredited)
- David Asman as Agent Polk
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 129
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 22 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 11 | 16 |
| 28 to 30 | 3 | 55 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 65 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 12 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 13 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 8 |
| 43 to 45 | 5 | 38 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 26 |
| 49 to 51 | 1 | 47 |
| 52 to 54 | 7 | 27 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 9 |
| 58 to 60 | 1 | 11 |
| 61 to 63 | 5 | 6 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 13 |
| 67 to 69 | 15 | 17 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 2 |
| 73 to 75 | 3 | 11 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 3 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 11 |
| 85 to 87 | 7 | 8 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 5 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 5 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 14 | 27 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 15 |
| 109 to 111 | 3 | 23 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 2 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 to 120 | 2 | 10 |
| 121 to 123 | 8 | 15 |
| 124 to 126 | 4 | 5 |
| 127 to 129 | 2 | 15 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 15 are women's.
94 lines from women, 547 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 50 men in the cast. 1 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 30 of 659.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 191 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (1,230), men 86% (7,436). Women have 15% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
45
Exhibit E: behind the camera
5 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 16% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rob Cohen (man)
- Written by
- Rich Wilkes (man)
- Produced by
- Neal H. Moritz (man), Suzanne Buirgy (woman)
- Shot by
- Dean Semler (man)
- Edited by
- Chris Lebenzon (man), Paul Rubell (man), Joel Negron (man)
- Music by
- Randy Edelman (man)
- Production design by
- Gavin Bocquet (man)
- Costumes by
- Sanja Milkovic Hays (woman)
- Cast by
- Kate Dowd (woman), Ronna Kress (woman), Nancy Bishop (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
6 women, 62 men, 26 not listed
-
Production
9 women, 11 men, 19 not listed
-
Art
3 women, 18 men, 10 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 18 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 10 men, 11 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 8 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 6 men, 7 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 26 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Asia Argento 26
Men
Michael Roof 25, Petr Jákl 28, Jan Filipenský 28, Werner Daehn 34, Vin Diesel 35, Marton Csokas 36, Richy Müller 46, Samuel L. Jackson 53, Tom Everett 53
Exhibit G: the money
It made 4.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $70 million
- Box office
- $277 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 129 scenes and 659 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
