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XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

Where XXX: Return of Xander Cage says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The story hops from Brazil to Moscow, but the places we can name for the shoot are a Toronto studio, a Dominican studio and Hamilton, and the Philippines never happened

Scenes and places

A satellite falls on Brazil (2017)

An agent trying to recruit the football star Neymar into the Triple-X spy program is caught under a falling satellite. The scene sets up the film's threat: satellites no longer stay in the sky.

Set in Brazil — Where the film opens: a satellite comes down on an agent who is trying to recruit a footballer. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The CIA office break-in (2017)

Xiang's team infiltrates a CIA office and takes Pandora's Box, a device that can crash satellites. CIA agent Jane Marke briefs her people on what it can do and sets out to find someone who can get it back.

Set in New York City — A CIA office where a device that can crash satellites is stolen. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Xander's hideout (2017)

Jane Marke finds Xander, who has been living quietly after faking his death. She asks him to come back and get the stolen device. Xander says he does not work for suits, then agrees to return.

Set in Dominican Republic (country-level point) — The Caribbean country where Xander has been living since he faked his death. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A favour in London (2017)

Xander looks up his old friend Ainsley, who can find what the intelligence services cannot. Her trail leads him to the Philippines.

Set in London — The city where Xander's old friend Ainsley lives. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The soldiers Xander turns down (2017)

Captain Paul Donovan's Special Forces unit is assigned to help, and Xander rejects them for a team of his own. The two sides clash straight away over who can watch whose back.

Set in RAF Lakenheath — An RAF station in Suffolk, England, where Xander meets the Special Forces unit assigned to him. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England.

The nightclub on the island (2017)

Xander meets Xiang in an underground nightclub on a remote island. The meeting turns into a fight when Russian soldiers raid the island.

Set in A remote island in the Philippines (country-level point) — An underground nightclub on a remote island; the island is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A satellite hits Moscow (2017)

Another satellite crashes into the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, and Marke realises the first device was not the real one. The stakes jump from one stolen box to a larger plot.

Set in Olympic Stadium, Moscow — The Moscow arena where a satellite is brought down (city-level point). Google Maps · Apple Maps

The race to Detroit (2017)

Xander's team and Xiang's team race to reach the CIA Director first, tracking the signal given off by the Box. Xander and Xiang agree, reluctantly, to cooperate against his men.

Set in Detroit — The US city where both teams track the Box. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Cinespace Film Studios, Kipling Avenue, Toronto — Studio interiors Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Hamilton, Ontario — Location filming (scene not named) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Lantica / Pinewood Indomina Studios, Dominican Republic — Scenes filmed in the Dominican Republic (not named) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Xander Cage — An extreme athlete turned xXx field agent, believed dead, brought back for one more job.
• Xiang — A xXx agent who leads a team trying to secure Pandora's Box.
• Jane Marke — The CIA agent who brings Xander back for the job.
• Augustus Gibbons — Founder of the xXx program and the NSA agent who originally recruited Xander.
• Paul Donovan — A Special Forces captain assigned to help Xander.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was XXX: Return of Xander Cage really filmed?