Catch up on the xXx story so far with our franchise recap xXx: Return of Xander Cage will hit theaters on January 20, 2017. Vin Diesel is back as Xander, and to use some extreme sports to save the world from another deadly weapon. This time around, he’s fighting the villain Xiang, played by Donnie Yen, to retrieve a terrible weapon called “Pandora’s Box.” Samuel L.