Ice Cube plays Darius Stone, the new recruit for NSA agent, Augustus Gibbon (Samuel L Jackson reprising the role he played in the first movie). After the success of his last renegade recruitment, Stone needs another outsider and Gibbon is his man – his new Triple X. The assignment is to track a dangerous splinter group led by someone at the centre of power – Secretary of Defence, George Deckert (Willem Dafoe) who - “in the country’s best interests” – conspires to overthrow the US government.