"He wants to destroy the world in order for individuals to be able to think for themselves. The world has become far too collective, at the mercy of Big Brother and essentially as an anarchist, Yorgi just follows through his impulses and desires," explains Csokas. Interestingly enough Yorgi's background as a Russian soldier makes his spirit of anarchy a little more inclusive than his enemy Xander Cage, who is more of a super-ego driven anarchist.

Although the relationship between Yorgi and Xander is central to the story, it is surrounded by ever increasingly fantastic action and special effects sequences. While Csokas was disappointed by some of the limitations placed on the characters, he still found the movie entertaining. "The whole process was quite organic. The script was nowhere near what occurs on screen. That is something to remember, because you forget while you're making it.

"Rob Cohen was particularly progressive during the making of it and he had a distinct advantage over both Vin and I in the decisions as they were made, because of the success of The Fast And The Furious," he says. "They were able to do more than they might have otherwise done, so it was very different by the time it arrived in the form that we see it. I was pleasantly surprised, and pleasantly surprised by the way we approached the work. It's not possible to see a film you've done objectively for at least a year, but when I did see it, I thoroughly enjoyed it."

One of the vestigial elements of the original script are the strange politics in play, as Cage's character arc sees him turn into a responsible man of action, using his powers of individualism to save the conformist world from the threat of people who are much like him. "I think Karl Marx said, 'Better a whole world be utterly destroyed than an individual not act on his natural desires'," says Csokas in defence of his would-be hero Yorgi. "That's some badly paraphrased Karl Marx, but you get the idea."

However, it seems that the most enjoyable thing for Csokas was the location work, although reality has taken its toll in this respect. "Shooting in Prague was quite a dream, actually - it's lovely. Of course, it's very wet at the moment, having been flooded. When I see the film, I realise we were quite lucky, because quite a lot of damage has been done. Although the news here reports that the water has subsided and it's all fine and dandy now, that's not actually the case," says Csokas, with genuine concern.

"200,000 people have been displaced from their homes - I don't know if you're interested in this - but there's a website called www.floods.cz that tells you what's going on, if anybody wants to have a look or help. It's quite full on, it's going to take two years to repair all the damage, and about three billion US dollars it's quite a major drama."

As opposed to XXX, the most over-the-top adventure in recent years?

"Exactly," agrees Csokas. "Yeah that's right, compared to the reality of things, it's quite an illusion."