A Man Apart (2003)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

F. Gary Gray

Writers (WGA):

Christian Gudegast (written by) &
Paul Scheuring (written by)

Release Date:

4 April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

When they took his love... they took his life. On April 4th. he's taking it back.

Plot:

A man known as Diablo emerges to head a drug cartel after the previous leader is imprisoned.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Dea | Revenge | Drug Cartel | Circular Saw

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 14	1:00 AM	BET
Sat. Nov. 14	9:00 PM	BET

Cast

Vin Diesel	...	Sean Vetter
Larenz Tate	...	Demetrius Hicks
Timothy Olyphant	...	Hollywood Jack
Geno Silva	...	Memo Lucero
Jacqueline Obradors	...	Stacy Vetter
Steve Eastin	...	Ty Frost
Juan Fernández	...	Mateo Santos
Jeff Kober	...	Pomona Joe
Marco Rodríguez	...	Hondo (as Marco Rodriguez)
Mike Moroff	...	Gustavo Leon
Emilio Rivera	...	Garza
George Sharperson	...	Big Sexy
Malieek Straughter	...	Overdose
Alice Amter	...	Marta
Jim Boeke	...	Bad Cop

Also Known As:

El Diablo (USA) (working title)
Extreme Rage (Germany)
This Man's Dominion (USA) (working title)
Untitled Vin Diesel Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence, language, drug content and sexuality.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #39727) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Philippines:R-18 | Spain:18 | Hungary:18 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Denmark:15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Inyokern, California, USA

Company:

"DIA" Productions GmbH & Co. KG

Trivia:

The scene where Sean beats the dealer to death was cut by seven seconds. The original scene featured the dealer spitting out teeth and bloody pieces from his cheek. The scene was cut in order to get the R rating and not NC-17.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Shadow of Camera is visible on Memo Lucero's taxi towards the beginning of the film.

Quotes:

Sean: What does the name Overdose mean to you?
Hollywood Jack: Over who?
Sean: OVERDOSE!
Hollywood Jack: There's a human being named Overdose?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tracy Morgan (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Spread Your Love

Action Packed to the Limit, a spectacular thriller.

This movie was so intense that even though my friends were trying to lure me away from the screen, I just couldn't. I was locked on to the movie screen, watching everything that went on. Vin Diesel did a terrific job as the main role in this movie. He showed intensity, emotion, fear, jealousy, and heart through-out the whole picture, it was just inspiration.

The movie starts out with a special police force designed to be cops that looked like they hated cops at the same time, to break into a party of drug dealers and stop the corporation. Their mission was successful while entertaining. After, Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and his wife Stacy (Jacqueline Obradors) throw a celebration party at their beach house. The party ends, and we see them asleep in their beds. We hear movement outside of the sliding glass door by the bedroom, Sean wakes up, opening his eyes once the door is silently open. "GET DOWN!" yells Sean to his wife as the two men at the door pull out their guns and start to fire. Sean grabs his pistol and tries to shoot them both down, as he is shot in the ribs. He runs outside after them, and shoots one of them down before he can escape. Sean walks over to him, yelling at him about coming into his house, as he shoots him once again while he is already down on the ground. He asks who he is, demanding an answer. The only thing the man says is, "You will never stop Diablo." and then dies. Sean runs back into his bedroom telling his wife to call 911. She is still lying on the ground. He picks her up and puts her on the bed. He then asks if she's ok, and she keeps repeating over and over, "I'm ok....I'm ok" Sean dials 911 on his cell phone and when a woman answers, he doesn't even speak, because he is watching his wife die in his arms. The woman on the phone keeps saying, "I can't hear you sir, please speak up." but Sean doesn't, then the screen turns completely white.

This is only the beginning of this almost 2 hour picture. Through-out the rest, Sean is determined to find this so called Diablo and finish him off. I gave this movie a 10, and I rarely do that, but it deserves that rating. I enjoyed sitting and watching it, as it moved from scene to scene. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.