Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant

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

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10% liked it

128 critics

R, 105 min.

Directed by: F. Gary Gray

Release Date: April 4, 2003

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DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003

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  • April 29, 2009
    Rambling actioner that can't build tension or put together a decent action sequence. No wonder this layed around gathering dust for a couple of years before release.
  • December 14, 2007
    Vin Diesel gives a stunning and kinetic perfromance. It proves that he's more than a stellar action star. Larenz Tate is teriffic. A poweful and hard hitting urban crime drama. It fuells it's riveting story with explosive action and suspense. A stylish, exciting, thrilling and ra...( read more)zor-sharp adreniline-fuelled thriller. It's explovsive and excellent. An emotionally gripping and exhilerating movie. Slickly crafted and well-developed by Director, F. Gary Gray. He knows how to bring out the best in his films with characters and story.
  • September 5, 2007
    vin vin vin
  • August 25, 2007
    I loved the story line, how about a man that goes on a rampage cause the love of his life got killed...sigh...
  • August 12, 2007
    Buffed-up action star Vin Diesel plays a reckless DEA agent in A Man Apart, which aspires to merge big-budget action fare with a grittier, The French Connection-style procedural drama.
  • November 8, 2009
    Really forgetable film. Vin Diesel doesn't do angst.
  • November 7, 2009
    I like it.... good movie.....
  • November 3, 2009
    You call that weight.......The real pushers move 50 mega tons a month.....
  • October 31, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 9, 2009
    Makes sense its what any man would do in his position.

Critic Reviews


April 4, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

This movie is so testosterone-laden that one character is seen carrying a gun and a beer in the same hand. full review

April 4, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It's hard to approach a movie like this expecting Citizen Kane ... But I did expect a good Vin Diesel movie, a showcase for this magnetic actor's personality. That's where A Man Apart falls short. full review

April 4, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

With more movies like A Man Apart, it'll be kaput to Diesel's acting future. full review

April 4, 2003
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Diesel doesn't have the chops, or the charisma, to overcome the pic's formula conceits. full review

April 4, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This movie has been filmed and released, but it has not been finished. full review

April 4, 2003
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

The swaggering humour that made Diesel a star in Pitch Black, The Fast and the Furious and XXX is barely evident here. full review

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  • MorpheusOne
    December 13, 2008
    Most of this movie was pretty good, but I found the ending to be an unrealistic sense of disillusion and incomprehensible empathy. It certainly wasn't terrible, but I was disappointed.

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