A Man Apart (2006)
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11% of critics liked it
(130 reviews) -
66% of users liked it
(84,450 ratings)
A cop teams up with the former head of a drug cartel to avenge the death of the woman he loved in this action-drama. Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) are a pair of DEA agents who think they've made the bust of a lifetime when they capture 'Memo' Lucero (Geno… More A cop teams up with the former head of a drug cartel to avenge the death of the woman he loved in this action-drama. Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) are a pair of DEA agents who think they've made the bust of a lifetime when they capture 'Memo' Lucero (Geno Silva), a multi-millionaire drug lord who controlled most of the narcotics traffic along the border of Mexico and the United States. However, with Lucero behind bars, a new and decidedly more dangerous underworld kingpin rises to take his place, and Diablo (Timothy Olyphant), also known as Hollywood Jack Slayton, soon proves to be even more dangerous than Lucero when he orders his gunmen to assassinate Vetter. While Vetter escapes unharmed, his wife is killed, and Vetter is thrown deep into despair. Now Vetter is obsessed with bringing Diablo to justice, and he's willing to do anything to bring him down -- even if it means teaming up with Lucero. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- F. Gary Gray
- Written By
- Christian Gudegast, Paul T. Scheuring
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Apr 4, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
Critic Reviews
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
The script for this action vehicle is like something you'd find under the cushions of Steven Seagal's couch, but Diesel, to his credit, digs into his role as if it were Hamlet.
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Derek Adams, Time Out
This is disappointingly routine stuff from Gray, but the movie does boast one disaster area of a shoot-out and a nifty denouement.
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Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
The film would be totally unwatchable without the very real charisma of Diesel.
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Robert Koehler, Variety
Once thoughts of revenge fill the head of Diesel's Sean Vetter, the direction of the story unfortunately goes south.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
[I]t's well made, but we've seen all of this, so many times before.
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Cast
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Vin Diesel
as Sean Vetter
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Larenz Tate
as Demetrius Hicks
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Timothy Olyphant
as Hollywood Jack AKA Diablo
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Geno Silva
as Memo Lucero
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Jacqueline Obradors
as Stacy Vetter
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Steve Eastin
as Ty Frost
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Juan Fernández
as Mateo Santos
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Jeff Kober
as Pomona Joe
- Mike Moroff
- Marco Rodriguez
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Emilio Rivera
as Garza
