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:

Continuity: When Sean and his group get in the silver car to leave the plane hanger, the car has a temporary license sticker in its rear window. When the car pulls out of the hanger, the temporary sticker is gone and there is a proper license plate where one should be.

Quotes:

Sean: [standing at his wife's grave] Don't watch me now.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte (#28.16)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Rover Take Over

Concerning the action, starts off fresh but by the end is just getting repetitive!!!

A Man Apart is nothing special but after the first 15 minutes I didn't think I'd be saying that in my comment. It starts off really well, exciting, good characters and it was moving along nice and quickly. While the good characters and the moving along kept up throughout the movie, the most important thing didn't - the excitement. The action sequences just became like Vin Diesel's acting voice - exactly the same the whole movie. The director tried his best to vary it (bombs, choking .etc) but these things never seemed to have any effect, for what reason I don't know. Also the storyline was unbelievably predictable.

There are a lot of action movie out there, a lot - you're not going to find anything new in this one.