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) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | USA:R (certificate #39727) | 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: As Sean starts up the stairs to the 2nd floor of the old cantina towards the end of the film, you can see a crew member moving a light reflector in a mirror on the left side of the frame. This is fully visible in the widescreen print, but appears only as a moving light in the full screen print.

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 Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtrack:

It Go'z Down

Decent action film

Lately, i do not watch too many ‘old-fashioned' action films like this. This has mostly to do with the fact that action films are somehow always the same. The only things that can make an action film decent are not too many corny scenes and some comedic elements. Take for instance Cradle 2 the Grave, which I saw a couple of weeks back. Now the action was pretty OK, there were some funny elements, but there were some stupid things as well (such as a corny ending). Or Bulletproof Monk, which was a bit corny overall. While A Man Apart is certainly not a good film, it is one of the better ‘old school' action films I've seen lately. The acting is decent, there are no corny elements and there is a good mix of emotion / softness and action. The film might not be suited for the big screen, but it does well as a rental (BTW: the film was shot between 2000 and 2001 and got shelved at first). The film certainly has some interesting elements and is better than most of Seagal's or Van Damme's new films. I was not disappointed to have rented it.

6,75 out of 10