Product Details

• Actors: Vin Diesel, Timothy Olyphant, Larenz Tate, Geno Silva, Jacqueline Obradors
• Directors: F. Gary Gray
• Writers: Christian Gudegast, Paul Scheuring
• Producers: F. Gary Gray, Bob Degus, Claire Rudnick Polstein, George Zakk, Joey Nittolo
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 2, 2003
• Run Time: 109 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009ZPUC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,529 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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. When his wife is murdered by a mysterious drug lord called Diablo, Sean Vetter (Diesel) loses his moral bearings and risks the lives of his fellow agents in a quest for revenge. A Man Apart tries to give Diesel the opportunity to demonstrate a greater emotional range, but it's a mess; the supposedly tender scenes are generic and flat, while the action scenes are utterly incomprehensible. Much of the time it's unclear who's a cop and who's a thug, so when people get shot--and a lot of people get shot--it just becomes a bland wash of blood and bullets. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

Vin Diesel stars as a DEA agent on a deadly vendetta to take down the powerful drug cartel that killed his wife.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth watching, April 13, 2004

By 

Paladin08 (Folsom, CA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

This review is from: A Man Apart (DVD)

Rating System:
1 star = abysmal; some books deserve to be forgotten
2 star = poor; a total waste of time
3 star = good; worth the effort
4 star = very good; what writing should be
5 star = fantastic; must own it and share it with others

STORY: DEA agent is out to take revenge on the drug dealers that killed his wife.

MY FEEDBACK:
1) Forget XXX or Fast & Furious, this is a much better Vin Diesle movie (Pitch Black is still his best though). Vin does some decent acting and his general charisma carry a large portion of the movie.

2) Good attempt at developing the relationship of Vin's character with other characters in the movie

3) Not a huge action flick but enough guns to keep this drama moving

4) Some suspension of belief is needed in this movie

5) Seemed the editing didn't explain a plot twist or two but cut things out leaving gaps in the story.

OVERALL: We enjoyed the movie and didn't feel like we wasted out time with it.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Man Coming Apart, April 25, 2003

By A Customer

Better than I expected, based on the mixed reviews I've read. Vin & Larenz were good, I was surprised they made such a believable & natural pair! & the story did have a couple of surprises (for me). Watch Diesel's expressive face convey the way Vetter is often on the verge of exploding from pain & anger, Vin does this even when he's not the focus of the action.
Vetter is a man overwhelmed by his wife's murder, & no one put him in check before he went completely haywire, even though they saw signs of trouble. I would like to have seen the guy referred for some therapy or at least have a real good cry, but that wouldn't make for much of an action movie.

There were certainly holes in the story, & the 'happily married man phase' was a bit overdone. Diesel acted so smitten & the wife so sweet she had 'DEATH' written across her forehead! But it's all make believe anyway, and still worth seeing and listening to (good music). So Vin, where's the soundtrack?

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vin can act - no really, he CAN!, January 2, 2004

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Scott D. Nelson "www.sewerden.com" (South Bend, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Man Apart (DVD)

I know a lot of people laugh at the thought, but this film illustrates that Vin Diesel can act...he's actually damn good at it.

I think this is Diesel's best film ever. Sure, it's got lots of action and fighting, but what really makes this movie for me is the transformation of Diesel's character from beginning to end. It's quite possibly the most tangible thing throughout the entire film. That's not even doing it justice...it jumps out the screen, grabs your heart in it's fist and bursts it...yeah, that's a little better.

You owe it to yourself to at least check this film out as a rental. You'll be glad you did.