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Wikipedia article




'A Man Apart' is a 2003 American vigilante action film directed by F. Gary Gray and released by New Line Cinema. The film stars Vin Diesel and Larenz Tate. The story follows undercover DEA agent Sean Vetter who is on a vendetta to take down a mysterious drug lord named Diablo after his wife is murdered. The film was released in the United States on April 4, 2003. It received generally negative reviews from critics and performed poorly at the box office.

Plot



Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate), former criminals, are members of the U.S. DEA working on the California/Mexico border. After arresting drug baron, Memo Lucero (Geno Silva), the mysterious "Diablo" steps in and organizes the assassination of Vetter, but his wife, Stacy (Jacqueline Obradors), is killed instead.

Looking for revenge, Vetter acts outside the law to punish his wife's murderers. To accomplish that, he asks Memo, now in prison, for help finding Diablo. With Hicks' help, he hunts every member of the cartel from the bottom to the top of the organization's hierarchy and finds that Memo is linked to the recent activities. The End

Cast



* Vin Diesel as DEA Agent Sean Vetter

* Larenz Tate as DEA Agent Demetrius Hicks

* Timothy Olyphant as Hollywood Jack Slayton

* Geno Silva as Memo "Diablo" Lucero

* Jacqueline Obradors as Stacy Vetter

* Karrine Steffans as Candice Hicks

* Steve Eastin as Supervisory DEA Agent Ty Frost

* Juan Fernndez as Mateo Santos

* Jeff Kober as Pomona Joe

* Marco Rodrguez as Hondo

* Mike Moroff as Gustavo Leon

* Emilio Rivera as Garza

* Laura Salem-Harding as Nightclub Worker

* George Sharperson as Big Sexy

* Malieek Straughter as Monroe "Overdose" Johnson

* Alice Amter as Marta

* Ken Davitian as Ramon Cadena

Release



Box office

After a prolonged delay, 'A Man Apart' was finally released April 4, 2003 in 2,459 theaters and grossed $11,019,224 on its opening weekend, ranking #3 at the box office. As of July 10, 2003, the film has a domestic box office gross of $26,736,098 and an international gross of $17,614,828, giving it a worldwide total of $44,350,926.

Critical reception

The film was panned by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 11% based on reviews from 132 critics. The site's consensus is: "Action and drama elements don't mix well in this clichd actioner". On Metacritic the film has an average score of 36 out of 100 based on 32 reviews.

Home video

'A Man Apart' was released on DVD on September 2, 2003, as a 'barebones' release, containing no special features except deleted scenes and trailers. It was criticized for its poor video transfer. The film was later released on Blu-ray Disc on August 14, 2012.

Lawsuit



The film's original title, "Diablo" was the subject of a lawsuit by the video game company Blizzard Entertainment in 2001 when the developer/publisher filed against New Line Cinema, claiming trademark infringement on the name Diablo (a title used by Blizzard for a franchise of role-playing video games). A court initially ruled in favor of Blizzard, but the decision was reversed on appeal. Ultimately, New Line changed the film's name.

Soundtrack



# "The Messenjah (Tweaker Remix)" - P.O.D

# "Straight Out of Line" - Godsmack

# "Right Now" - Korn

# "I'm Tired of Good, I'm Trying Bad" - Bootsy Collins

# "Touch" - Seal

# "Descarga Total" - Maraca

# "Double Drums" - Peter Kruder

# "6 Underground" - Sneaker Pimps

# "But I Feel Good" - Groove Armada

# "King for a Day" - Jamiroquai

# "Buena" - Morphine

# "My Own Prison" - Creed

# "Rover Take Over" - Lords of Acid

# "Gone!" - The Cure

# "Broken Home" - Papa Roach

# "Nothing To Lose" - Buddy Klein

# Blurry - Puddle Of Mudd

Footnotes



# The film's distribution rights were transferred to Warner Bros. in 2008.

References




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