Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Rodrigo Amaro In "A Man Apart", Vin Diesel has all the material to show-off his acting chops not only as a man of action, fully evidenced at the time with "The Fast and the Furious" and "XXX" but also some dramatic edgy parts - better developed under Lumet in the underrated "Find Me Guilty". The movie goes with the basic elements we all love to see in revenge flicks, sometimes hitting the right notes, other times overdoing things but always managing to capture our attention.Diesel stars as DEA Agent Sean Vetter, a man who has life turned upside down when his wife was killed in an attack that almost cost his life, a brutal retaliation due to his actions that led to the imprisonment of a powerful drug cartel leader (the great Geno Silva). While the man is in prison, a mysterious rival named Diablo is taking over his business, leaving a trail of deaths that might have started with Vetter's wife. Along with his loyal buddy (Larenz Tate), Vettel goes out to risk everything in order to avenge the woman's death and also take down another powerful cartel.High quality action sequences such as the 'deal turned into ambush' or tense moments like the negotiation between Overdose and the two agents are what makes of "A Man Apart" fully enjoyable, and director F. Gary Gray knows exactly how to present them and what to convey from them. And as usual with him, despite a rather obviously dark approach, he manages to cultivate some humor into the mix, a strange but poignant sense of humor brought on by Hollywood Jack, the American connection with the cartel, nicely played by Timothy Olyphant.But Mr. Gray didn't get everything right. The rhythm sometimes fails, there's plenty of unnecessary scenes and dialogues, mostly in the beginning; and the writers didn't provide much of a compelling script in regards to some of Vetter/Diesel's actions. You never know exactly when the agent's procedure begins and his solo efforts seeking revenge ends. He's a loose cannon, barely recovering from his wounds and goes with his quest. A man like him, though emotionally shattered with everything that happened, could and should use of his tactics and experiences to form a better operation than the one he improvised with his fellas. They kept going, doing their best but only when the worst thing happened is that his boss showed up? All those awkward elements sort of ruined the experience for me. Other than that, pay no mind to the clichés. They'll always work, much for our joy. For a movie like this, they end up getting the best guy available and surprising us with a nice performance. Vin Diesel makes something extraordinarily different with this role that for some time you actually forget about the actor and just focus on the character. Darker, somber but still the man of the hours who empties his gun or roll the punches at the bad guys. Not one of his most memorable characters he ever played but here's a unique approach that makes him more dynamic. Come and see. 7/10

Maleplatypus OK, everything in this movie has been, one way or the other, seen in many movies before and after. Even the "twist" (which should not be surprising if you've watched carefully, which you won't, of course), but it's somehow relaxing and simply good made in every (technical) aspect. Casting is good (Diesel and Olyphant stand out a bit, which was also to be expected), directing, editing... Everything done with some sense of measure for a story. There's a head and the tail, and a good balance in-between (especially in the matter of black/white presenting of the characters). However, clichés could be assembled in good, bad, awful and so on kind of fashion. This time it was good and I recommend it as a relaxing 100+ minutes after a working week.

Vivekmaru45 A to-the-point film of a DEA Agent, Sean Vetter, (Vin Diesel) trying to hunt down those responsible for the death of his wife.In order to do this he must get the information he needs from an imprisoned drug baron named Memo Lucero (Geno Silva), who he had captured.But unknown to Vetter, Memo has an agenda of his own...I first saw Diesel in Pitch Black. From then onwards I watched any film of his I could find. Namely: XXX, The Knockaround Guys, Chronicles Of Riddick and The Pacifier.His acting in all these movies is superb. Any if you are a big fan of his, add all the above movies including this one to your DVD collection.In A Man Apart, Diesel plays his most emotionally intense role. Complementing him in the film is veteran actor Juan Fernández who plays the drug baron Memo Lucero. Not to forget to mention the excellent Timothy Olyphant.Verdict 10/10

Angelus2 Sean is a man whose life is destroyed after he captures a drug lord. So he decides to avenge the death of his wife and goes after the drug lord who he imprisoned..Only to find out it is not him...In fact another drug lord has taken over...One far more dangerous.Okay the acting is not Oscar material, but Vin Diesel carries it off..with his larger than life, broody and moody attitude.The action is satisfactory and after all it is an action movie... The film itself is very glossy and shows the 'Hollywood' perception of how Cartel's live their lives...Which was a disappointment.. But all in all a good action movie..