Wow! This movie actually made me shed a tear, and with me that is rare. I probably started to leak because I've been in a similar situation as Sean. I've been to hell and back a few times, and a part of me is still there and always will be.The sad part really got to me, and that's a big plus. That is a sign that the people who made this movie have done their job properly. The start was great. To use my famous action-curve, it started out pretty high and it went a little down to push the sadness and the storyline on us, and then it went up, up and away with some minor detours down. In other words, it was great.The acting was, as expected with Mark Vincent (aka Vin Diesel), freaking awesome! He is, always have been and always will be one of my favorite actors. Now Vin may have done a perfect job, but he wasn't the only one with acting skills out there. Larenz Tate and that Olyphant-guy who played Hollywood Jack were great as well. They made me believe it. And that is always a good sign in this business.Now, let's talk ending. Without giving anything away, I can say, honestly, that I was genuinely surprised at the ending. First I was a bit confused with the handcuffs, I was thinking about what would happen next, and he turned his back and I was genuinely disappointed, disappointed for 2 seconds give or take. I did not see that one coming! Not at all! And I seriously see EVERYTHING before they come! OK, to sum it up. It had everything, even a few laughs appeared, and not on the screen. So, it was perfect, give or take. Simply perfect. Which means it gets a perfect 10 out of 10 stars from me. I also recommend you to see it, I really do. I would almost say this is a must-see movie.Until next time, Ciao! Buenas noches! Bonsoir! Good night! Shevy

A pathetic macho-man flick.The woman who played Diesel's wife was so cloyingly clingy, she seemed like a roll of clingwrap stuck to duct tape, wrapped around the grunting bald guy. Diesel spoke to her in honey dripping, endearing terms and each of them focused on each other as if neither of them had sex in decades and had massive doses of Viagra. Okay - we get it - Vin Diesel is not gay.They can't make eye contact without having simultaneous mutual orgasms. She's not even that hot and he's..well...bald and lumpy. Diesel walked around in a tight wife beater A-shirt and sported male boobs - what's next - male camel toe?? Diesel's friends seemed seedier than the folks you'd see in a urine-splashed inner city subway station rolled up with a bottle of Muscatel. The villain was the same guy who plays "The Most Interesting Man in the World" for the Dos Equis beer commercials. Too funny.Diesel grunts and punches his way through a predictable juvenile bore fest.

Aaaahhh Vin Diesel. I have seen him on Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien and I swear he is a poorly programmed robot. I mean most of the time he looks and acts human, but these weird inexplicable tics come up often enough that something is not quite right.He laughs way too hard at the tiniest joke, as if wanting to say "I get that it's a joke", he sometimes claps and bends at the waist to express just how much he gets it. He agrees with everything that the interviewer says with total seriousness, often when the interviewer is basically reading the back of the DVD cover back at him: Interviewer: "Well Vin, in this film your name is Zack Largo, and you play a…" Vin: "Yes. Spot on Conan. My name is Zack Largo, even though in real life it isn't! How about that? The director told me this is standard practise. You've done your research haven't you?!?" And of course I have painted myself into a corner here with the analogy, Vin's acting is…. Well…Robotic. The man doesn't say his lines as much as he recites it: And.Then. We. Will. Go. To. Dinner. Understood? All this is why A Man Apart is so apt for Vin, as it seems to be written by scriptwriting robot V2.4, and directed by a guy who followed an index rather than a standard plot structure.– - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - - Cliché #1 - Vin and his team are not your average cops.Vin and his team are closing in on a dangerous criminal in Mexico.Cliché #2 – You never really stop the bad guy when you it appears that you nail him early in the film.When dangerous criminal #1 lands in prison (hey Vin always gets his man) it is business as usual, as he continues to run sh*t from the inside.Cliché #3 – Dangerous criminal #2 is more vicious and ruthless than Dangerous Criminal #1.A new bad guy, dangerous criminal #2 arrives on the scene and starts aggressively taking turf, killing everyone in his way.Cliché #4 – He swears revenge, whatever the cost.Vin loses someone close to him.Cliché #5 – The hero can't act because he is restrained by the law.Vin gets close to a bad guy. Real close. They talk and trade insults and threats.Cliché #6 – The Hero is the only one who gets the blame.There is a shootout with Vin and a bad guy. Many cops are killed, some bad guys and civilians. Everyone is shooting.Vin is turfed from the force.Cliché #7 - The Hero goes "off-the-radar" to nab Dangerous Criminal.He will avenge the death of his wife and solve the case regardless of the cost.Cliché #8 – Does the Hero "really care too much?" Vin's "not your average cop-buddies" disregard all procedure and legality and help him.Cliché #8 – Lots of people get gunned down, justice gets served to those that deserve it.A necessary cliché… Vin and his buddies do years of police work in about a week by ignoring protocol and the law. Most of all Vin does it all his way. Shucks, I just wish there were more like him.Final Rating – 6 / 10. The dialogue is often laughable, the tone too serious for what is essentially a shlocky effort and the clichés are abundant.

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..