A Man Apart
A Man Apart is a 2003 action film starring Vin Diesel and directed by F. Gary Gray.
Plot
Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate), thugs-turned-cops, members of the DEA working on the California/Mexico border. After busting a big player named "Memo" Lucero (Geno Silva), the mysterious Diablo steps into his place and organize the assassination of Vetter's wife, Stacy (Jacqueline Obradors).
Looking for revenge, Vetter starts to act outside the law to punish his wife's murderers. To accomplish that, he asks Memo, who's now in prison, for help to find Diablo. With Hicks help, he hunts every drug player from bottom to the top of the cartel's hierarchy.
Trivia
A lawsuit was filed by Blizzard Entertainment, a computer game company, creator of the Diablo computer game series, arguing they had trademarked the title "Diablo" and intended to make a movie based on their game. Initialy the ruling was favorable to Blizzard, but overturned later.
In Brazil, it was advertised as "O Justiceiro", which is the same name the Marvel Comics' The Punisher character is published there.
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Categories: Action films | 2003 films