 "A Man Apart sets chunks of nonsense floating down in a river of action. The elements are all here--the growling macho dialogue, the gunplay, the drugs, the cops, the revenge--but what do they add up to? Some sequences make no sense at all, except as kinetic energy." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
"The grimmer side of Vin Diesel is shown in A Man Apart, a drug crime drama that makes you think it's going to go into social and psychological issues typical of the genre, but winds up skirting them. As an undercover cop bent on revenge who breaks all the rules, Diesel makes a violent bid to align himself with the Clint Eastwood-Charles Bronson-Steve McQueen tradition, but his perf here doesn't measure up to those icons. This underserving of the stuff that has made Diesel one of Hollywood's major rising stars will cut into domestic B.O. take, but New Line will likely make up for it with rich overseas and ancillary returns." - Robert Koehler, Variety |
