A Man Apart

A Man Apart is a 2003 American vigilante action thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray and co-produced by and starring Vin Diesel as Sean Vetter, an undercover DEA agent who is on a vendetta to take down a mysterious drug lord named Diablo after his wife is murdered. The film also stars Larenz Tate with Timothy Olyphant, Geno Silva, and Steve Eastin. Released by New Line Cinema in the United States on April 4, 2003, it received generally negative reviews from critics and performed poorly at the box office. Plot In a prologue, biker drug distributor "Pomona Joe" receives a shipment in San Pedro and contacts South Central-area dealer Monroe "Overdose" Johnson to arrange a transaction. Sean Vetter and Demetrius Hicks, lifelong friends who grew up together in Los Angeles, are former gang members who have become DEA agents. Under their supervisor Ty Frost, they have spent the past seven years pursuing Memo Lucero, a Colombian national who controls an extensive drug cartel spanning northern Mexico and southern California. In Tijuana, DEA and Mexican PJF agents prepare to raid a nightclub where Lucero is hosting a gathering. Frost reminds Vetter and Hicks that the PJF has prohibited DEA agents from carrying firearms into the raid and confiscates their guns; however, PJF agent Gustavo Leon disagrees with the policy and supplies them with pistols. In the commotion of the raid, Lucero initially escapes unnoticed through a hidden tunnel that leads to the street, though Vetter identifies the entrance to the tunnel and gives chase. Lucero flees in a vehicle disguised as a taxicab while Vetter pursues on foot and catches up when Lucero becomes stuck in traffic. As he is arrested, Lucero cryptically warns Vetter that he is making a mistake. Vetter surprises his wife Stacy by returning home early from Mexico.