A Man Apart is a 2003 English-language Action Crime motion picture written by Christian Gudegast and Paul Scheuring. The movie is directed by F. Gary Gray and produced by Tucker Tooley, Vincent Newman, Joey Nittolo and Vin Diesel. A man known as Diablo emerges to head a drug cartel after the previous leader is imprisoned. A man apart features Vin Diesel in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant, Geno Silva, Steve Eastin, Jacqueline Obradors and Juan Fernández. The music was composed by Anne Dudley. Cinematography was done by Jack N. Green and editing by Bob Brown and William Hoy. The motion picture has a running time of 109 minutes. It was released on 4th April 2003. A Man Apart was made on a budget of $36 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by New Line Cinema.