Scott LeBrun Vin Diesel tries his best to emote in this ultimately routine crime / revenge saga. He plays Sean Vetter, a former gangbanger turned DEA agent. The persistence of Sean and his colleagues over the course of seven years finally pays off, as they successfully apprehend a drug kingpin, Memo Lucero (Geno Silva). The consequence of this episode is that soon Seans' beloved wife Stacy (Jacqueline Obradors) is killed in an assault on Seans' house. Once he's recuperated, Sean is hellbent on finding out just who gave the order to attempt murder, if it wasn't Lucero. All he knows is that a mysterious figure named El Diablo has taken Memos' place and is even more evil and ruthless than Memo.Larenz Tate plays Seans' friend Demetrius Hicks, who must make a decision between being loyal to Sean and letting the law handle things. Ms. Obradors is an absolutely gorgeous and appealing presence here, and she and Diesel do make a believable couple. Silva delivers a creditable performance as the low key crime boss, with whom Sean actually makes a connection when Luceros' wife falls victim to El Diablo. There's other notable talent in the cast: Timothy Olyphant, Steve Eastin, Juan Fernandez, Jeff Kober, Marco Rodriguez, Mike Moroff, Ken Davitian. The filmmaking is reasonably slick, with the soundtrack full of hip hop and rock, and the action scenes are high energy stuff. But it's hard to get all that interested in this tale when everything just feels so familiar and predictable, not to mention senseless.As this viewer already said, Diesel gives a reasonable effort as the tormented and enraged lead character, but he's simply outshone by his supporting cast.Watchable enough for 110 minutes but pretty forgettable.Six out of 10.

ruby 386 had high expectations for this film, but was somewhat disappointed. The movie was too predictable. Some scenes in the film are not understood, like why would diablo kill his own wife and kids or did he kill them or not... The main character Sean would go to any lengths 'cos his wife got killed but shows no remorse when 3 of the officers who also may be somebody's loved one get killed when he lost control. I'm not sure what the endgame for the movie is, initially the story line seemed to be to stop drug trafficking, in the end i'm confused... so what exactly was achieved?? the casting... it's like nobody really clicks together... in fast and furious when Letty is killed and Dom goes after the killers, i'm moved, its believable, it seems justified. In this one it seems like just another scene to form a plot. It was still entertaining especially the shooting scenes.

ajs-10 This is maybe not one of the films I would have chosen; however, on recommendation (you know who you are) I decided to give it a chance. There's nothing earth shattering about it I'm afraid, just another run of the mill Action/Adventure with plenty of plot twists and an enormous body count. The Mexican drug cartels are the bad guys this time and a rough-tough DEA agent and his partner are the good guys. I'll tell you what I thought after this brief summary.A group of DEA agents have been allowed into Mexico to participate in the arrest of one of the drug cartel's top men, Memo Lucero. Amongst the agents are Sean Vetter and his partner, Demetrius Hicks. The take down goes well and Lucero ends up in a US jail. At this point a character named 'Diablo' makes himself known; taking over parts of Lucero's operation and killing his people. Eventually the 'Diablo' cartel turns their attention to Sean; attacks his house and kills his wife. Seeking revenge, Sean visits Lucero in jail; he cannot initially help him, but when his own wife is killed, things change. Can Sean and Demetrius track down who is behind 'Diablo'? To do so they will have to sometimes stray outside the law! I won't say any more or the Spoiler Police (DEA division) will have my badge (again).Quite well made though I did find the action scenes a little confusing at times. Decent performances all round, although I felt nobody was really stretched; and so honourable mentions go to; Vin Diesel as Sean Vetter, Larenz Tate as Demetrius Hicks, Timothy Olyphant, woefully underused, as Hollywood Jack and Geno Silva as Memo Lucero.Many films have been made on this subject before and there have been many films of this genre. The hard thing to do is to make a film of this type that doesn't fall into cliché. Unfortunately this one does, and it suffers for it. A much better film of this type (IMO) would be Tony Scott's 'Man on Fire' (2004). I guess I can sum it up by saying 'it does what it says on the tin', this film is what it is and, although a little too cliché for my liking, is still worth a look if this is your kind of thing.My score: 5.9/10.IMDb Score: 5.8/10 (based on 19,342 votes at the time of going to press).Rotten Tomatoes 'Tomatometer' Score: 11/100 (based on 130 reviews counted at the time of going to press). Rotten Tomatoes 'Audience' Score: 40/100 (based on 82,184 user ratings counted at the time of going to press).

csolo-670-290073 I'd vote this at least 7/10. (I GAVE IT 10/10 TO INCREASE AVERAGE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DESERVE 5.8)7/10 because: of My title review -Won't give much info cause it'll spoil it for you- but I will tell you that.Why it's LOW SCORE: Because everyone had highexpectations, thinking of it as spectacular because its Veisel.Don't expect to much -And rate 10 to increase average!FURTHER INFO - THE ACTION SCENES ARE MINT AND VIESEL IS MINT AND THE ACTION SCENES ARE MINT