A Man Apart   Complete Cast Vin Diesel - Sean Vetter Larenz Tate - Demetrius Hicks Timothy Olyphant - Hollywood Jack Slayton, AKA "Diablo" Geno Silva - Guillermo "Memo" Lucero Jacqueline Obradors - Stacy Vetter Steve Eastin - Ty Frost Juan Fernandez - Mateo Santos Jeff Kober - Pomona Joe Emilio Rivera - Garza Marco Rodriguez Mike Moroff Category Action & Adventure : Action Thriller Mystery & Suspense : Crime Thriller , Crime Director(s):   F. Gary Gray Writer(s):   Paul Scheuring, Christian Gudegast Producer(s):   Vincent G. Newman, Joey Nittolo, Vin Diesel, Tucker Tooley Studio New Line Home Entertainment Technical Details Screen: Enhanced Widescreen Letterbox Sound: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DVD Aspect Ratio:: Cinemascope Language English Full Synopsis A cop teams up with the former head of a drug cartel to avenge the death of the woman he loved in this action-rama. Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) are a pair of DEA agents who think they've made the bust of a lifetime when they capture Guillermo "Memo" Lucero (Geno Silva), a multi-millionaire drug lord who controlled most of the narcotics traffic along the border of Mexico and the United States. However, with Lucereo behind bars, a new and decidedly more dangerous underworld kingpin rises to take his place, and Diablo (Timothy Olyphant), also known as Hollywood Jack Slayton, soon proves to be even more dangerous than Lucero when he orders his gunmen to assassinate Vetter. While Vetter escapes unharmed, his wife is killed, and Vetter is thrown deep into despair. Now Vetter is obsessed with bringing Diablo to justice, and he's willing to do anything to bring him down -- even if it means teaming up with Lucero. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide $5.00

	Assassins   Complete Cast Sylvester Stallone - Robert Rath Antonio Banderas - Miguel Bain Julianne Moore - Electra Anatoly Davydov - Nikolai Kai Wulff - Remy Paul Tuerpe - Reporter Wally Dalton - Priest Bob Minor - Cop Stephen Kahan - Alan Branch James W. Gavin - Police Helicopter Pilot Reed Diamond - Bob John Procaccino - Reporter Richard Blum - Watcher John Harms - Cop Jeff King - Helicopter Pilot Stephen Liska - Cop Cary Sanchez - Bank Receptionist Barbara Anne Klein - Cop Robert Sanders - Monorail Driver Ron Ben Jarrett - Maintenance Man Edward J. Rosen - Cemetery Caretaker Axel Anderson - Bank President J. Mills Goodloe - Newlywed Man Muse Watson - Ketcham Marian Collier - Pet Shop Lady Kelly Rowan - Jennifer Category Action & Adventure : Action Thriller Mystery & Suspense Director(s):   Richard Donner Writer(s):   Larry Wachowski, Brian Helgeland, Andy Wachowski Producer(s):   Jim Van Wyck, Ray Gideon, Richard Donner, Joel Silver, Andrew Lazar, Bruce A. Evans Studio WB Technical Details Screen: Enhanced Widescreen Letterbox Sound: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel, Dolby Digital Surround DVD Aspect Ratio:: Pre-1954 Standard Language English, French Full Synopsis Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner helms this action-adventure yarn in which Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone), a veteran, burned-out hit man for hire who's looking to leave his profession, meets a younger, crazier, more ambitious competitor, Miguel Bain (Antonio Banderas), who is out to best Rath and make him a target in the process. Rath signs on for one last hit, but complications ensue when he falls in love with the mark, a beautiful, mysterious woman named Electra (Julianne Moore). Bain sets out to murder Electra as well, and the chase leads the two assassins into a deadly game of wits that takes them from Seattle to Puerto Rico. Critics and audiences both turned away from this thriller, which was co-scripted by Bound writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski and L.A. Confidential screenwriter Brian Helgeland. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide $5.00

	Animal Factory   Complete Cast Willem Dafoe - Earl Copen Edward Furlong - Ron Decker Seymour Cassel - Lt. Seeman Mickey Rourke - Jan the Actress Steve Buscemi - A.R. Hosspack Tom Arnold - Buck Rowan John Heard - James Decker Danny Trejo - Vito Edward Bunker - Buzzard Michael Buscemi - Mr. Herrell Category Drama : Psychological Drama Director(s):   Steve Buscemi Writer(s):   Edward Bunker Producer(s):   Steve Buscemi, Andrew Stevens, Elie Samaha Studio Columbia TriStar Home Video Technical Details Screen: Enhanced Widescreen Letterbox Sound: Generic Dolby Digital (unspecified format) DVD Aspect Ratio:: Alternate Wide Screen Language English, French Full Synopsis Actor-turned-director Steve Buscemi follows up on his restrained 1996 directorial debut Trees Lounge (1996) with this gritty, understated prison drama. Twenty-one-year-old suburban kid Ron (Edward Furlong) got busted for dealing drugs and slapped with an especially severe jail sentence. Though he tries to keep a low profile at prison, he soon attracts unsavory attention of various sex-starved goons. Fearing rape, he appeals directly to Earl (Willem Dafoe), a fellow prisoner who runs the place like it was his own fiefdom. Though Ron's request is strictly against this rarified culture's baroque rules, Earl takes him under his wing, and soon he is a part of Earl's inner circle. Slowly Ron learns the breadth of Earl's power, ranging from the easy procurement of drugs to the violent dispatching of a prisoner who gets out of line. As Ron grows increasingly indebted to Earl, he wonders how he is expected to repay him. Yet Earl, who shows his fondness for the lad with fatherly tenderness counterbalanced with repressed yearning, never pushes his advantage. Other members of the cast include Tom Arnold as a salivating hill-billy and an almost unrecognizable Mickey Rourke as a cross-dressing prison queen. This film was highly praised at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide $5.00

	American History-X   Complete Cast Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard Edward Furlong - Danny Vinyard Fairuza Balk - Stacey Beverly D'Angelo - Doris Vinyard Avery Brooks - Bob Sweeney Stacy Keach - Cameron Alexander Jennifer Lien - Davina Vinyard Elliott Gould - Murray William Russ - Dennis Vinyard Ethan Suplee - Seth Joe Cortese - Rasmussen Guy Torry - Lamont Giuseppe Andrews - Jason Antonio David Lyons - Lawrence Keram Malicki-Sanchez - Chris Jordan Marder - Curtis Nicholas R. Oleson - Huge Aryan Anne Lambton - Cassandra Alex Sol - Mitch McCormick Paul Le Mat - McMahon Category Drama : Crime Drama , Urban Drama Director(s):   Tony Kaye Writer(s):   David McKenna Producer(s):   John Morrissey Studio New Line Home Entertainment Technical Details Screen: Enhanced Widescreen Letterbox Sound: 5 full-range channels. Includes 3 front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel., PCM stereo Original Aspect Ratio: Theatre Wide-Screen  > DVD Aspect Ratio:: Theatre Wide-Screen Language English Awards 1998 -  Nominee - Academy Best Actor  Edward Norton Full Synopsis Tony Kaye made his feature directorial debut with this dramatic exploration into the roots of race hatred in America. In a shocking opening scene, teen Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong) races to tell his older brother, neo-Nazi Derek (Edward Norton), about the young blacks breaking into his car in front of the house, whereupon Derek gets his gun and with no forethought shoots the youths in their tracks. Tried and convicted, Derek is sent away for three years in prison, where he acquires a different outlook as he contrasts white-power prisoners with black Lamont (Guy Torry), his prison laundry co-worker and eventual pal. Meanwhile, Danny, with a shaved head and a rebellious attitude, seems destined to follow in his big brother's footsteps. After Danny writes a favorable review of Hitler's Mein Kampf, black high-school principal Sweeney (Avery Brooks) puts Danny in his private "American History X" course and assigns him to do a paper about his older brother, who was a former student of Sweeney's. This serves to introduce flashbacks, with the film backtracking to illustrate Danny's account of Derek's life prior to the night of the shooting. Monochrome sequences of Derek leading a Venice, California gang are intercut with color footage of the mature Derek ending his past neo-Nazi associations and attempting to detour Danny away from the group led by white supremacist, Cameron (Stacy Keach), who once influenced Derek. Director Tony Kaye, with a background in TV commercials and music videos, filmed in L.A. beach communities. Rated R "for graphic brutal violence including rape, pervasive language, strong sexuality and nudity." ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide $5.00