This is Vin Diesel’s writing and directorial debut from 1997 that was recently released to DVD for the first time. I picked this up at the video store because I remembered hearing Sydney Lumet mention it as the reason he cast Diesel in Find Me Guilty. This and The Man in the Chair have a lot in common. While I can’t say that either one of them are films I’m likely to watch again, they both have a lot of heart and it is enjoyable to watch these little personal projects get made out of sheer determination on the part of the filmmakers and all of their cast and crewmembers.
