{"id":28148,"date":"2021-09-04T07:54:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T11:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=28148"},"modified":"2021-09-04T07:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T11:54:57","slug":"vin-diesels-best-films-thats-arent-fast-furious-matthew-monagle-picks-em-and-craig-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=28148","title":{"rendered":"Vin Diesel’s Best Films (That’s Aren’t Fast & Furious) – Matthew Monagle Picks ‘Em and Craig Reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Matthew Monagle at \/Film picked out what he considered\u00a0 The 14 Best Vin Diesel Movies (That Aren’t The Fast And The Furious<\/em>)<\/a>.\u00a0 I decided to play along.\u00a0 Here are my top 5 selected from Monagle’s list plus reasons I didn’t pick a couple of “obvious” choices…<\/p>\n

Pitch Black<\/strong><\/em>: Diesel’s signature character in his first outing.\u00a0 I love this film and character.<\/p>\n

The Chronicles of Riddick<\/strong><\/em>: While I’m not a fan of the movie’s title, the film has improved with every viewing.\u00a0 It went from a cool low-budget monster movie to a world (universe) expanding epic.\u00a0 Kudos for the effort and as I said, it gets better with every viewing.<\/p>\n

Knockaround Guys:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> This underrated film should be required viewing for an Vin Diesel fan… and he’ll throw a beatin’ on anyone who disagrees.<\/p>\n

The Iron Giant:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>An animated film with something for kids and adults (or the kid in every adult).<\/p>\n

A Man Apart:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Diesel as a DEA agent seeking revenge against the drug cartel that killed his wife.<\/p>\n

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A couple of films that I didn’t pick but seem like obvious choices…<\/p>\n

Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>is a great film and Diesel provides the voice for Groot.\u00a0 I didn’t pick this because Vin doesn’t do more than say variations of the word “Groot” and is that really the best representation of a Vin Diesel movie?<\/p>\n

Saving Private Ryan:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is another great film and the argument could be made to include it in the top five.\u00a0 I didn’t because I don’t really consider it a Vin Diesel film.\u00a0 It was a Steven Spielberg film.\u00a0 Diesel wasn’t the star.\u00a0 In fact his name was nowhere on the poster and came in around 7th on the credits.\u00a0 That’s not to say Diesel was great in his role, but I didn’t (for this list) consider Saving Private Ryan<\/em> a Vin Diesel film.<\/p>\n

Finally, I would have found a spot for Riddick<\/em> the second sequel to Pitch Black,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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