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It's always weird watching early Vin Diesel films because you can actually hear what he's saying.

I feel like Vin typecast himself and sold himself short in the process. We need to see more serious roles from this guy.

7:19 Saul Goodman. Making cameos since 2006

"And yes, before you ask - this is, unequivocally, a story about family" *loud applause, women cheering, "ladies and gentlemen: we got him", Chuck Norris endorcing smile*

I prefer Vin as Riddick. He's a much more interesting and unpredictable anti-hero than Dom Turretto ever was.

I'd love it if Vinny had a later resurgence like Sandler has. Apparently, the next FF is the last, so maybe he'd be more open to stuff like this again.

I’m actually shocked every time I watch The Iron Giant to learn Diesel provided the voice of that character. Maybe it was Brad Bird’s direction or the fact he was genuinely at a creative stage in his career, but Diesel gave the character life, a heart, feelings, emotions and a soul from a few moans, groans and the odd sentence. That’s how I’ll always think of him.

Man, that was maybe the most wonderful performance he's ever had. Now he's just a muscled bruiser caricature these days, but the man has depth and above all else earnestness.

His best acting was in 'A Man Apart' but 'Find Me Guilty,' 'Knockaround Guys' and 'Boiler Room' are all great showcases for how Diesel could've made a great actor if he'd chosen to go that route instead of becoming a movie star.

Sidney Lumet’s name needs to be mentioned more often when discussing all-time great directors. Like Scorsese, he was able to seamlessly adapt from generation to generation, debuting in Hollywood’s “golden age” with 12 Angry Men, giving us New Hollywood classics in the form of Dog Day Afternoon and Network, then ending his career five decades after it began with the more obscure yet criminally underrated Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Random Peter Dinklage!

Vin is a bit like Stallone. Here he's pulling a "Rocky", performance-wise , and then he just gave into action stuff. I'm sure there will be a director who'll give him yet another hefty dramatic role, eventually.

This was so heartwarming. You really brought out the love for movie making that Diesel has, a love he developed by reading Lumet’s book and then demonstrated while working for him. What a story. And, incidentally, it’s a good movie! What more could I ask for? Thanks as always for the work you do. These little insights make me a better filmgoer.

I love this film and have been singing it's praises since it came out. This is always what I bring up when people say that Vin Diesel can't act. He *can*, he just doesn't need to because it's much more lucrative to play the same guy over and over.

Danny, I have to say, your work has quickly become a collection of my favorite film esseys to come out recently. So many of film essayist have become these obnoxious, loud, perpetually irritated about something personalities chasing what is trendy, what is hip to hate on in the moment. Their thumbnails are flashy and overdone, the titles are clickbait-y and sometimes in conflict with what the video is about. And your work has not the smallest trace of that. It is genuine and filled with obvious passion and endless curiousty for the craft of filmmaking. You videos are focused and only ever concerned with the single point they are trying to make - no more, no less. Really, what your channel reminds me the most is another incredible film essey channel that has long since been closed down. Every Frame A Painting. The fascination and love for cinema I hear in your voice is the same that I used to hear in the voice of Tony Zhou and the words of Taylor Ramos. I hope to see the same recognition given to you in time. Cheers, my friend, have a good one!

He looks so different with hair

The reason I look forward to Saturday mornings!

It always warms my heart when people talk about this movie, it’s super underrated and always deserves more love

I've seen this movie maybe 10-11 years ago and its biggest impact in my life was whenever Vin Diesel makes another uninspired action blockbuster, I think about this movie and wish that he did actual acting once more, but accept that he probably won't.

People forget he was Groot and the Iron Giant. He was damn good in Pitch Black. I think he was done with The Fast and The Furious after the first one. But who would turn down millions of dollars and a steady acting gig?

How did I miss this movie!? I love Sidney Lumet's movies and courtroom dramas! And Dinklage! Must rectify this ASAP

12 Angry Men is the best courtroom drama ever because the movie focuses solely on the jury deliberations in a confined set. The antics, the stick, the circus which is the courtroom is out. As for a good courtroom movie, see My Cousin Vinny which turns those antics to a source of strength.

Genuinely one of the best parts of my weekends! I'm not really a huge movie watcher myself, but I do love seeing people point out layers and nuances that I wouldn't know to look for, so I love this channel. :)

I remember watching this movie ages ago on DVD and was so pleasantly surprised by how solid it was. It endeared me to Vin to this day, no matter how many weird movies he makes 😂

Danny Boyd, a man with such an incredible and unimaginable taste for wonderful filmmaking and storytelling that he's woven my appreciation for it as well as my ability to create. Thank you for inspiring me

Thank you for making short concise 10min videos on films/techniques I wasn’t aware of. Much better than some other guys who ramble on for 40 min 😊

I saw his indie film in one of my film classes. We giggled when we heard what we were watching, a few minutes, we sure were humbled. He really does have a lot of talent and I would really like to see him get more opportunities to shine. Maybe in his later years. Thanks for introducing to this movie, I am very interested in watching.

I didn't realize I'm actually rather fond of Vin Diesel's acting until I recently re-watched the first couple F&F movies, and saw Perfect Dark for the first time. I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. It was refreshing to go back and watch some older, better quality cinema I had been sleeping on for years. I'll definitely be giving this a watch.

I remember watching this shortly after it came out on DVD. And it’s still so endearing in its sincerity.

the way you make your videos makes me wanna watch (or rewatch) everything, you're so passionate, I love it!

vin deez will go down as a lover of cinema and a man that is just tryna push the medium forward mark my words.. in the next ten years after they cant make anymore fast movies he is gonna go in on smaller weirder character pieces that will confuse the masses but will make him a legend.. save this comment

I went and watched this after seeing this video, and it was an incredible movie. So well done, so many great performances. Thank you for highlighting it.

He did great in Boiler Room, one of my favorite movies ever

I have never heard of this film before.

Can i just say that every video you upload is excellent.. thanks for giving this underrated gem a little love. Keep up the amazing work.

Thank you for introducing this to me. I know he’s a great actor, and I love what he does with even Riddick. Giving this a watch sometime this week

One of my favorite .... youtubers ! Keep up the great vids. Editing as always was killing it. Love to learn about film and actors

7:20 BETTER CALL SAUL!!!!

Vin acting as a non bald guy shows his incredible range

He's not dead, dude. He still has a career! He can do a dramatic turn!

The delivery on the line, "What did he say? I didn't hear the punchline." got a genuine LOL out of me. 😃

Just love your observations Danny!! Keep it up!

Even though it was one of his smaller roles, his performance in Saving Private Ryan was top notch.

His Street Shark commercial work is profound.

every frame a painting vibes, love this, please continue making this great content!

It is kind of sad because when this movie came out he had already been in XXX, The Fast and the Furious, and The Chronicles of Riddick, which showed off his action chops, but I feel like this caused him to get stuck in it and were his most successful movies at the time where he was the lead whereas Find Me Guilty failed at the box office, so he probably thought there was no way out. If he only fought back a bit and went for the occasional drama or comedy roles, we would be remembering him in a different light, as the guy who is good at acting but does action movies, shit who knows he might have had an Oscar nom if he went down this path. Kind of like Tom Cruise in a sense but not as prominent.

he was the bomb in pitch black

@00:13 “and this is CinemaStix” 💅

The worst episode of saturday night live was when they brought in Steven Seagal to host.

I saw that hair line, remembered, and knew the title was not lying....

I always loved his performance in Boiler Room, he steals every scene. Then F & F just the gravitas he seemed to be building.

when the judge asked if he knew what 'per se' means, I was reminded of another movie, with Tony Danza. It has a similar arc, where a small-time hood gets railroaded for a robbery, studies law in prison, gets a mail-order diploma, and represents himself during his appeal. It was also a movie that helped Danza move away from his 'Who's the Boss?' typecasting.

You have no idea how satisfying it is to hear that this stars vin diesel and its about family.

I'm not a Vin Diesel fan, so I don't know why I watched this film one night. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it, and how well Diesel pulled off the role of Jackie. I haven't watched it since that one time, but now I think I'm going to give it a second viewing.

_Find Me Guilty_ has got to be Vin Diesel's greatest performance, and easily one of Sidney Lumet's most underrated works. Well worth a watch. It's also worth noting that nothing said in the actual courtroom scenes was made up, as they thought the actual transcripts were so over-the-top that not only should they use them, but they needed to let us know those words were literally what they said in real life, otherwise no one would believe them.

you should never doubt Vin Diesel's acting chops, his earliest work is the best proof of this.

I saw Find Me Guilty in college the year it released and it was one of those movies that stuck with me.

I honestly had no idea that Vin had this background of movies, nor that the movie "Find me Guilty" even existed. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, I will most definitely follow your recommendation and give it a watch!

Find Me Guilty is one of those movies that has always stuck with me. I only saw it once when I stayed home sick in high school, but I still remember every beat and every character of the film. It really is a very good film.

I remember getting a pirated CD of this movie from somewhere, here in India. And I still remember most of its scenes and dialogues. But until I saw this video, I never thought about the movie before at all.

I kind of want to watch this movie. As someone who always loved Vin already(because he seems to genuinely love the people he works with and treats them like family). But this is such a different Vin I'm super sold.

Diesel was wonderful in this movie. 10/10, no notes.

Been waiting for this video to be released. Love it!

The only Vin Diesel movie worth watching more than once. Genuinely a good movie.

Boiler Room and Pitch Black are Diesel's finest performances

His small part in Boiler Room had me excited for what he'd do in bigger films....and I'm still waiting on the payoff all these years later.

dude was really good at the early parts of his careeer. definitely has charisma and a very distinct voice and presence. he was like henry cavill even, big buff dude who was a nerd at heart. wish he'd do small indie movies from time to time.

I watched this movie years ago. I loved it even though it was never gonna set the world on fire. Not only was Vin Diesel great, but early Peter Dinklage knocked it out of the park, too.

I feel the same about Bruce Willis. All his movies are winners, but seems to avoid the limelight.

Just remember. We’re family. 😂

lowkey like the 4th time i'll have subbed to this channel despite regularly using the platform so dumb but great content

Always enjoyed this one, had a lot of heart, a great cast and the first time I saw Dinklage in a movie. Started following Vin Diesel around Boiler Room and Pitch Black era of the early 2000s. Knockaround Guys is another smaller, but good B action flick from that era. That early career was really solid, but family comes first.

When I see videos making fun of his social media mishaps I forget he was once that loser (by conventional definitions, not judging). Like his early career screams loser, yet he wore it so happily. Dude is authentic

He was hungry for it. The success of Pitch Black probably had him typecast as that character and he doesnt really have to change now

"A Man Apart" is still one of his best underrated work. Unfortunate he typecasted his own self, bc hes one of those actors who CAN act...when he wants to.

You know, thinking about it now, I do believe VD's...(lol) Diesel's vocal evolution is similar to Snake's evolution from MGS2 and MGS4. It's weird, cuz I never noticed. Not the same voice, but it's clear in the early days, and really gravelly in the later. 🤷‍♂️

The character of Riddick is still one of the coolest badass action characters of any sci fi film.

The guy brought tears to my eyes by just saying 'We are Groot.' That has to mean something.

Honestly that scene of Vin Diesel being shot by the sniper in Saving Private Ryan and the following scene handing his note to the other soldier is like burned into my head. Good shit. Easy to forget its the fast car guy.

Criminally underrated film...this movie proved he can actually act...almost all the dialog in the court scenes is actually transcripts to the whole trial...Vin Diesel and Peter Dinklage were great in this movie...man it's probably been 15 yrs since I last saw this.

When Vin nods his head when he said its about family....well done.

Vin Diesel WITH hair is like a cursed image lol.

Bought this film off of a truckstop DVD rack about 15 years ago and I've watched it 100 times over the years.

I've seen Saving Private Ryan at least a dozen times and never realized that that was Vin Diesel.

Fantastic work! Please keep these videos coming! I learn something new with everyone. Thank you so much for the hard work you do in putting these together.

I think it would be amazing if Vin Diesel showed how good of an actor he can be... maybe a non-typecasted side character with something interesting about them.

Before i even watched this i was thinking, "is this gonna be a story about family?"

Never even heard of this movie, but its cool seeing that Linus Roache and Vin Diesel worked together after The Chronicles of Riddick.

I randomly came up on a copy of this movie on dvd about 20 or so years ago. Didn’t think I’d like it on first watch and fell in love. I think it’s one of his best roles

Diesel started in theater when he was a kid, you better believe he can act. But he is a better business man and when he realized what roles paid the big bucks, he never looked back to dramatic roles lol

I saw this movie for the first time months back on streaming. And it was surprising to see Vin Diesel not only with hair, but he was putting some good effort into Find Me Guilty. It's one of my favorite roles of his, and that's among the number of action roles he's been defaulted to. Another comparable one is what Jason Statham did in Spy with his character.

I find this channel continuously interesting and thought provoking. Thanks, Danny, for the insight and for raising the awareness of some little-known gems.

I love that Dany loves Vin Diesel

Imagine Vin Diesel and David Blaine talking to each-other about the mysteries of the Universe.

People mock Diesel, but I've always liked the guy. There's nothing wrong with being an action star after all. The F&F movies allow him to have fun and work with people he likes. He also has enough money to get movies like The Last Witch Hunter made that are good entertainment even without requiring good reviews. He may not be Sidney Poitier, but he's a good leading man who clearly takes pleasure in the process of making movies and telling stories.

that couldn't have been 10 min, i clicked on the video heard you say some words and then it ended, what just happened

Always thought Vin had heaps of potential. Great early performances. He never should have got stuck in a single franchise or even just action.

I unironically love the Riddick movies. They are actually a good bit of science fantasy, and Vin makes them entertaining. He embodies Riddick like no one else could and does it lovingly across multiple forms of media.

The joy of meeting the people who inspired you and the passion for making the movie really does seep through to the audience in a hundred different ways, even if you can pin point each one. Feels like there's not a whole lot of movies like that anymore... Just can just feel that it was another money-grab.