Oh Multi-Facial...

Multi-Facial(dir. Vin Diesel)
This was essentially an acting showpiece for its star/director/writer to help him get bigger and better roles in the past and while it's easy to criticize the film on these terms, it's not necessarily what sinks the film. What sinks the film is the "poor me" attitude the film is happy to indulge in from time to time because of the star/director/writer's multiracial(substitute the R with a F and you get the title, LOL) background. There's nothing particularly wrong with Diesel attempting to explore what most likely prevented him from getting the roles he wanted in the past and while his acting is actually impressive given some of his performances in recent films and his direction is mundane yet serviceable, it's the clunky nature of the script's examination of his previous situation that makes this short film particularly hard to recommend. An example would be a casting executive/director/whatever saying after Vin's character leaves the room that they need more of a "Wesley-type" for whatever they're working on. The ending is also one of the most unintentionally funny things I've ever seen with a woman ordering her coffee "not too light, not too dark" and Vin's character sitting in a booth in front of her listening in and finding that phrase so profound that he mouths it because it describes his skin complexion perfectly. Without this film, we wouldn't be all appreciate the meathead we all love from films like Chronicles of Riddick and Fast and the Furious, but it's too idiotic to recommend.
** out of ****