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Collateral Damage (2002)

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Reviews Counted:141

Fresh:25

Rotten:116

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: Despite its timely subject matter, Collateral Damage is an unexceptional and formulaic action thriller.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence and some language

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Feb 8, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $39,965,988

Synopsis: Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a lone Los Angeles fireman whose wife and child are killed by a terrorist bomb in this eerily prescient action drama. Vowing revenge against the Columbian guerilla... Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a lone Los Angeles fireman whose wife and child are killed by a terrorist bomb in this eerily prescient action drama. Vowing revenge against the Columbian guerilla leader who set the bomb, Gordy Brewer (Schwarzenegger) heads down to Central America where he is soon caught in a crossfire between the terrorists and a cadre of CIA operatives led by hard-nosed agent Peter Brandt (Elias Koteas). Escaping prisons, diving off waterfalls, and biting off ears, Gordy seems unstoppable until he realizes his target has a wife and child of his own, and moral confusion sets in. Action fans expecting typical brainless mayhem might be surprised to find emoting, ethical dilemmas and criticism of US foreign policy in an Arnold vehicle, but they needn't worry: he still finds time for plenty of bone-breaking and blowing things up before the credits roll. Gorgeous Italian actress Francesca Neri (LIVE FLESH) is a major asset as the terrorist's wife. Andrew Davis (THE FUGITIVE) directed the film. Though it has nothing to do with the actual terrorist attack on America or political events in the Middle East, this film's mix of firemen, grief, and terrorism may still strike a sensitive nerve in some viewers. [More]

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, John Leguizamo

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Cliff Curtis

Director: Andrew Davis

Director: Andrew Davis
Screenwriter: David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths
Producer: Steven Reuther, David Foster
Composer: Graeme Revell
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Straining every muscle not to offend, Collateral Damage counts basic coherence among its own casualties. But it's crystal clear on one point: Taking mercy on the "enemy," women and children included, is for wimps.

Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | comment Comment
08/21/09
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Schwarzenegger's Brewer remarks, 'If I don't do it, it seems no one else will,' but that's a lousy excuse for...a multi-million dollar mistake like this one. [Blu-ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
05/25/09
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews
N/R

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

...the studio didn't make it for any particular political purpose; it's basically just a stock, action-revenge flick, typical of Big Arnold.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
04/22/09
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
N/R

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10/18/08
Houston Chronicle
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A competent Schwarzenegger action movie that will appeal to the nostalgic.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
08/22/08
Film4
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The plot is laughably bad, and the action not much better.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Empire Magazine
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The film's less knee-jerk than it could have been.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
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An entertaining action movie, nothing more, nothing less.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
David Grove
David Grove
Film Threat

Diverting popcorn entertainment.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
Film Threat

Judged purely as a piece of escapist popcorn fun, Collateral Damage only barely passes muster.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
03/16/04
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
Apollo Guide

... Time may be running out for Arnold the action hero.

Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | comment Comment
01/07/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

Apparently, it's relatively easy for a 6-foot tall, musclebound, non Spanish-speaking white guy to penetrate the depths of the Colombian guerilla-controlled jungle

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment 1 Comment
03/19/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

The whole South American adventure looks so forced you half expect Schwarzenegger to break into a travel programme piece to camera.

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
02/12/03
Harry Guerin
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

Rule of thumb: if Arnold Schwarzenegger is the smartest person in a movie, you've got problems.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

All in all, "Collateral Damage" is entertaining in all the ways a Schwarzenegger film is expected to: bad guys do him dirty, Arnold's character vows revenge, lots of things blow up, and the bad guys get theirs... a more intense actor would have carried it

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
12/29/02
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

An entertaining action movie, nothing more, nothing less.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
David Grove
David Grove
Film Threat

It will be remembered less for its generic content than for the real-life events that give it an eerie resonance.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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This simplistic good and evil concept has long been a staple of Hollywood. What is more worrying is that it now appears to constitute American foreign policy.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/30/02
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
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Loud, noisy, piece of garbage.

Full Review Source: Film Snobs | comment Comment
10/17/02
Jimmy O
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