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Throughout the gruesome cat-and-mouse game being played by Vincent and Max in Collateral, there's something psychologically, dramatically and even sociologically interesting going on.
This is a tense, first-rate thriller.
Most of the time we are with Cruise and Foxx, and their interplay is never less than galvanizing.
After that promising start, Collateral ratchets down, gradually, to being only average.
If Collateral is all formula, it's polished to a fine sheen.
Collateral is the best kind of genre filmmaking: It plays by the rules, obeys the traditions and is both familiar and fresh at once.
Powerful but violent thriller -- not for kids.
It's what good filmmaking is all about, although, to be fair, I wish Mann had picked a better script to start with. (Blu-ray Edition)
Mann takes a predictably clichéd, far-fetched crime yarn and transforms it into a fascinating thriller.
If anyone is ever to mount an argument for the superiority of video over film, this movie would of necessity be very near to the center of that argument.
Awesome vision and a compellingly villainous Tom Cruise save this cool contemporary noir from its lukewarm patches.
Every bit as satisfying as a thriller should be, keeping us hanging at every turn. As the credits roll, we are out of breath.
Strong performances and Mann's muscular direction provide plenty of tension, atmosphere and action-packed teeth.
It's a solid servicable thriller, one that works throughout watching it but not one that stands particularly out from the bunch...
A welcome change-of-pace dramatic thriller, in which the formerly too-emphatic director hints at depth rather than insisting on it.
Both actors and the director are having a great time and it shows in every frame.
That secondary character, the LA underbelly as nocturnal gilded cesspool, has never resonated more.
Still a hell of a ride, but could've used a smoother landing.
Mann's taxi driver saga may not quite reach the level of art but, anyway you cut it, it's anything but standard fare.
How does director Michael Mann capture urban twilight so well?
Collateral takes a premise that is otherwise flawed and makes it into one of the most compelling films of the summer.
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