Collateral (2004)
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 226
Fresh: 195 | Rotten: 31
Driven by director Michael Mann's trademark visuals and a lean, villainous performance from Tom Cruise, Collateral is a stylish and compelling noir thriller.
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 47
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 8
Driven by director Michael Mann's trademark visuals and a lean, villainous performance from Tom Cruise, Collateral is a stylish and compelling noir thriller.
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A taxi driver is unexpectedly taken on the ride of his life in this stylish thriller from acclaimed director Michael Mann. Max (Jamie Foxx) is a cab driver who hopes to some day open his own limo company; one night behind the wheel begins promisingly when he picks up Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), an attorney working with the federal government who is attractive, friendly, and gives him her business card after paying her fare. Max thinks his luck is getting even better when his next fare, Vincent
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Cast
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Tom Cruise
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Jamie Foxx
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Jada Pinkett Smith
Annie -
Mark Ruffalo
Fanning -
Peter Berg
Richard Weidner -
Bruce McGill
Pedrosa -
Irma P. Hall
Ida -
Barry Shabaka Henley
Daniel -
Richard T. Jones
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Klea Scott
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Bodhi Elfman
Young Professional Man -
Debi Mazar
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Javier Bardem
Felix -
Craig Eastman
Rabeca Violin -
Siba Eastman
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Jeffrey Hwang
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All Critics (234) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (199) | Rotten (32) | DVD (29)
I loved it.
Top CriticThroughout 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.
The year's best action thriller with excellent performances from its two leads and Mann's brilliant direction making something as pedestrian as a taxi ride a pulse-pounding thrill ride.
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.
chic, solid filmmaking
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?
Audience Reviews for Collateral
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- Vincent: Everybody want heaven--nobody want dead!
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- Vincent: Hey homie, is that my briefcase?
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- Vincent: Tell him he's an asshole.
- Max: You're an asshole.
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- Vincent: She carried you on her womb for 9 months.
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- Pedrosa: Get your hands in the air!
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- Vincent: Red light max... Slow down.
- Max: Hey Vincent you know what go Fuck yourself! [car crashes]
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