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Collateral (2004)

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Reviews Counted:221

Fresh:191

Rotten:30

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: Another taut and stylish thriller by Michael Mann.

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

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Aug 6, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $100,003,492

Synopsis: Three-time Academy Award® nominee Tom Cruise ("Magnolia," "Jerry Maguire," "Born on the Fourth of July"), Jamie Foxx ("Ali," "Any Given Sunday") and Jada Pinkett Smith ("The Matrix Reloaded," "The... Three-time Academy Award® nominee Tom Cruise ("Magnolia," "Jerry Maguire," "Born on the Fourth of July"), Jamie Foxx ("Ali," "Any Given Sunday") and Jada Pinkett Smith ("The Matrix Reloaded," "The Matrix Revolutions") star in the thriller "Collateral," under the direction of three-time Academy Award® nominee Michael Mann ("The Insider"). Max (Jamie Foxx) has lived the mundane life of a cab driver for 12 years. The faces have come and gone from his rearview mirror, people and places he's long since forgotten...until tonight. Vincent (Tom Cruise) is a contract killer. When an offshore narcotrafficking cartel learns they're about to be indicted by a federal grand jury, they mount an operation to identify and kill the key witnesses, and the last stage is tonight. Tonight, Vincent arrived in L.A...and five bodies are supposed to fall. Circumstances cause Vincent to hijack Max's taxicab, and Max becomes collateral-an expendable person in the wrong place at the wrong time. Through the night Vincent forces Max to drive him to each assigned destination. And as the LAPD and FBI race to intercept them, Max and Vincent's survival becomes dependent on each other in ways neither would have imagined. Jada Pinkett Smith stars as United States Attorney Annie Farrell. Rounding out the main cast are Mark Ruffalo ("In the Cut"), Peter Berg ("Cop Land"), Oscar® nominee Javier Bardem ("Before Night Falls") and Bruce McGill ("Runaway Jury"). A co-production of DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, "Collateral" is being produced by Michael Mann and Julie Richardson from a screenplay by Stuart Beattie. Frank Darabont, Chuck Russell, Rob Fried and Peter Giuliano served as executive producers. -- © DreamWorks [More]

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Javier Bardem, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall

Director: Michael Mann

Director: Michael Mann
Screenwriter: Stuart Beattie
Producer: Michael Mann, Julie Richardson
Composer: James Newton Howard
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC

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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.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
06/30/09
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
N/R

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

Awesome vision and a compellingly villainous Tom Cruise save this cool contemporary noir from its lukewarm patches.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
12/21/08
Matthew De Abaitua
Matthew De Abaitua
Channel 4 Film

Every bit as satisfying as a thriller should be, keeping us hanging at every turn. As the credits roll, we are out of breath.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

Strong performances and Mann’s muscular direction provide plenty of tension, atmosphere and action-packed teeth.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

It's a solid servicable thriller, one that works throughout watching it but not one that stands particularly out from the bunch...

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
01/15/08
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

A welcome change-of-pace dramatic thriller, in which the formerly too-emphatic director hints at depth rather than insisting on it.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Both actors and the director are having a great time and it shows in every frame.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

chic, solid filmmaking

Full Review Source: Cinema Writer | comment Comment
08/20/06
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Cinema Writer

I loved it.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Still a hell of a ride, but could’ve used a smoother landing.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Pete Vonder Haar
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat

Mann's taxi driver saga may not quite reach the level of art but, anyway you cut it, it's anything but standard fare.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Rick Kisonak
Rick Kisonak
Film Threat

How does director Michael Mann capture urban twilight so well?

Full Review Source: www.kcactive.com | comment Comment
07/25/05
Uri Lessing
Uri Lessing
www.kcactive.com

Collateral takes a premise that is otherwise flawed and makes it into one of the most compelling films of the summer.

Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | comment Comment
06/17/05
Bill Clark
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony

Enjoyably unbelievable.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
05/03/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

It's a good thing Mann is such a master director, because the script to Collateral needs all the help it can get.

Full Review Source: NYC Film Critic | comment Comment
03/05/05
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
NYC Film Critic

'Mann logra un producto que si bien no es nada del otro mundo, su atmósfera y las actuaciones valen el precio de admisión'

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
01/24/05
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

The first movie about L.A. at night that really looks like L.A. at night.

Full Review Source: LYTRules.com | comment Comment
01/16/05
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
LYTRules.com

'Collateral' is Tom Cruise's movie, and he and it are impressive.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
12/28/04
Donald J. Levit
Donald J. Levit
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

We thought we would get just some action thriller. What we got was a vivid dreamscape, an intelligent character piece, and one of the best films of the year.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
12/20/04
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com
 
 
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