at heart a philosophical allegory that pits Cruise's nihilism against Foxx's optimistic humanism
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.
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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Reviews for Collateral
There are two or three movies in Collateral, and they will appeal to different audiences
No director today, not even Martin Scorsese, matches Michael Mann's intensity or artistry when he examines how violence corrodes the soul.
Vincent and Max are flawed men ... and both principals do an able job bringing this across and making their interplay so enjoyable to watch.
A genre exercise that transcends its genre, Mann's taxi driver saga may not quite reach the level of art but, anyway you cut it, it's anything but standard fare.
Tom Cruise is starring in another hit and, boy, does he look good - even with the white hair.
There’s not always something definite to chew on, but there’s always an artist’s impulse behind it.
For a big, dumb summer action film, Collateral works. But as a taught psychological thriller, this taxi cab runs over a few pot holes.
The story is gripping and the stakes are high... until the ridiculous coincidence.
in a flick where soap operatic contrivances literally kill the mood, coincidental twist endings just ain’t cool
An engrossing, low-key, character thriller about the collision of ruthless amorality, conflicted decency and masculinity in crisis. Jamie Foxx has arrived as a movie star.
It's a perfect musical mood mix-tape, until the film’s climax, where Michael Mann evokes a pop song cool on first listen but deadened by excessive airplay.
Un suspense qui a de la classe, du style et de l'intelligence à revendre. Dommage que le film sombre dans les pires clichés lors de sa finale.
The surprise inside the story is that if we see the film through the eyes of the assassin Vincent it turns from a thriller into a shaggy dog story.
No one but Tom Cruise could have played the engaging sociopath riding through the sleazy, searing faded opulence of L.A. by night.
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