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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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Mann never lets the audience settle into familiar patterns, crafting a moody, mesmerizing battle between good and evil.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
08/06/04
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Visually, 'Collateral' locates the post-apocalypse landscape growing within a city still waiting for its apocalypse.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
08/06/04
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

The real delight is soaking up Cruise's acting. He is terrific.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
08/06/04
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

... first and foremost a director's movie ... [one] that shows off Mann's endlessly restless eye -- and his flair for finding arresting images in the unlikeliest places.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | comment Comment
08/06/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Foxx's performance is a revelation: he is completely convincing and understated, moving effortlessly through a wide range of ... conflicts both comical and severe.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
08/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
Jeffrey Overstreet
Christianity Today

...first and foremost a continuation of director Michael Mann's love affair with nocturnal urban landscapes.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
08/06/04
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

[Mann] covers up for the film's entirely routine climactic chase with an innovative use of windows, glass and reflections.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
08/06/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

As realistic as an episode of HBO’s Taxicab Confessions, without that stimulating voyeuristic quality modern audiences crave.

Full Review Source: Eclipse Magazine | comment Comment
08/06/04
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Eclipse Magazine

[Mann] has unimpeachable visual flair ... spinning through camera angles to aptly demonstrate the disconnected, disjointed feel of L.A.

Full Review Source: Lowell Sun | comment Comment
08/06/04
Austin O'Connor
Austin O'Connor
Lowell Sun

A perfect hit.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/06/04
E! Online

Reminiscent of the orchestrated mayhem of vintage John Woo, this is showpiece kinetic filmmaking.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
08/06/04
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx give the movie tension and momentum, and director Michael Mann gives it something most action flicks lack: style.

Full Review Source: EDGE Boston | comment Comment
08/06/04
David Foucher
David Foucher
EDGE Boston

Someone's been playing a little too much Hitman on their PlayStation 2.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment 3 Comments
08/06/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Sit back and enjoy the action ride of the summer.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
08/06/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Lands solidly in the worthwhile category, rather than the slush pile.

Full Review Source: Norman Transcript | comment Comment
08/06/04
Jim Chastain
Jim Chastain
Norman Transcript

One of the best action movies of 2004

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
08/06/04
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

Nice guy Tom Cruise is bad — very bad — in Michael Mann's new movie, Collateral. And that's good.

Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
08/06/04
Judith Egerton
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Mann has made a solid film here, effectively atmospheric and intelligent, minor defects notwithstanding.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
08/06/04
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

In a summertime season full of gee-whiz spectacle and generally mindless gizmos, it's exciting to see an "action flick" this mature and refined and well-conceived.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/05/04
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

On paper, the plot for Collateral looks like it could be any one of a hundred summer action flicks -- but onscreen, it's one in a million.

Full Review Source: Fantastica Daily | comment Comment
08/05/04
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Fantastica Daily
 
 
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