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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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A compulsively watchable movie that takes what could have been a standard-issue thriller and makes it feel thrillingly alive...

Full Review Source: Critic Doctor | comment Comment
08/05/04
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
Critic Doctor

Cruise makes a believable bad guy, surprisingly menacing and completely convincing as a hard-hearted killer.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
08/05/04
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

The dynamic between cabbie and killer is at the heart of this one, and though there are some great foot chases and gunfights, it’s the little details that make it work.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
08/05/04
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

A boffo piece of adrenaline-charged entertainment.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
08/05/04
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

A summer film for grown-ups, delivering verve and intelligence along with its pulsing visuals.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
08/05/04
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Collateral, even though cowboyed up with implausible action in a couple of pivotal scenes, is that rarest of thriller. In this one, words can also kill.

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
08/05/04
Larry Ratliff
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

Where Mann makes it his own is in his sharp, clean execution, visceral action scenes, and images saturated in the hyperintense colors of the neon and florescent night.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/05/04
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Somewhere along the way, the gimmick and suspense had worn out leaving the only real gray matter as the product coloring Cruises’ hair.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/05/04
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

A stirring two-hour footnote to [Mann's] masterpiece Heat.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
08/05/04
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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It's too bad that halfway through, Collateral turns into a series of loud, chaotic, over-the-top action set pieces in which the existentialist Mann proves he's lousy at action.

Full Review Source: Slate | comment 1 Comment
08/05/04
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
Slate

Mann puts Collateral through its paces so elegantly that even the most predictable scenes deliver a wallop.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
08/05/04
Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
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Flawed but captivating.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
08/05/04
Nick Carter
Nick Carter
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

the West Coast answer to Scorsese's ('After Hours'): Both movies are soaked in urban moodiness and disillusionment... rough-edged, often jarring and emotionally elusive...

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
08/05/04
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Collateral crackles with energy and purpose, a propulsive film with character on its mind and confident men and women on both sides of the camera.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/05/04
Los Angeles Times

Foxx rises to the challenge, giving his best performance to date.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
08/05/04
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Intense and unflinching, it's paralyzingly seductive and suspenseful.

Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
08/05/04
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
Modamag.com

Intriguing how each of 2 characters, wholly different in temperament, transferred some traits to the other within a single night.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
08/05/04
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Collateral is an engrossing thriller set in Los Angeles about a procrastinating cab driver whose life is transformed by his encounter with a merciless hit man.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/05/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Yet Mann finds a way of easing into this material; you appreciate his professionalism even as you roll your eyes.

Full Review Source: East Hampton Independent | comment Comment
08/05/04
Ben Kenigsberg
Ben Kenigsberg
East Hampton Independent

Cruise thrills in his first killer role and has found a worthy collaborator in director Michael Mann.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
08/05/04
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com
 
 
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