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Collateral Damage

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Collateral Damage (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 133 Fresh: 24  Rotten:109 Average Rating: 4/10
 
Consensus: Despite its timely subject matter, Collateral Damage is an unexceptional and formulaic action thriller. Despite its timely subject matter, Collateral Damage is an unexceptional and formulaic action thriller. more
 
Rated: R
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 8, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $39,965,988
Synopsis:
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a lone Los Angeles fireman whose wife and child are killed by a terrorist bomb in this eerily prescient action drama. Vowing revenge against the Columbian guerilla leader who set the bomb, Gordy Brewer (Schwarzenegger) heads down to Central America where he is... [More]
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a lone Los Angeles fireman whose wife and child are killed by a terrorist bomb in this eerily prescient action drama. Vowing revenge against the Columbian guerilla leader who set the bomb, Gordy Brewer (Schwarzenegger) heads down to Central America where he is soon caught in a crossfire between the terrorists and a cadre of CIA operatives led by hard-nosed agent Peter Brandt (Elias Koteas). Escaping prisons, diving off waterfalls, and biting off ears, Gordy seems unstoppable until he realizes his target has a wife and child of his own, and moral confusion sets in. Action fans expecting typical brainless mayhem might be surprised to find emoting, ethical dilemmas and criticism of US foreign policy in an Arnold vehicle, but they needn't worry: he still finds time for plenty of bone-breaking and blowing things up before the credits roll. Gorgeous Italian actress Francesca Neri (LIVE FLESH) is a major asset as the terrorist's wife. Andrew Davis (THE FUGITIVE) directed the film. Though it has nothing to do with the actual terrorist attack on America or political events in the Middle East, this film's mix of firemen, grief, and terrorism may still strike a sensitive nerve in some viewers. [Less]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, John Leguizamo, John Turturro

Director: Andrew Davis
Screenwriter: David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths
Producer: Steven Reuther, David Foster
Composer: Graeme Revell

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Jul 30, 2002

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... Time may be running out for Arnold the action hero.

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Apparently, it's relatively easy for a 6-foot tall, musclebound, non Spanish-speaking white guy to penetrate the depths of the Colombian guerilla-controlled jungle

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The whole South American adventure looks so forced you half expect Schwarzenegger to break into a travel programme piece to camera.

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02/12/03 05:51 AM
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Rule of thumb: if Arnold Schwarzenegger is the smartest person in a movie, you've got problems.

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02/08/03 08:22 AM
John R. McEwen
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All in all, "Collateral Damage" is entertaining in all the ways a Schwarzenegger film is expected to: bad guys do him dirty, Arnold's character vows revenge, lots of things blow up, and the bad guys get theirs... a more intense actor would have carried it

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12/29/02 04:20 PM
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An entertaining action movie, nothing more, nothing less.

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It will be remembered less for its generic content than for the real-life events that give it an eerie resonance.

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Loud, noisy, piece of garbage.

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In a world where the cost of real violence and the sacrifices of real heroes are inescapable reality, there is no connection to be made with the empty, ersatz heroics of a movie like this.

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10/15/02 08:19 AM
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Bound to be remembered (if at all) as one of Schwarzenegger's lesser vehicles.

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09/10/02 08:18 AM
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Sept. 11 has made this type of explosion-filled movie tedious and Schwarzenegger's brand of heroics irrelevant.

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IF you've seen this film, then you can be classified as COLLATERAL DAMAGE!!!
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IF you've seen this film, then you can be classified as COLLATERAL DAMAGE!!!
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REEL_REVIEWER
IF you've seen this film, then you can be classified as COLLATERAL DAMAGE!!!
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IF you've seen this film, then you can be classified as COLLATERAL DAMAGE!!!
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