Collateral
Overview
Jamie Foxx plays Max, a Los Angeles cab driver who has a pretty wild night in this thriller from Michael Mann (HEAT, THE INSIDER). First, Max picks up, flirts with, and gets the number of Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), an attractive District attorney. Next, Vincent (Tom Cruise) climbs into his cab. He is a professional hit man who reserves Max for the night with a whole shopping list of victims he needs to visit. As the night moves forward and the body count rises, Max must wrestle with the question of how to do the right thing while staying alive. Gradually the two men bond in unlikely ways, as each learns survival mechanisms from the other, and it all doubles as a metaphor for morality vs. capitalism. Mark Ruffalo and Peter Berg play cops who eventually get on Max and Vincent's trail, leading to a spectacular action set piece inside a night club. Irma P. Hall (2004's THE LADYKILLERS) gets laughs as Max's hospitalized "momma," and Javier Bardem (BEFORE NIGHT FALLS) is a sinister drug lord. With a capable director like Mann at the wheel, this remains a smooth, enjoyable ride while also being fast, bumpy, and full of twists and turns. The streets of urban, nighttime Los Angeles--captured via a specially modified digital camera--never looked so beautiful or desolate. As typical of the director, the film is both artistic and action-packed; operatically over-the-top while never skimping on the little details.
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Main Cast & Crew:
Michael Mann - Director
Tom Cruise
Jamie Foxx
Jada Pinkett Smith
Mark Ruffalo
Peter Berg
Bruce McGill
Irma P. Hall
Barry Shabaka Henley
Richard T. Jones
Klea Scott
Details
- Format: DVD
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 032429256645
- Genre: MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER
- Rating: R
- Release Date: January 2017
Movie Reviews
Notes:
THEATRICAL RELEASE: AUGUST 6, 2004
Reviews:
"[A] tensely funny and alive Los Angeles night-world thriller....Cruise and Foxx are so good together because they allow the two characters to get under each other's skin." - 08/13/2004 Entertainment Weekly, p.59-60
"[A] feast for the eyes....[Mann] really uses the electronic sheen that comes with the format." - 07/01/2004 Premiere, p.23-4
"Mann hits a new peak, orchestrating action, atmosphere and bruising humor with a poet's eye for urban darkness." - 09/02/2004 Rolling Stone, p.149
"[T]he wrap-up is staged with craft and confidence..." - 09/03/2004 USA Today, p.10E
"COLLATERAL has the texture and gravity of an old-school classic." - 10/01/2004 Uncut, p.148
"[With] complex, intriguing characters..." - 12/10/2004 Chicago Sun-Times, p.11
"Mann's crisp, pulp thriller sees TC as a bad cat in after-hours LA..." - 07/01/2006 Total Film, p.136
"[An] elegantly crafted and genuinely thrilling thriller....The crackling-smart script was written by Stuart Beattie..." - 04/24/2009 Wall Street Journal
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