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A taxi driver is unexpectedly taken on the ride of his life in this stylish thriller from acclaimed director Michael Mann. Max (Jamie Foxx) is a cab driver who hopes to some day open his own limo comp... read more read more...any; one night behind the wheel begins promisingly when he picks up Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), an attorney working with the federal government who is attractive, friendly, and gives him her business card after paying her fare. Max thinks his luck is getting even better when his next fare, Vincent (Tom Cruise), offers him several hundred dollars in cash if he'll be willing to drop him off, wait, and pick him up at five different spots over the course of the evening. Max agrees, but he soon realizes Vincent isn't just another guy with errands to run -- Vincent is an assassin who has been paid to murder five people who could put the leaders of a powerful drug trafficking ring behind bars in an upcoming trial. As circumstances force Max to do Vincent's bidding, the cabbie has to find a way to prevent Vincent from killing again and save his own skin, a task that becomes especially crucial when he discovers Annie is one of the names on Vincent's hit list. Collateral also stars Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, and Bruce McGill as police detectives hot on Vincent's trail. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 2 hr.

Directed by: Michael Mann

Release Date: August 6, 2004

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DVD Release Date: December 14, 2004

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  • fb100002359227440
    April 1, 2012
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    One of the best films by Michael Mann.
  • fb1463751009
    March 10, 2012
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    Super underrated film. In my opinion, Tom Cruise's best performance. Dialogue could use a lot of work and there was pretty bad editing. Tom Cruise carries this movie. Great and engaging character development. The cinematography is definitely worth mentioning. Great crime movie.
  • TheGame90
    September 18, 2011
    TheGame90
    It gave a lot of respect for Jamie Foxx and it was pretty interesting.
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    One of Tom Cruises best films. Outstanding.
  • StarCrossedVoyager
    May 25, 2011
    StarCrossedVoyager
    Good cast with a chemistry. Both believable in their roles. Good narrative however I found the end unsatisfactory.
  • fb100001048934982
    April 23, 2011
    fb100001048934982
    A very well written film that really puts Michael Mann in the spotlight as the director. But it's hard not to notice the brilliance of the script. Everything was pitch-perfect in that aspect. A thrilling ride that just does not stop, and continues to get better and more exciting ... read morewith each contract completed by a menacing Tom Cruise. This is definitely one of his better roles. Enjoy this suspenseful, tightly-wound script and movie. You won't be disappointed.
  • DreamExtractor
    April 4, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    I saw this movie really late at night, and how surprised would I be to discover I was watching a really cool and almost flawless movie. Collaterol was tremendously acted, great moral, and awesome plot. Nothing really went wrong until probably the end where I wanted to know what... read more happens to Jamie Foxx now. But other than that small flaw, this is the perfect movie.
  • fb619846742
    March 5, 2011
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    A well-casted, well-scripted yarn concerning a taxi cab driver (Jamie Foxx) who picks up the wrong guy (a hitman, played by Tom Cruise) who hires him for the night to drive him around as he offs certain individuals. While there aren't as many action bangs as in Mann's previous wo... read morerk (see "Heat") it certainly is impressive in many aspects, especially capturing the L.A. night scene. The twist at the end of the film is disappointing since it is really very predictable, which weighs the film down to a large extent seeing it ties everything together a bit too neatly. Still probably worth seeing just for the electric performances by both Cruise and Foxx.
  • crunchbunch
    January 13, 2011
    crunchbunch
    Despite rave reviews, I found this to be a film of two halves. The first half of the film was slow, dull and unengaging to say the least. Tom Cruise plays the hitman Vincent who forces an unwitting taxi driver (Jamie Foxx) to drive him to each of the hits. Who is he killing? Who ... read moreknows. Why is he killing them? Who cares. Michael Mann has made a lackluste effort at trying to apply depth to either character and we're left feeling "so what?"

    However, I did say this was a film of two halves. The final 30 minutes turns into a fast paced thriller, drawing the audience out of their slumber and making them pay notice. Tom Cruise is slick throughout but is really put to good use as the cat and mouse chase ensues.

    Overall I was dissapointed with Collateral,Its not as clever as it tries to be but people will pretend it is.

    "Get with it. Millions of galaxies of hundreds of millions of stars, in a speck on one in a blink. That's us, lost in space. The cop, you, me... Who notices?"
  • adammahler1
    December 13, 2010
    adammahler1
    Tom Cruise's best performance since Risky Business (or maybe War of the Worlds). Jamie Foxx doesn't do a performance, as much as an impression of a person who has to workxx and savexx for a livingxx.

    High-concept with some good dialogue, but veers into phony existentialism and D... read moreie-Hard territory, where everyone else is stupid and clueless except for the everyman-hero, one supporting cop and a psychopath. Ending shots and dialogue are very anticlimactic. High-definition video payday for Michael Mann.

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Critic Reviews

Andrew Sarris
August 16, 2004
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

Throughout the gruesome cat-and-mouse game being played by Vincent and Max in Collateral, there's something psychologically, dramatically and even sociologically interesting going on. Full Review

Richard Roeper
August 12, 2004
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

This is a tense, first-rate thriller. Full Review

Peter Rainer
August 8, 2004
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

Most of the time we are with Cruise and Foxx, and their interplay is never less than galvanizing. Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek
August 7, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

After that promising start, Collateral ratchets down, gradually, to being only average. Full Review

Desson Thomson
August 6, 2004
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

If Collateral is all formula, it's polished to a fine sheen. Full Review

Stephen Hunter
August 6, 2004
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

Collateral is the best kind of genre filmmaking: It plays by the rules, obeys the traditions and is both familiar and fresh at once. Full Review

Peter Howell
August 6, 2004
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

[Tom Cruise has] never been this convincingly wicked. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
August 6, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It's straight-up entertainment, not something to see and then talk about a month later, but definitely something to enjoy. Full Review

Joe Baltake
August 6, 2004
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

A genuinely original modern thriller. Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum
August 6, 2004
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

The best thing Mann brings to his picture is a strong sense of time and place. Full Review

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    • Vincent: Red light max... Slow down.
    • Max: Hey Vincent you know what go Fuck yourself! [car crashes]
    • Vincent: Hey Homie .. That my briefcase?
    • Vincent: Redlight, Max.
    • Max: You killed him?
    • Vincent: No, I shot him. Bullets and the fall killed him.
    • Daniel: I mean, everybody and their momma knew you don't just come up and talk to Miles Davis. I mean, he may have looked like he was chilling, but he was absorbed. This one hip couple, one of them tried to shake his hand one day. And the guy says, "Hi, my name is..." Miles said, "Get the fuck outta my face, you jive motherfucker, and take your silly bitch with you."
    • Vincent: Guy gets on the subway and dies. Think anybody'll notice?
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