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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, Cliff Curtis, Miguel Sandoval ... see more see more... , John Leguizamo , Harry J. Lennix , John Turturro , Michael Milhoan , Lindsay Frost , Raymond Cruz , Tyler Garcia Posey , Jay Acovone , Todd Allen , Pedro Altamirano , J. Kenneth Campbell , Víctor Carpinteiro , Greg Collins , Norm Compton , Pedro Damien , Daniel Friedman , Rick Garcia , Jane Lynch , Madison Mason , Rodrigo Obregon , Nicholas Pryor , Bruce Ramsay , Salvador Sanchez , Millie Slavin , Jorge Zepeda , Michael Cavanaugh , Jack Conley , Don Fischer , Penny Griego , Rick Worthy , Flor Edwarda Gurrola , Jsu Garcia , Gerardo Albarrán , Omar Ayala , Louis Bernstein , Ehecatl Chavez , Estaban Cueto , Ethan Dampf , Ronald Donahue , Doralicia , Jossara Jinaro , Marianne Lewis , Clint E. Lilley , Shelley Malil , Enrique Munoz , Raul Pozos , Joe Rentaria , Fernando Sarfati , Natalia Traven , John Varea , Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc , Tyler Posey

This action-adventure, that features a terrorist plot from The Fugitive (1993), saw its October 2001 release date moved back four months as a result of real-life terrorist attacks on the United States... read more read more.... Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Gordon Brewer, a Los Angeles firefighter who witnesses the deaths of his wife and child, innocent victims of a terrorist attack on a motorcade carrying Colombian dignitaries. Responsibility for the deadly explosion belongs to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini (Cliff Curtis), a terrorist and rebel in Colombia's decade-long civil war. When times passes with no suspect being brought to justice, Brewer rejects the advice of FBI agent Peter Brandt (Elias Koteas) and travels to the jungles of Colombia to find and take revenge upon his family's murderer himself. Encountering a complex web of death squads, right-wing military officials, guerrillas, terrorists and drug-lords, Brewer is aided in his dangerous quest by an unlikely ally, the beautiful Selena Perrini (Francesca Neri), his quarry's wife. Collateral Damage (2002) co-stars John Leguizamo and John Turturro. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Andrew Davis

Release Date: February 8, 2002

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  • fb733768972
    April 13, 2012
    fb733768972
    In this complex revenge Schwarzenegger outing, we find Gordon Brewer, an ordinary man whose family has been killed by terrorists. We then learn many things that happened before the attack and begin to wonder who is also working with the terrorists. This is the only real twist thr... read moreoughout the film. It is definitely not original and the characterizations are more than likely slapped together, but the action is pretty awesome and the subtle moments between characters is very refreshing. I thought it was extremely cliche and made me role my eyes when I found out that they decided to take the route of seeing a family that looks like his own in order to make the plot work. Overall, "Collateral Damage" is not a bad movie, in fact, it is a lot of fun, but in the end, it's just another average action flick that nobody will remember. It was okay!
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    October 26, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Collateral Damage is a decent action film, but is predictable and uses plot elements from other, better films to create this story. I was entertained watching this film, but I felt that the film could have been much better. I felt the film was fairly predictable, and that some of... read more the action scenes were derivative. Collateral Damage is a decent action film, but it doesn't try anything new or exciting. The film has potential to be an effective and great action film, however halfway through, the film falls apart slightly, and it becomes predictable. The script suffers from, being predictable and the film ends up being a bit boring. The film had the potential to be a strong action film, but it uses a watered down predictable formula to create its story and thus you lose slight interest in the film. Collateral Damage is a decent action film that does entertain, but it could have been done much better. Arnold Schwarzenegger has done far better action films than this, and though he delivers on-screen, his performance doesn't elevate the film from being a decent film to a good film. Collateral Damage is a decent action, but it never does anything really interesting, and that's a shame because the film had so much potential for being something great Collateral Damage is overall, a decent time waster that could have done much better, but for what it is, it's far from bad but it's clear that the film could have been done much better than this.
  • crunchbunch
    February 9, 2011
    crunchbunch
    Guns - Tick. Explotions - Tick. Ridiculous series of events - Tick. A typical post 1990's Schwarzenegger film riding the success of previous years - No Tick.

    Collateral Damage hits all the right current affair notes with acts of Terrorism and the innocent people that this effect... read mores. While it descends into classic Schwarzenegger, him taking down the entire group of Colombian Terrorists in their own back yard without any guns, knives or pointy sticks its the beggining that grabs you and the emotional involvement as his character deals with the loss of his wife and child.

    Lots of surprises and worth a watch, if only for Arnolds impersonation of a German ...

    "I'll show you collateral damage! "
  • TheGame90
    January 21, 2011
    TheGame90
    Okay movie. Nothing more. Not really a cretive plot. We have all seen the "revange the death of your family" thing once too many times. I think that Arnold acted better that usual...but still...
    And was it just me or was there a Cape Fear reference in there?
  • ythelastman89
    August 15, 2010
    ythelastman89
    A lot better tan I ever remember it being, this is a classic Arnold experience. Not only does he take down Colombian terrorism, he does it single-handed without and guns. Gordy Brewer is not the man you want to mess with, killing his family will result in total destruction. This ... read moremovie is action packed and put on a grand scale, it's not a simple shoot 'em up. It's actually a very intelligent and well thought out plot with lots of good characters. I think it's one of the few times Arnold doesn't use a lot of one liners, it's a interesting change of pace.
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    July 21, 2009
    LoughnerWasLucid
    well lets see i saw this when i was 12, and at that time i was obsessed with Swashazanazzzegr and i probably loved it. unfortunately that means it probably sucks
  • Chiefilms
    March 1, 2008
    Chiefilms
    He's been almost everywhere, why didn't he do a movie in German? that would've been great tony.
  • allan913
    February 12, 2008
    allan913
    Could of been more enjoyable if it wasent so over the top, the action and suspense work well but the plot is silly an ordinary man wanting revenge against terrorist for the death of his family..oh please.
  • pier007
    February 8, 2008
    pier007
    An insult, not only to colombia, but also for people with good taste. preposterous and misguided.
  • deano
    August 26, 2007
    deano
    Powerful first-class suspense-filled thriller of the hero Arnie who comes for his revenge to find the leader terrorist.

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Critic Reviews

Jeff Strickler
November 6, 2002
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

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

Rex Reed
March 13, 2002
Rex Reed, New York Observer

Ugly, predictable and dumb as dirt.

Peter Rainer
February 17, 2002
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

A stinker. Full Review

Stephen Hunter
February 16, 2002
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

Schwarzenegger tries hard to act but in the end the foolishness of the thriller formula becomes ridiculous. Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
February 15, 2002
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

The result is an 'action film' mired in stasis. Full Review

Kirk Honeycutt
February 13, 2002
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

A numbingly routine Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie.

J. Hoberman
February 12, 2002
J. Hoberman, Village Voice

This is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another, narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse, and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing. Full Review

Richard Roeper
February 11, 2002
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

[A] slick thriller with a couple of neat plot twists and a return to form for the fiftysomething Arnold. Full Review

Joel Siegel
February 11, 2002
Joel Siegel, ABCNEWS.COM

Compared to Traffic and Spy Games, films that deal with similar themes, this is mediocre movie-making ... The studio should not have released this film.

Bruce Newman
February 8, 2002
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News

Just as in real life, you don't see Collateral Damage, you suffer it. Full Review

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