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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 company; 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, All Movie Guide
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| DRIVE, HE SAID, I'LL TELL YOU WHEN TO STOP
by markh
April 25, 2005 - 12:02 PM PDT
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0 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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| I LIKED IT. IT LOOKS GREAT (HI-DEF VIDEO). YES THERE WERE "ISSUES" BUT FIND ME A MOVIE THAT DOESNT HAVE PLOT GAPS, COINCIDENCES ETC. THE ACTING WAS GOOD ALL ROUND T.C. MAKES A GOOD BADDY. ENTERTAINING ENOUGH TO WATCH OVER WITH DIRECTORS COMMENTARY. DISSAPOINTED OVER THE FINAL SCENE BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SPOIL IT THOUGH. |
| Better than expected
by dojothemouse
March 8, 2005 - 2:12 PM PST
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2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| Previous reviewer is correct; the movie is not particularly believable. It's still good. Jamie Foxx is fun to watch. The movie is very pretty. It's certainly interesting to see what Michael Mann does with flourescent lights and downtown Los Angeles at night time. There's some cheese involved (BS psychodrama), but it's all forgiveable. |
| Glossy and Glib
by talltale
December 10, 2004 - 7:37 AM PST
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6 out of 10 members found this review helpful
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| There's a great idea at the core of COLLATERAL: a hit man using a captive cabbie to take him on his deadly rounds. Unfortunately, the movie itself stinks. It takes this good idea and surrounds it with coincidence and unbelievable incidents that require far too much suspension of disbelief. A single example should suffice: The Tom Cruise character can kill every one of the L.A.P.D., FBI, CIA and private security guards who convene en masse during the scene in the night club (and then handily escape!) but can't manage to plug the one guy in the film who presumably has never held a gun in his hand before this particular evening. Yup: it's that kind of nonsense movie. Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx is excellent, as always, and Michael Mann keeps making these overlong, arty/farty (we get a nice round of existentialism here!), glossy/glib exercises that are "directed" to death. Less, please. |
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