Nov
5

Review ‘Collateral’

From newindpress.com:

Tom Cruise in an adrenaline blast movie ‘Collateral’

A lot of directors could learn from this one and we’re not just talking Bollywood and Kollywood but ol’ Hollywood as well. Here you have a story about a contract killer on a tight schedule – five people, one night. You’d think something like this would mean large amounts of bloodsplattering, paragraphs of bad language, and some show of skin. Nope, none of the above.

Mann just gives you this edgy, fast-paced thriller that zips you from frame to frame without a moment’s pause. With as much action in the talk as in the action itself.

You have just two people to watch – Tom Cruise as Vincent with his silver hair and eerie monotone and Jamie Foxx as Max with his taxi cab and dreams. Vincent hires Max for the night, tells him he’s in the real estate business and has to make five stops in the one night. Max is fine with that, the man’s a good tipper, and the money’s going to get him closer to the limo he’s always wanted to own. But that’s only until the first body drops from the sky onto his windshield, shattering everything – the car, the night, his dreams. And Vincent, well, it’s just one down, four to go. And that’s your movie for the night.

A total adrenaline blast without the blood and gore.

Director: Michael Mann; Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx

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November 5, 2004   //   Collateral   //   6 Comments   //  

6 Comments to “Review ‘Collateral’”

• November 06, 2004 at 12:10 am
  stella says:

  I saw collateral few days ago …well is good enough. I like the way cinicality of the world is presented and brutal truth is broad up. You can see life from another point of view thinking all those taxi drivers who deliver ceveral people every day in their cars how much they expose in danger! I do believe though that the coin has always 2 faces as the same can happen vertically. What if the killer was the driver?
  Nice film!
• November 06, 2004 at 6:55 am
  erika says:

  Finally, I saw collateral and I like it. There are some moments which could be done better (like a jamp on the metro), but generally is spectakular movie with feeling
  of the city and people.
  I recomened to see it!
• November 06, 2004 at 7:00 am
  erika says:

  I finally saw collateral and I like it. There are some moments, which could be done better, like a jump on the metro, but generally is very spectakular movie with
  feeling of the city and people.
  I recomend to see it!
• November 06, 2004 at 7:03 am
  erika says:

  I finally saw collateral and I like it. There some moments, which could be done better,
  like a jump on the metro, but generaly is a
  spectacular movie with feeling of the city and
  people.
  I recomend to see it!
• November 06, 2004 at 9:37 am
  maggie says:

  Colateral’s a great film – hope it wins something. Can’t wait ’til I can buy it on DVD
• November 09, 2004 at 5:06 pm
  Laura says:

  YES Maggie. i fancy him