Collateral (2004)

Director: Michael Mann  Starring: Tom Cruise  Jada Pinkett Smith  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Universal
Format: VHS
UPC: 00678149173536
Buy.com Sku: 40699188
Item#: VFSVYL
Category Keywords: Assassination  Assassins  Drugs  Suspense  Theatrical Release  Thriller 
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Features: Widescreen
 
A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in LA. He must find a way to save both himself and one last victim. Starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.
 


Editor's Note

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.

 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Universal
Release Date: 12/14/2004
Running Time: 120 minutes
Original Release Date: 2004
Catalog ID: 91735
UPC: 00678149173536
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Mark Ruffalo
Bruce McGill
Peter Berg
Tom Cruise
Irma P. Hall
Jada Pinkett Smith
Javier Bardem
Peter Giuliano - Executive Producer
James Newton Howard - Composer
Julie Richardson - Producer
Stuart Beattie - Screenwriter
Dion Beebe - Director of Photography
Frank Darabont - Executive Producer
Paul Cameron - Director of Photography
Rob Fried - Executive Producer
Chuck Russell - Executive Producer
Michael Mann - Producer
Michael Mann - Director

 
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
"[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 p.59-60

Premiere
"[A] feast for the eyes....[Mann] really uses the electronic sheen that comes with the format." 07/01/2004 p.23-4

Rolling Stone
"Mann hits a new peak, orchestrating action, atmosphere and bruising humor with a poet's eye for urban darkness." 09/02/2004 p.149

USA Today
"[T]he wrap-up is staged with craft and confidence..." 09/03/2004 p.10E

Uncut
"COLLATERAL has the texture and gravity of an old-school classic." 10/01/2004 p.148

Chicago Sun-Times
"[With] complex, intriguing characters..." 12/10/2004 p.11

Total Film
"Mann's crisp, pulp thriller sees TC as a bad cat in after-hours LA..." 07/01/2006 p.136

Wall Street Journal
"[An] elegantly crafted and genuinely thrilling thriller....The crackling-smart script was written by Stuart Beattie..." 04/24/2009

  
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