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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 9781417010783 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 1417010789 Label: Dreamworks Video Languages: Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video MPN: D91734D Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Dreamworks Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 14, 2004 Running Time: 120 minutes Studio: Dreamworks Video Theatrical Release Date: August 06, 2004 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Collateral offers a change of pace for Tom Cruise as a ruthless contract killer, but that's just one of many reasons to recommend this well-crafted thriller. It's from Michael Mann, after all, and the director's stellar track record with crime thrillers (Thief, Manhunter, and especially Heat) guarantees a rich combination of intelligent plotting, well-drawn characters, and escalating tension, beginning here when icy hit-man Vincent (Cruise) recruits cab driver Max (Jamie Foxx) to drive him through a nocturnal tour of Los Angeles, during which he will execute five people in a 10-hour spree. While Stuart Beattie's screenplay deftly combines intimate character study with raw bursts of action (in keeping with Mann's directorial trademark), Foxx does the best work of his career to date (between his excellent performance in Ali and his title-role showcase in Ray), and Cruise is fiercely convincing as an ultra-disciplined sociopath. Jada Pinkett-Smith rises above the limitations of a supporting role, and Mann directs with the confidence of a master, turning L.A. into a third major character (much as it was in the Mann-produced TV series Robbery Homicide Division). Collateral is a bit slow at first, but as it develops subtle themes of elusive dreams and lives on the edge, it shifts into overdrive and races, with breathtaking precision, toward a nail-biting climax. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating: - LA Plays ItselfTom Cruise got a lot of favorable press at the time of this film's release for playing an unredeemed and unredeemable killer. He is good, to be sure. You won't quickly forget his steely, relentless hitman. He's like demon from an icy hell. Still, while not exactly a one-note performance, he takes a back seat to Jamie Foxx (literally AND figuratively) in this taut thriller. Foxx, of course, has the advantage of portraying a Mensch, not a psychopath. You feel for him every moment he is in the ... Read More Rating:  - Cruise performs a carefully crafted study in his character.The first 3/4 of the movie as stated by others is very very good, the final chapter is nothing we haven't seen before but look past that and from start to finish watch Cruise and his portrayal of his character. Cruise's performance and depth is fantastic. The amount of study he has given his role is obvious, and by far the most intriguing character in the film is Cruise. The movie itself is shot very well, recent action movies are so jerky and badly shot that either you get a headache, ... Read More Rating: - Do You Have Collateral?Max, the cab driver, cannot understand why Vincent does not feel guilt, or remorse, for killing the people he kills. A conversation begins. After a while, Vincent sounds less like an assassin, and more like a soldier: Vincent talks like a US soldier serving in Iraq might talk, rationalizing the deaths of people he has never met, never known: The US government has likely caused the deaths of millions of arabs (mostly male), while "suffering" a few thousand casualties ... Read More Rating: - Fantastic gun battles brought to you by VincentTom Cruise (Vincent) has complete control of his handguns in this movie. He blows away all his "targets" with style and panache. Well, he should. He's an extremely well-trained assassin, on a "night on the town" picking his victims from his notebook computer; going from place to place with Jamie Foxx as his unsolicited cab driver(?), Max. Ahhh...Vincent shoots people and then, shoots more people. I really loved the way he put down the scumbag punks in the alley. HK USP, Glock, HK MP4, Beretta, Sig-Sauer, Uzi? ... Read More Rating: - Man of Action meets Man of Thinking - Excellent MovieThis movie is about a man of action who meets a man of thinking and what happens when the two meet and interact with each other and thus learn from and change each other. It is my belief that the movie shows the psychological make-up of each person and how this produces collateral effects - in the structure and make-up of their own lives, as well as in each character's interactions with others. The character played by Jamie Foxx is all thought and no action. This is impacting his life, the life ... Read More |
