Epic!! one of the best movies in recent years i loved this & own the bluray.

Unexpectedly good. Both Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx give some solid performances. The plot is simple but it's very well done and engaging. The subway train scene is my favorite, I loved every second of it.

"A guy gets on the MTA here L.A. and dies. Think anybody'll notice?"

Sometimes slow and sometimes tense, Collateral is a well balanced night drive movie, with great acting from Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. It definitely has its own style, the scenes don’t look too polished or over edited, just that gritty feel.
I really enjoyed this film, I scored it a 9/10

Good, and Cruise as villain is a plus.

An excellent movie, I only wish it was a bit longer

This movie is very well made, amazing performances from Cruise as he often perfects his roles and Foxx who was a great confused cab driver in LA facing great danger for the first time. The movie has great contrast between the characters and the movie is kind of a combination of John wick meets [spoiler] lethal weapon but they never really get along [/spoiler] . Very interesting plot packed with action also a great balance of tense scenes and funny interactions. The runtime is 2 hours which I find perfect as it doesn't feel rushed or stretched out. Overall great film and worth a watch if you are a fan of Tom Cruise or Jamie Foxx

Story: 8...some people will complain there's not enough backstory or that the ending isn't complete, but that's not the point of the story! This is such a great premise. Everything we need to know about Vincent and Max is contained in one night's adventure. Brilliant storytelling by Mann yet again. My only beef is that the last fifteen minutes becomes a cliché stalker thriller where the bad guy just won't die!
Script: 9...straight, no wasted dialogue, philosophical and surprisingly funny
Performances: 8...two leads totally kill it. Bardem is the best small part. Ruffalo looks too ironically undercover for his turn to be taken seriously. Everyone else is so-so.
Misc.: 7...clearly an experiment with digital recording. Works for the most part and gives LA at night a very gritty, lonely feel. Soundtrack and score are average, elevated by the Audioslave wolf scene.
Influence: 7...not as memorable or impactful as it should be. Cruise's only real bad guy character is soooo good. Great modern noir gets overlooked.
Overall: 8

This isn't anything too earth-shatteringly different from a story perspective, but was still very engrossing. Two things stand out. The film looks great. There are plenty of amazing cityscapes that'll drop your jaw. Second, Tom Cruise as bad guy is loads of fun. Plus, I like the silver-haired look.

I've seen plenty of Tom Cruise movies, especially the more recent stuff he's cranked out. For my money, I don't think there has been a more enjoyable and consistent action-movie actor than Cruise over the last 15 or 20 years.

A unique and captivating thriller, with a well-crafted and perfectly-paced plot, that's simple yet effective, along with outstanding directing, incredible performances, enthralling character dynamics and intense action sequences.

Movies are always better when Tom Cruise runs in them.

Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx best movie ever.

Collateral 2004

This is quite watchable and I think the two main actors are doing well, with the killer being especially bad ass.
I felt the female cast was pretty weak in performance, and the character both forgettable and just artificially made important emotionally.

Maybe it is more important to note what the movie lacks rather than what he has:


[spoiler]The whole investigation plot did stop suddenly, with no meaningful outcome either. It really let's one wonder: Why does it even exist? Or did they plan more of it and scrap other huge parts of it?
On a personal note, after the Max, the driver, made a very self-believing bet at the start of the movie, one might assume as I did it would be either a major repeating theme throughout the movie or would happen at an important show-down moment: Will you let me go if I win this, and if I loose you can kill us both? Neither did happen, and it was only used a single other time, but pretty irrelevant even.[/spoiler]

You can still find quite some enjoyment in this movie, however.

Rating: 7/10

Collateral might actually be my favorite movie from Michael Mann. Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx both gave great and unforgettable performance in this movie. The fact that Tom Cruise is playing a villain was so brilliant and payed off excellently well, and that was pulled off by the writing, the directing, and Cruise himself.

Michael Mann has a beautiful and yet stunning vision of LA nights that got me this warm feeling inside of me with this open world feel to it and the amazing cinematography that got me so awe-stuck. A lot of people say 'Heat' is they favorite Michael Mann movie and while I do like that movie, but I got to say that I enjoyed and loved Collateral a little more.

It's almost impossible not to compare any Michael Mann film to Heat, one which most people will regard as his masterpiece and a landmark in action cinema, though I personally think The Insider is equally brilliant.

Collateral is probably his fourth best film behind Heat, The Insider, and Last of the Mohicans – it's a brilliant high concept film (a hitman hires a cab driver to help him kill five witnesses in an upcoming court case) and fascinating character study of both the protagonist and antagonist, with taxi driver Max and hitman Vincent being interesting and engaging characters, and the relationship between them is a main reason why this film works so well.

I think it's a visually stylish movie with a great soundtrack, with a perfect use of Audioslave's Shadow of the Sun, and the performances from Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx are both extremely good, with supporting roles from Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, and Javier Bardem all noteworthy. It's been a long time since I saw this and had forgotten how much I like and admire it.

I just rewatched this and the fact that it still holds up as one of the greatest thrillers of the post millennium era is a testament to its greatness.
Easily Manns best work and Cruise and Foxx really shines throughout.

A completely idiotic ending spoils the whole movie. NO ONE of the passengers or the driver on the train notices the loud shots or flying bullets. After the train stops, they continue travel as if nothing has happened.

God I hate Tom Cruise. Jamie Foxx and Mark Ruffalo were top notch though.