Collateral Movie Review 2004

Vincent (Cruise) is a contract killer as cool and sleek as his gray-haired, gray-suited appearance suggests. He's got a busy schedule to keep in nighttime L.A.--five hits and out on the 6 A.M. flight. Fortunately, he's got the perfect cabbie, 12-year veteran Max (Foxx), who can get anywhere in the least possible time. Naturally, there's time to talk, and as Vincent shares his advice on how to adapt and improvise, Max gets some ideas on how he's going to survive. It's basically a two-handed drama and both actors give nuanced performances; Mann is also at the top of his game. Also notable is the high-def digital video of cinematographers Beebe and Cameron that makes the city another character in the drama.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 119 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Psycho-Thriller, Cabbies, Hit Men/Women, L.A., Kidnapped!, Up All Night, Race Against Time

Screenplay

Stuart Beattie

Cast

Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo, Irma P. Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bruce McGill, Bodhi (Pine) Elfman, Javier Bardem, Peter Berg, Barry (Shabaka) Henley, Debi Mazar

Cinematography

Dion Beebe, Paul Cameron

Director

Michael Mann

Music

James Newton Howard, Antonio Pinto, Tom Rothrock

Other

Lee Orloff, Jim Miller, Paul Rubell, Daniel T. Dorrance, Jeffrey Kurland, David Wasco

Producer

Michael Mann, Julie Richardson, Parkes/McDonald, Edge City, Dreamworks Pictures

Awards

British Acad. 2004: Cinematog.