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Very intense, killer music, guns and drugs. Maybe that's why it reminded me of Miami Vice?-oh well Michael Mann directed it, nuff said! :wink: Jamie Foxx gives a excellent performance-never a dull moment. Say what you will but I enjoyed it...
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Watched Collateral last weekend. Very intense with an occasional touch of humor. I agree with you, danlo. I enjoyed it.
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Yeah...I loved Collateral. I think it was my Movie of the Year. It was a lot more interesting than a mindless action movie. Lots of fun. Foxx and Cruise were great.-jay
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Very good flick. Nice to see Tom Cruise playing a bad guy.

One thing I didn't get though:

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How did Vincent die in the end? Did he get hit by Max when they were shooting at each other in the subway? I can't recall seeing him get hit, and I doubt the blood loss from his ear getting shot off would have killed him.
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Just saw this last night....Amazing. I enjoyed Heat more, but Collateral was really gripping. Great, great soundtrack too.
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I figured it was the loss of blood mixed with the loss on adreneline, that killed him.
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Watched this today - overall, I enjoyed it but I think Foxx's performance is overrated. I really don't like Cruise in anything really but he was good in this. It was very predictable, especially Jada Pinkett Smith's character.
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Ironic that this next movie I'm reviewing is written by the same guy, Stuart Beattie, that wrote the Derailed movie that I disliked--because I like this movie Collateral that I am about to review so much better.

I have read that Collateral director/producer Michael Mann did a lot of impromptu rewrites, so maybe that helped Collateral come across better. Honestly, Collateral is a typical violent R-rated Hollywood movie in essence, but it has great acting and cinematography.

Cab driver Max (Jamie Foxx, an actor of whom I am definitely a fan) has a fare that is a pleasant lawyer named Annie (Jada Pinkett-Smith) that needs to be taken to her legal building to pull an all-nighter on a criminal case against a drug lord. Annie and Max hit it off and she gives him her cell phone # on her business card after she gets out of the cab. Max's next fare is Vincent (Tom Cruise, an actor of whom I am really not a fan, but does okay here in a relatively-rare villainous turn), who offers Max hundreds in cash if he can retain Max's cab for five stops throughout the LA night. But Vincent is a hit man for a drug lord, and Max finds out Annie is the last stop on Vincent's hit list.

Besides being a thriller, this Collateral flick ponders on the consequences of both momentary and long-term decisions we all make. I must admit I liked it.
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enjoyed this movie very much. In part because for me it was a departure for Tom Cruise and the type of role he usually takes on. I wish he would play against character like he did in this role more often.

I would recommend this movie for anyone wanting a smart crime / action drama with Cruise taking a risk in his choice of roles.
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