Collateral (2004)

Director:

Michael Mann

Writer (WGA):

Stuart Beattie (written by)

Release Date:

6 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

It started like any other night

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Cab Driver | Hitman | Los Angeles | One Night | Killer

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 36 nominations

Cast

Tom Cruise	...	Vincent
Jamie Foxx	...	Max
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Annie
Mark Ruffalo	...	Fanning
Peter Berg	...	Richard Weidner
Bruce McGill	...	Pedrosa
Irma P. Hall	...	Ida
Barry Shabaka Henley	...	Daniel
Richard T. Jones	...	Traffic Cop #1
Klea Scott	...	Fed #1
Bodhi Elfman	...	Young Professional Man
Debi Mazar	...	Young Professional Woman
Javier Bardem	...	Felix
Emilio Rivera	...	Paco
Jamie McBride	...	Traffic Cop #2

Also Known As:

Untitled Michael Mann Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #40965) | Iceland:16 | Ireland:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18SG | Brazil:14 | India:A | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | France:U (with warning) | Hungary:16 | Spain:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:15 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-13 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Stuart Beattie was waiting tables when he ran into a friend called Julie Richardson, who he'd met on a UCLA Screenwriting Extension course. Richardson had become a producer on the lookout for good thriller scripts in particular. Beattie pitched her his screenplay "The Last Domino" and she liked it. Her boss Frank Darabont also liked it and set up a meeting with HBO. They passed on the project after Beattie submitted another draft. He then begged his agent to set up a meeting at DreamWorks where an executive called Marc Haines read the script over a weekend. The studio bought the screenplay the following week.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Annie knocks on the passenger-side window to give Max her card, he rolls the window all the way down, but when she hands him the card, it is only half-way down.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Vincent: You OK?
Airport Man: Yeah, I'm fine mate, don't worry about it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "HBO First Look: Miami Vice: Undercover (#13.11)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Spanish Key

Thank you God, for Noir has Returned!

One of the most beautifully crafted movies of the past 10 years. Why this movie is going by with very little publicity is beyond me. It has incredible screenplay, incredible directing (Michael Mann puts his trademark two cents in with the camera work and gritty feeling left from the lighting) and above all, great acting. Foxx and Cruise work together in a way unrivaled since..... Excellent story with little or no plot holes I could find. No cheesy lines, although the ending was quite rehashed from other suspense thrillers. All in all, this movie exceeded my expectations for a summer movie.

Pros:Excellent Acting, Screenplay, Plot, Script, and Directing Cons: Unoriginal Ending, seems a bit overly dramatic.

9.5/10

This was quite a beautiful movie.