Collateral Damage (2002)

After his family is killed by a terrorist act, a firefighter goes in search of the one responsible.

Director:

Andrew Davis

Writers:

Ronald Roose (story), David Griffiths (story)

Stars:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo, Francesca Neri

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Gordy Brewer
Francesca Neri	...	Selena Perrini
Elias Koteas	...	Peter Brandt
Cliff Curtis	...	Claudio Perrini
John Leguizamo	...	Felix Ramirez
John Turturro	...	Sean Armstrong
Jsu Garcia	...	Roman
Tyler Posey	...	Mauro (as Tyler Garcia Posey)
Michael Milhoan	...	Jack
Rick Worthy	...	Ronnie
Raymond Cruz	...	Junior
Lindsay Frost	...	Anne Brewer
Ethan Dampf	...	Matt Brewer
Jorge Zepeda	...	Rocha
Miguel Sandoval	...	Joe Phipps

Storyline

Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini. Frustrated with the official investigation and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering his family might never be brought to justice, Brewer takes matters into his own hands and tracks his quarry ultimately to Colombia.

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Plot Keywords:

outrunning explosion | woman murders a woman | murderess | colombia | terrorism | 

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Taglines:

Nothing is more dangerous than a man with nothing to lose

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some language

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. [UK] Warner Bros. [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

8 February 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Daño colateral

Filming Locations:

La Antigua, Veracruz, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$15,058,432, 10 February 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$40,077,257

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$78,382,433

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Bel Air Entertainment, David Foster Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Well-known Vietnam War veteran and radical anti-war activist Stan Goff briefly worked as a technical military adviser on the film. He later said it was one of the worst experiences of his life and that the finished product was "yet another guns and fire-balls, macho death-cult, fascist film-myth."

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Goofs

The Colombians have Mexican accents.

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Quotes

Selena: Claudio is now a man consumed by hate, just like you.
Gordon Brewer: I'm not like him.

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Connections

References This Is Your Life (1955)

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Soundtracks

Selena's Song
Written by Salvatore Basile

User Reviews

it took my brother 24 hours to pawn this movie

The most depressing thing about "Collateral Damage" isn't that it's reminiscent of 9/11 (the resemblance is pretty superficial), but that it epitomizes the sad state of Arnold's decaying movie career. Looking old and burnt out, he plods his way through a plot that is really much too serious for an action movie. He has no hilarious one-liners and he kicks only a modicum of a**, which is a big mistake since that's what we're paying to see. The mighty have fallen to this...

I was impressed with Francesca Neri's performance, and unlike everybody else in the universe I think that Arnold is actually a pretty good actor. But his material here is B-grade political thriller stuff that belongs in a Tom Clancy paperback packed with schematics of all the military vehicles involved. Arnold works better in sci-fi and fantasy settings; his contemporary Earth movies are pretty boring, and I'm always amazed that none of the supporting characters ever comment on his physique or accent. Why doesn't somebody, just once, say "daaaaamn, that's a big Austrian guy"?