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Collateral

  • 20042004
  • RR
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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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 Los Angeles.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 Los Angeles.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 Los Angeles.

IMDb RATING
7.5/10
390K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,074
260
  • Director
    • Michael Mann
  • Writer
    • Stuart Beattie
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Jamie Foxx
    • Jada Pinkett Smith
Top credits
  • Director
    • Michael Mann
  • Writer
    • Stuart Beattie
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Jamie Foxx
    • Jada Pinkett Smith
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 986User reviews
    • 230Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 22 wins & 73 nominations total

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    Jada Pinkett Smith in Collateral (2004)
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    Jamie Foxx in Collateral (2004)
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    Tom Cruise in Collateral (2004)
    Tom Cruise in Collateral (2004)
    Jamie Foxx in Collateral (2004)
    Jamie Foxx in Collateral (2004)
    Jamie Foxx in Collateral (2004)
    Jamie Foxx in Collateral (2004)
    Javier Bardem and Jamie Foxx in Collateral (2004)
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    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    • Vincentas Vincent
    Jamie Foxx
    Jamie Foxx
    • Maxas Max
    Jada Pinkett Smith
    Jada Pinkett Smith
    • Annieas Annie
    Mark Ruffalo
    Mark Ruffalo
    • Fanningas Fanning
    Peter Berg
    Peter Berg
    • Richard Weidneras Richard Weidner
    Bruce McGill
    Bruce McGill
    • Pedrosaas Pedrosa
    Irma P. Hall
    Irma P. Hall
    • Idaas Ida
    Barry Shabaka Henley
    Barry Shabaka Henley
    • Danielas Daniel
    Richard T. Jones
    Richard T. Jones
    • Traffic Cop #1as Traffic Cop #1
    Klea Scott
    Klea Scott
    • Fed #1as Fed #1
    Bodhi Elfman
    Bodhi Elfman
    • Young Professional Manas Young Professional Man
    Debi Mazar
    Debi Mazar
    • Young Professional Womanas Young Professional Woman
    Javier Bardem
    Javier Bardem
    • Felixas Felix
    Emilio Rivera
    Emilio Rivera
    • Pacoas Paco
    Jamie McBride
    Jamie McBride
    • Traffic Cop #2as Traffic Cop #2
    Ken Waters
    Ken Waters
    • FBI Agentas FBI Agent
    • (as Ken Ver Cammen)
    Charlie E. Schmidt
    Charlie E. Schmidt
    • FBI Agentas FBI Agent
    • (as Charlie E. Schmidt Jr.)
    Michael Bentt
    • Fever Bounceras Fever Bouncer
    • (as Michael A. Bentt)
    • Director
      • Michael Mann
    • Writer
      • Stuart Beattie
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    Storyline

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    This action thriller follows LA cabbie Max Durocher, the type of person who can wax poetic about other people's lives, which impresses U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Annie Farrell, one of his fares, so much that she gives him her telephone number at the end of her ride. Although a dedicated man as seen through the efficiency in which he does his work, he can't or won't translate that eloquence into a better life for himself. He deludes himself into believing that his now twelve year cabbie job is temporary and that someday he will own his own limousine service. He even lies to his hospitalized mother that he already owns one, with a further lie that he tells her as such primarily to make her happy, rather than the truth which is that he won't do anything to achieve that dream. One night, Max picks up a well dressed man named Vincent, who asks Max to be his only fare for the evening. For a flat fee of $600, plus an extra $100 if he gets to the airport on time - Vincent wants Max to drive him to five stops that evening. Max somewhat reluctantly agrees. Max learns the hard way at their first stop when a body falls from a third story apartment window and lands dead on top of his cab that Vincent is a contract hit man. Vincent's main goal, as per his current contract, is to kill five people, one at each of the stops, but he will not let others get in the way of that goal, even if it means killing them, including Max. As Vincent forces Max to continue driving him for the evening, Max tries slyly at every turn to take back control of his life from Vincent, especially when Max learns of one of the names on Vincent's hit list. Meanwhile, LAPD narcotics detective, Ray Fanning, and ultimately the FBI get involved when Vincent's first victim is associated with a case in which Ray is working undercover. Ray is able to piece together information which makes him hot on Max and Vincent's tail. —Huggo
    • taxi driver
    • taxi
    • contract killer
    • los angeles california
    • hitman
    • 162 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • It started like any other night
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Crime
      • Drama
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for violence and language
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      According to Michael Mann, Vincent is a man able to get in and out of anywhere without anyone recognizing or remembering him. To prepare for the movie, Tom Cruise had to make FedEx deliveries in a crowded Los Angeles market without anyone recognizing him.
    • Goofs
      When Max and Vincent load the first corpse in the trunk, the "corpse" is holding Max by the wrists as well.
    • Quotes

      Vincent: Look in the mirror. Paper towels, clean cab. Limo company some day. How much you got saved?

      Max: That ain't any of your business.

      Vincent: Someday? Someday my dream will come? One night you will wake up and discover it never happened. It's all turned around on you. It never will. Suddenly you are old. Didn't happen, and it never will, because you were never going to do it anyway. You'll push it into memory and then zone out in your barco lounger, being hypnotized by daytime TV for the rest of your life. Don't you talk to me about murder. All it ever took was a down payment on a Lincoln town car. That girl,you can't even call that girl. What the fuck are you still doing driving a cab?

    • Crazy credits
      There are no opening credits of any kind. The title does not appear until the closing credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Collateral/Code 46/Stander/Little Black Book/Festival Express (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Debestar
      Written by Rick Garcia, Rene Reyes & Cisco De Luna

      Performed by The Green Car Motel

      Courtesy of FastKat Records

    User reviews986

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Collateral": Spotlight on Film Director Michael Mann
    The best scene in Michael Mann's "Collateral" is a late-night conversation in a dowdy jazz club in Los Angeles. The conversation between Tom Cruise's hired killer Vincent and the club owner played by Barry Shabaka Henley is riveting, as the trumpet player recalls a chance meeting with the legendary Miles Davis. The scene is so realistic that it could have been lifted from Ken Burns' epic PBS series "Jazz." At the same time, director Mann brings to the scene the same powerful subtext achieved in his film "Heat" when Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro played out a memorable conversation across the table in a restaurant. The jazz scene in "Collatoral" was brilliantly written. But it was the careful set-ups, camera angles, and subtext of the performances that made for brilliant film-making.

    Beyond this memorable scene, there is an edgy undercurrent to nearly all of the conversations in "Collateral," starting with the engaging scene in the cab between Jamie Foxx and Jada Pinkett Smith. All of the performances in this film are outstanding, especially Foxx as the intelligent, underachieving cab driver. I especially admired how the director subtly conveyed within the psyche of Tom Cruise's contract killer a mystery about the character's past. There is a long scene where the hit-man Vincent tells a harrowing tale of family abuse when he was a child, then informs cabdriver Max that he was just kidding. But was he? There are many complexities to the characters effectively layered into the film by Mann.

    The stylish cinematography is another trademark of Mann's work. His choices in colors and lighting aesthetics are especially noteworthy in "Collateral." The location filming in Los Angeles, including the different nightclubs were memorable moments of the film. The unique stamp of Mann's style was apparent in an early film like "Thief" (1981), which was ahead of its time in film technique. In "Collateral," the overall effect is that of a "Naked City" presented with brutal honesty.

    For all of its gritty realism, however, some of the action sequences, especially the climactic "death" scene, were surprisingly incredible. There are lengthy chase scenes on totally deserted streets in downtown Los Angeles. For anyone who has driven around L.A. at any time of the day or night, it would be difficult to imagine zipping around freeways and streets that look like those portrayed in this film. In the 60 years since the curfew imposed during the years of World War II, there have never been streets as empty in Los Angeles as those depicted in "Collateral."
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    FAQ9

    • What's the song that Daniel is playing when Max & Vincent see him playing in the jazz club?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 6, 2004 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • French
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Untitled Michael Mann Project
    • Filming locations
      • El Rodeo Restaurant, 8825 E Washington Blvd, Pico Rivera, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Dreamworks Pictures
      • Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $65,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $101,005,703
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $24,701,458
      • Aug 8, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $220,239,925
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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