Collateral Review |
by John Ulmer (Rating: 4/5) |
Max (Jamie Foxx) has had a long run as a taxi cab driver in the less savory
areas of Los Angeles for longer than he ever wanted or imagined. Almost
oblivious to the amount of time he has dedicated to his job, Max has reached a
state of denial – every...more |
Collateral Review |
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4) |
Ironically it's Jamie Foxx, playing a mild-mannered cabbie, and not Tom
Cruise, as a merciless hit man, who blows away the opposition in Michael ("The
Insider") Mann's latest thriller "Collateral." Cruise, playing against type
with a tightly...more |
Collateral Review |
by Andy Keast (Rating: 2.5/4) |
Directed by Michael Mann. Screenplay by Stuart Beattie. Starring Tom Cruise,
Jamie Foxx, Javier Bardem, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Jada Pinkett Smith and
Mark Ruffalo. more |
Collateral Review |
by Joel B. Kirk (Rating: 3.5/5) |
SYNOPSIS:
An assassin hijacks a cab (and its driver) one evening in order to
make a round of 5 kills. In that evening, the two have a colliding of
personality and psychological bouts, debating what is wrong and right. more |
Collateral Review |
by Ryan Ellis |
While Tom Cruise doesn't always feel the love from the critics, I often find
myself defending him to naysayers. This zillionaire is not afraid to work
with superstar actors and big-time directors. And now in 'Collateral' he's
trying something new....more |
Collateral Review |
by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10) |
PLOT:
A lowly Los Angeles cab driver picks up a man who happens to be a hired killer
in town to assassinate five individuals by dawn. The taxi driver is forced to
take him around as he eliminates the targets from his list and a local cop gets
closer and...more |
Collateral Review |
by Wahid Sharif (Rating: A) |
There's a scene in "Collateral" where Vincent (Tom Cruise) attempts to
educate Max (Jamie Foxx) on the nuances of Jazz, and how you have look beyond
the surface of the notes to feel and understand the impact of the music. "It's
all in the...more |
Collateral Review |
by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 6/10) |
CAPSULE: Jamie Foxx plays a cab driver who gets an
unusual passenger, a professional assassin who has
a list of people to kill that night. The driver
learns from the assassin how to live his life.
The passenger learns why it is...more |
Collateral Review |
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3/4) |
COLLATERAL (2004) 3 stars out of 4. Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada
Pinkett
Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall and Barry Shabaka
Henley.
Music by James Newton Howard. Written by Stuart Beattie. Directed by Michael
Mann....more |
Collateral Review |
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
Max Durocher (Jamie Foxx) may just be an LA cabbie but
he dreams of owning his own limo service and escaping
the big city hubbub. That is until, one night, he
picks up Vincent (Tom Cruise), a "real estate
developer" who hires Max to ferry him across the...more |
Collateral Review |
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
In COLLATERAL, by director Michael Mann (THE INSIDER), Tom Cruise plays a bad
guy, a really bad guy named Vincent. (Reportedly, Cruise was offered the part
of the good guy but wanted to play the bad one instead.) In L.A. just for the
night, Vincent is...more |
Collateral Review |
by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
Susan Granger's review of "Collateral" (DreamWorks)
Tom Cruise loves challenges - and this is a big one. In this
exhilarating, contemporary thriller directed by Michael Mann, he plays Vincent,
an imperious, inscrutable, yet engaging hit-man, who...more |