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Collateral
2004 120 min United States of America R 16+
★7.9
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Director: Michael Mann
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Description
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Budget:
$65M
US Gross:
$101.01M
Worldwide:
$220.24M
Starring
Tom Cruise
Actor
Jamie Foxx
Actor
Jada Pinkett Smith
Actor
Awards
BAFTA 2005
— Best Cinematography
Venice Film Festival 2004
— Future Film Festival Digital Award
Saturn Awards 2005
— Best Action, Adventure or Thriller
BAFTA 2005
— Best Original Screenplay
BAFTA 2005
— David Lean Award for Direction
Academy Awards 2005
— Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe 2005
— Best Supporting Actor
BAFTA 2005
— Best Cinematography
BAFTA 2005
— Best Film Editing
Academy Awards 2005
— Best Film Editing
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005
— Best Supporting Actor
Venice Film Festival 2004
— Future Film Festival Digital Award
BAFTA 2005
— Best Supporting Actor
BAFTA 2005
— Best Sound
Saturn Awards 2005
— Best Screenplay
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2005
— Best Villain
Key opinion
Collateral is widely celebrated as a stylish, atmospheric crime thriller that effectively utilizes the nocturnal landscape of Los Angeles to frame a high-stakes encounter. While most critics laud the performances and visual direction, a minority of reviewers find the plot logic and philosophical undertones to be contrived or morally thin.
| Acting | Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx deliver compelling, high-level performances that serve as the film's narrative anchor. | |
| Cinematography | Michael Mann masterfully renders Los Angeles as an atmospheric, living character through striking night-time cinematography. | |
| Score | The soundtrack is a standout element that significantly enhances the film's immersive and moody nocturnal aesthetic. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is viewed through a polarized lens: some appreciate its lean, philosophical tension, while others find it riddled with plot holes, implausible coincidences, and pretentious dialogue. | |
| Pacing | Opinions on the pacing are split between those who value the slow-burn, deliberate build-up of suspense and those who find the film occasionally slow or dragging. | |
| Theme | The film's exploration of nihilism and morality is either seen as deep and thought-provoking or as shallow, ideologically toxic glorification of violence. |