Gerald Rice Wrote:This movie was great. I can't recall a movie where Tom Cruise is the antagonist, but he plays one well here. Collateral is more about Jamie Foxx's character, Max, than Tom Cruise's Vincent, but Foxx holds his own well. Max is a neat-freak cab driver with aspirations of owning his own limousine company and Vincent is a hitman on a timetable. There's a reason why he takes a cab rather than renting a car that I won't give away but the core story is told in the moments when Vincent is in the back seat.
Gerald Rice Wrote:This movie was great. I can't recall a movie where Tom Cruise is the antagonist, but he plays one well here. Collateral is more about Jamie Foxx's character, Max, than Tom Cruise's Vincent, but Foxx holds his own well. Max is a neat-freak cab driver with aspirations of owning his own limousine company and Vincent is a hitman on a timetable. There's a reason why he takes a cab rather than renting a car that I won't give away but the core story is told in the moments when Vincent is in the back seat.
stacyzinda123 Wrote:This isn't related to the movie (which looks good, although I haven't seen it). I was wondering where you got your avatar. That dog is 100% adorable
Maggers Wrote:I saw "Collateral" in the theater and then again last night on DVD.
On first viewing, I liked it but wasn't crazy about it. I'm a big Michael Mann fan (with one exception ), but I have real trouble with Tom Cruise. For me, he seldom embodies his characters. I felt that way when watching "Collateral" this summer.
But on second viewing, that consideration was blown away. For the first time, I watched a Tom Cruise movie without being aware with every frame that it was Tom Cruise on hand.
As wonderful as Jamie Foxx was on first viewing, he's even better the second time around.
Terrifically written, the film has a great look - LA at night, grainy and full of highways, flashing lights and broad vistas that alternate with the circumscribed view of life from the front seat of a cab.
If you haven't seen "Collateral" yet, treat yourself.
Paige Wrote:i can't believe i missed this thread. i love the movie. when i first watched it in the theater, i was watching my LA. a lot of the time movie makers rip some part out of the city and base a movie around. This one was about LA. all of it, the dirty and the glitzy, the ugly, filled with people, but terribly lonely city in which i live.
Kenji Wrote:I'm just wondeing. Why did Vincent use Taxi? If I were Vincent, I will use rent-a-car. What do you think?Rent a car requires identification and personal information which can be used later to track you.
Kenji Wrote:I like this movie, too. But...dirty, glitzty, ugly.....and lonely city? I don't think so. Well, I don't live in LA, so I'm not sure. But if I go to America tour, I choose LA.
I'm just wondeing. Why did Vincent use Taxi? If I were Vincent, I will use rent-a-car. What do you think?