Collateral [Blu-ray] starring Tom
Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo,
Peter Berg
Collateral.
Collateral offers a change of pace for Tom Cruise as a ruthless contract
killer, but thats just one of many reasons to recommend this well-crafted
thriller. Its from Michael Mann, after all, and the directors stellar track
record with crime thrillers (Thief, Manhunter, and especially Heat)
guarantees a rich combination of intelligent plotting, well-drawn characters,
and escalating tension, beginning here when icy hit-man Vincent (Cruise)
recruits cab driver Max (Jamie Foxx) to drive him through a nocturnal tour
of Los Angeles, during which he will execute five people in a 10-hour
spree. While Stuart Beatties screenplay deftly combines intimate character
study with raw bursts of action (in keeping with Manns directorial
trademark), Foxx does the best work of his career to date (between his
excellent performance in Ali and his title-role showcase in Ray), and Cruise
is fiercely convincing as an ultra-disciplined sociopath. Jada Pinkett-Smith
rises above the limitations of a supporting role, and Mann directs with the
confidence of a master, turning L.A. into a third major character (much as it
was in the Mann-produced TV series Robbery Homicide Division).
Collateral is a bit slow at first, but as it develops subtle the mes of elusive
dreams and lives on the edge, it shifts into overdrive and races, with
breathtaking precision, toward a nail-biting climax. --Jeff Shannon
This movie has real class, the photography, shot with the viper hi-def
camera, is amazing and adds a depth of escapism that I have only found
elsewhere in Michael Mann's Miami Vice, shot with the same camera. The
colours and the vibrancy of the Los Angeles dusk just made me feel "there"
in a way I can't put my finger on, and combined with the score to create a
world I enjoyed losing myself in.
Tom Cruise is looking sharp in an all grey suit, tie and hair combo and
brings an air of intensity and offbeat Ty ler Durden style to his role,
espousing the same "live life in the moment and destroy all those
pedestrian parts of yourself that hold you back" philosophies in between
murdering his targets in emphatic fashion. The guy looks good, and carries
the main drive of the movie, along with the photography and the music.
Jamie Foxx does a great job of the supporting actor role, and the storyline
is a tightly scripted realisation of a good concept: a foreign assassin turns
up in LA to carry out five hits between sun-down and sun-up before leaving
again never to be seen or heard from, strong-arming a hapless cab driver
into being his personal chauffeur for the duration of the operation, or so the
plan goes.
Watch out for the completely unscripted and impromptu appearance of a
wild dog strolling out in front of the car at a light (the camera just happened
to be rolling), it's a special movie moment, and really captures the essence
of "being there", witnessing life as it unfolds, and all that jazz.
Brilliant film. Delivers on all the levels it attempts to, and possibly more.
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