Collateral (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Collateral (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Collateral
Summary: 5 Stars
While this movie certainly wasn't the best movie I have seen, it is a very good movie nevertheless.
The acting is superb. Tom Cruise, regardless of religious affiliation, does an excellent job as a hitman who has taken a ride with Jamie Foxx, a cab driver, who is actually being taken on a ride of his own. Jamie Foxx does a great job as a bewildered and frightened cab driver who knows he will be held accountable (at some point) for the actions of his client. The interplay between the two actors is great, and the performances are more than convincing.
The plot is pretty original, though it is moderately predictable. The writing is above average, and the movie is funny at times--if you like morbid humor anyway. It should be remembered that the movie isn't supposed to be a funny movie.
While the messages of the movie are a little presumptuous at times, the movie can pull it off by being a good enough movie for me to take it seriously.
If you want to see this movie, I would recommend buying it, since you will surely want to see it again.
Movie Review: For seven dollars you can't miss
Summary: 4 Stars
At seven dollars this movie is a steal. Michael Mann is a meticulous filmmaker and he has done great work creating a sleek, economical thriller. Tom Cruise is crisp and kinetic as the incisive and very efficient hitman Vincent. Jamie Foxx in particular impressed me with his turn as the sympathetic but flawed cabbie caught in Cruise's orbit. The character of Jada Pinkett Smith is something of a device, though she makes the most of her time on screen. There is a scene between her and Foxx at the beginning of the film that has a really great vibe. The dialog throughout is smart, tight and at times darkly funny. As many reviews have pointed out, the cinematography is striking. Mann has a keen ear and an uncanny knack for marrying music and imagery on film, and I so liked the soundtrack to this movie that I bought it (a first for me). There are a couple of implausibilities, but nothing unforgivable. The bonus features are very good and a director's cut would have been icing on the cake. Worth it at twice the price.Movie Review: A beautiful piece of movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is classic. Highly artistic. One of the most memorable moment is at the beginning of the movie, where a beautiful night scene of Los Angeles is taken using crystal clear HD cameras from atop of taxi while Bach's air on the G string playing in background. It is beautiful that luck can play such a big role in one's life. If Max hadn't noticed the knock on the window and hadn't called vincent back, his life would not have changed so dramatically. "Fate", therefore is the first theme of this movie.
What is often misunderstood is that Tom Cruise's role in this movie is not entirely villan. He is also a victim of our urban society plagued by apathy, where people are so lonely even though surrounded by so many people. "17 millon people, but nobody knows each other ... gets on the MTA, dies, nobody notices" as Vincent told Max in the beginning. His emotion is epitomized by the scene where the lone Koyote crosses the street. Needless to say, Vincent finds how little different he is from this Koyote. At this moment, a beautiful music starts playing which makes this scene another memorable moment in this movie. "Loneliness", therefore is the second theme of this movie.
If you are like me and many other people who are more or less played by fate and are aware how much of your life is out of your control, and live or have lived in a big city like LA and experienced loneliness, then you will be able to appreciate the most beautiful part of this masterpiece.
If you are not, you can still enjoy this movie by thinking along with Max (instead of Vincent) how he can escape this curious situation he has fallen into. Vincent's plan to carry out hit using a Taxi is clever because he doesn't have to rent a car (to do so he must give his ID; also he may not be as familiar with LA's complicated streets as a cab driver does; even if the rental car comes with a GPS navigation system, without an expert like Max who even knows the schedule of traffic lights, he may still be caught in a traffic jam and not being able to carry out 5 hits in one night.) He can also let the dead cab driver take the blame of his murder, as he did previously. The flipside is of course that he must control the cab driver, which he obviously enjoys because he likes the challenge and is also interesting for the audience to watch.
Movie Review: Good movie...bad ending...
Summary: 4 Stars
To be short & sweet I'd like to say that I really enjoyed this movie up until the extremely brief ending. You get to the highlight of the movie & then BAM!...it's over. I would've liked a little more explained or to see what happened to Jamie Foxx's character but it wasn't a huge deal just a little disappointment. I loved seeing Top Cruise in a "bad guy" role. It was a nice change & I thought he played it very well. These 2 actors together gave my husband & I many laughs. I'd recommend this movie.Movie Review: Outrageous end.
Summary: 5 Stars
We should start stopping to create films with such a deep meaning
and such an outrageous end.
This kind of moral where you can see a genius killer, the
character of Tom Cruise in this film, being killed by a mediocre taxi
driver only because the producers think that the good wins the bad is
always the bad choice. The killer in this case, tried to explain to
the stupid Jamie Foxx's character, his reasons to kill that kind of useless people
but with that dunce taxi driver it was just lost of time.
During all the film you can watch Tom developing his role with talent
a sensitive killer just killing peolple that deserves to, and a taxi
driver that appears as a stupid enemy, and even with absolute none ability
with guns, he got to shot the professional killer, that was really
a kind of impossible thing to happen in a real life indeed.
So all the meanings that The character tried to pass through the
film was destroyed by the medioCre choice of the director and
the producers. When I was in the movie theater, watching this movie for the first time, I thought to myself
"Maybe this happened because of the afirmative actions, the black actor
coudn't be killed by the white actor , they were afraid of being considered as racists", well, who knows?
The problem here is: Who was the good MAN? In my opinion the killer, and
why? Just because he was killing useless men, not good characters or
workers innocent men. You can say that is not right kill people, even
bad people, but I have to say, you wrong!
One philosopher said that the evil develops when the good men
permits. In this case the good man is the killer and the bad one the
mediocre taxi driver, a traitor that killed without reason and that
is the worst thing to do.
But, because of Tom Cruise character and the story behind, Yes, I LIKE THE FILM!