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Collateral (2004)

R  |   |  Crime, Drama, Thriller  |  6 August 2004 (USA)
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A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles. He must find a way to save both himself and one last victim.

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LA cabbie Max Durocher is the type of person who can wax poetic about other people's lives, which impresses U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Annie Farrell, one of his fares, so much that she gives him her telephone number at the end of her ride. Although a dedicated man as seen through the efficiency in which he does his work, he can't or won't translate that eloquence into a better life for himself. He deludes himself into believing that his now twelve year cabbie job is temporary and that someday he will own his own limousine service. He even lies to his hospitalized mother that he already owns one, with a further lie that he tells her as such primarily to make her happy, rather than the truth which is that he won't do anything to achieve that dream. One night, Max picks up a well dressed man named Vincent, who asks Max to be his only fare for the evening. For a flat fee of $600, plus an extra $100 if he gets to the airport on time - Vincent wants Max to drive him to five stops ... Written by Huggo

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It started like any other night

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Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Rated R for violence and language | See all certifications »

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6 August 2004 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Untitled Michael Mann Project  »

Box Office

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$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$24,701,458 (USA) (6 August 2004)

Gross:

$7,648,801 (Japan) (10 December 2004)
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Trivia

Jamie Foxx actually crashed the cab with Tom Cruise in it during a "side swipe" scene. See more »

Goofs

When Max and Vincent load the first corpse in the trunk, the "corpse" is holding Max by the wrists as well. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Vincent: You OK?
Airport Man: Yeah, I'm fine mate, don't worry about it.
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There is no sound during the opening DreamWorks logo sequence but the sound of a jet landing are heard during the Paramount logo sequence. In the non-US versions, the studio logos order is reversed, so there is no sound on Paramount's and a jet landing is heard over Dreamworks'. See more »

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References The Twilight Zone (1959) See more »

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A Roda
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Written & Performed by Antonio Pinto
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Another Michael Mann Winner
15 November 2005 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Nobody's perfect, but it's hard to go wrong with a Michael Mann-directed film, especially when it's a crime movie.

Although this isn't the quality of his 1995 "Heat," it wasn't far behind in its ability to interest and entertain the viewer while providing some slick visuals.

Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx are the stars of the film, Foxx winning an Academy Award. No offense to him, but I found Cruise better. He was just outstanding in here as the immoral hit-man. Foxx was entertaining, too, as the nerd-ish cab driver who is pulled into Cruise's murdering adventures.

You'll appreciate both of these guys, and the great visuals, more on the second viewing after you are familiar with the story. The intense film is definitely worth more than one look. Check out the behind-the-scenes documentary, too. You'll be glad you are not an actor in one of Mann's films.


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Love the film but there were three major head scratchers. ephraimcassion
This hasn't aged well... soundoflight
All the SILVER in Collatoral kooi2000
So witness protection isn't a thing in this movie? bradleyjim84
how much pay for vincent for his 5 hits? johnny-maxwell18
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