Agent 0 Zero
08-13-04, 06:28 AM
This is my first review on a movie so cut me some slack okay. ( that means you A_M) Then again I also want you to be Honest. What were some problems with it and how could I improve. :D
Spoilers
Collateral
If there ever was a point in your life, when you had to make the decisions of your life over some one else's. What would you do? Thats what Michael Mann's newest thriller, try's to put across to those who watch it. In my opinion, no matter what the circumstances are, you should never take the life of another even at the cost of your own. Thats my opinion, but what if you choose the other way out. How would you come to par with fact people are dying and you could do something about it, maybe run, or just don't do nothing at all. These are the reasons I kept watching the film Collateral.
The movie is about a crazed Hit-man named Vincent ( played by Tom Cruise), who needs a ride to his mark. So he gets into a cab with the intentions of paying the cab driver to take him to his supposedly business meetings, and then killing the driver Max ( played by Jaime Fox) after.
Then the driver finds out that Vincent is killing people at his drop off points. The director uses a lot of points in the movie, were the driver Max try's to make the decisions to keep driving or do something about it. Sure he makes a few attempts, like when Max visits his mother and steals the suitcase with Vincent's laptop. He then figures out a little bit more about his Hit-man client.
Max after seeing the Hit-man kill his fourth hit, he crashes the car and Vincent's escapes. I especially liked this scene in the movie. You kind of figured what was going to occur in the film. I had to figure that some how Jada Pinket Smith had a much bigger part to play, then just the girl who gives Max a card with his number on it in the beginning of the movie.
In a way the Hit-man and Cab-Driver gain a special bond, and Max had some sentiment towards Vincent when he had no choice but to kill him. Jada Pinket Smith who play's the vulnerable lawyer, meets Jamie Fox's character early in the movie and actually play's a major in the turning point in the movie, when Max discovers that she is the next mark on Vincent's list.
I thought that Michael Mann perfectly delivered this movie. Jaime Fox In an interview (http://collateral-themovie.com/clips.html?section=bites&clip=foxx&size=1) on the collateral site, commented on how great a film director he is. "Every one wants to sharpen there skills so they go to him, even Tom Cruise, who in-fact is at the top of his game is trying to work with Michael Mann, to increase his skills".
Provoking in it's own way, Collateral kept me watching it in suspense. It had very interesting scenes of how it was going to end up. I love the fight scene in the bar and how Vincent killed the guys, cold blooded.
I though that this Movie was really good. It had all of the elements of a suspense and has some elements of a good action-movie as-well. I't could have been a tad better story line. Then there were some points in the movie that I could tell how it was going to end up in. The biggest thing I wondered is what I would've done in Max's position. That I believe is the main idea the film is trying to get across. The movie was an alright film.
I'll give it a ..... 4
rating scale:
1. Total crap
2. Had some good moments
3. Almost good
4. Excellent
5. Classic
Spoilers
Collateral
If there ever was a point in your life, when you had to make the decisions of your life over some one else's. What would you do? Thats what Michael Mann's newest thriller, try's to put across to those who watch it. In my opinion, no matter what the circumstances are, you should never take the life of another even at the cost of your own. Thats my opinion, but what if you choose the other way out. How would you come to par with fact people are dying and you could do something about it, maybe run, or just don't do nothing at all. These are the reasons I kept watching the film Collateral.
The movie is about a crazed Hit-man named Vincent ( played by Tom Cruise), who needs a ride to his mark. So he gets into a cab with the intentions of paying the cab driver to take him to his supposedly business meetings, and then killing the driver Max ( played by Jaime Fox) after.
Then the driver finds out that Vincent is killing people at his drop off points. The director uses a lot of points in the movie, were the driver Max try's to make the decisions to keep driving or do something about it. Sure he makes a few attempts, like when Max visits his mother and steals the suitcase with Vincent's laptop. He then figures out a little bit more about his Hit-man client.
Max after seeing the Hit-man kill his fourth hit, he crashes the car and Vincent's escapes. I especially liked this scene in the movie. You kind of figured what was going to occur in the film. I had to figure that some how Jada Pinket Smith had a much bigger part to play, then just the girl who gives Max a card with his number on it in the beginning of the movie.
In a way the Hit-man and Cab-Driver gain a special bond, and Max had some sentiment towards Vincent when he had no choice but to kill him. Jada Pinket Smith who play's the vulnerable lawyer, meets Jamie Fox's character early in the movie and actually play's a major in the turning point in the movie, when Max discovers that she is the next mark on Vincent's list.
I thought that Michael Mann perfectly delivered this movie. Jaime Fox In an interview (http://collateral-themovie.com/clips.html?section=bites&clip=foxx&size=1) on the collateral site, commented on how great a film director he is. "Every one wants to sharpen there skills so they go to him, even Tom Cruise, who in-fact is at the top of his game is trying to work with Michael Mann, to increase his skills".
Provoking in it's own way, Collateral kept me watching it in suspense. It had very interesting scenes of how it was going to end up. I love the fight scene in the bar and how Vincent killed the guys, cold blooded.
I though that this Movie was really good. It had all of the elements of a suspense and has some elements of a good action-movie as-well. I't could have been a tad better story line. Then there were some points in the movie that I could tell how it was going to end up in. The biggest thing I wondered is what I would've done in Max's position. That I believe is the main idea the film is trying to get across. The movie was an alright film.
I'll give it a ..... 4
rating scale:
1. Total crap
2. Had some good moments
3. Almost good
4. Excellent
5. Classic