Genres:
Crime
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 08/06/2004(USA)
Release Date: 01/01/2001
Sound: DTS/DD5.1/DDS2.0
Run Time:
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: DreamWorks
A taxi driver is unexpectedly taken on the ride of his life in this stylish
thriller from acclaimed director
Michael Mann.
Max (
Jamie Foxx) is a cab driver who hopes to some day open his own limo company; one night behind the wheel begins promisingly when he picks up
Annie (
Jada Pinkett Smith), an attorney working with the federal government who is attractive, friendly, and gives him her business card after paying her fare.
Max thinks his luck is getting even better when his next fare,
Vincent (
Tom Cruise), offers him several hundred dollars in cash if he'll be willing to drop him off, wait, and pick him up at five different spots over the course of the evening.
Max agrees, but he soon realizes
Vincent isn't just another guy with errands to run --
Vincent is an assassin who has been paid to murder five people who could put the leaders of a powerful drug trafficking ring behind bars in an upcoming trial. As circumstances force
Max to do
Vincent's bidding, the cabbie has to find a way to prevent
Vincent from killing again and save his own skin, a task that becomes especially crucial when he discovers
Annie is one of the names on
Vincent's hit list.
Collateral also stars
Mark Ruffalo,
Peter Berg, and
Bruce McGill as police detectives hot on
Vincent's trail. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
