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COLLATERAL (2004) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| Max has lived a mundane life as a cab driver for 12 years. The faces have come and gone from his rear-view mirror: people and places he's long since forgotten -- until tonight. Vincent is a contract killer. When an off-shore narco-trafficking cartel learns that they're about to be indicted by a federal grand jury, they mount an operation to identify and kill the key witness, and the last stage is tonight. It is on this very night that Vincent has arrived -- and five bodies are supposed to fall. When Vincent hihacks Max and his taxicab, Max becomes collateral -- an expendable person who's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Through the night, Vincent forces Max to drive him to each assigned destination, as the LAPD and FBI race to intercept them. |
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| Tom Cruise (Vincent), Jamie Foxx (Max), Jada Pinkett Smith (Annie), Mark Ruffalo (Fanning), Peter Berg (Richard Weidner), Bruce McGill (Pedrosa), Irma P. Hall (Ida), Barry Shabaka Henley (Daniel), Richard T. Jones (Traffic Cop), Klea Scott (Fed), Bodhi Elfman (Young Professional Man), Debi Mazr (Young Professional Woman), Javier Bardem (Felix), Emilio Rivera (Paco), Jamie McBride (Traffic Cop), Ken VerCammen, Charlie A. Schmidt Jr. (FBI Agents), Michael A. Bennt (Fever Bouncer), Ian Hannin (Cell Phone Partier), Robert Deamer (Sergeant), David Mersault, Anthony Ochoa (Crime Scene Cops), Omar Orozco, Edgar Sanchez, Cosme Urquiola (El Rodeo Doormen), Thomas Rosales Jr. (Ramone), Wade Andrew Williams, Paul Adelstein (Feds), Jessica Ferrarone (Female Criminalist), Jason Statham (Airport Man). |
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IT STARTED LIKE ANY OTHER NIGHT. |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: Michael Mann (Thief).
WRITER: Stuart Beattie.
PRODUCERS: Michael Mann and Julie Richardson.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Bryan H. Carroll, Gusmano Cesaretti and Julie Herrin.
CO-PRODUCER: Michael Waxman.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Frank Darabont, Robert N. Fried, Peter Giuliano and Chuck Russell.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: James Newton Howard, Zachary Koretz (additional music) and Antonio Pinto (additional music).
DISTRIBUTOR: DreamWorks / Paramount Pictures |
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QUOTES |
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Max: Hey! Hey, he fell on the cab! I think he's dead.
Vincent: Good guess.
Max: You...you killed him?
Vincent: No, I shot him. The bullets and the fall killed him |
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Max: I can't drive you around while you're killing folks. It ain't my job!
Vincent: Tonight it is. |
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Max: You just met him once and you killed him like that?
Vincent: What? I should only kill people after I get to know them? |
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Vincent: Slow down!
Max: Shoot me! |
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FACTS |
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RELEASE DATE: August 6th, 2004 (USA)
DVD RELEASE DATE: TBA 2005 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $24.7 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $57.9 million* (USA)
BUDGET: $65 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: October 2003 -- ???
- Several years ago, both Mimi Leder and Janusz Kaminski had been in talks to helm the film.
- Adam Sandler was considered for the role of Max before Jamie Foxx was cast.
- Val Kilmer was considered for the role of a detective, but later turned down the role due to schedule conflicts with Alexander (2004).
- Hans Zimmer was attached to the film, in an early stage. He was replaced by James Newton Howard, probably be scheduling conflicts.
- Frank Darabont wrote a draft of the screenplay at one point in production.
- The song that plays in the theatrical trailer to this film is "Man in the Box," sung by Alice in Chains.
- Early on Russell Crowe was considered for the role of Vincent.
- The original draft was set in Manhattan, New York. When Michael Mann came on board, he shifted the setting to LA. |
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[discussing two policemen who have pulled Max over]
Vincent: If they open that truck, they're going inside it. |
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[discussing Vincent's career as a hitman]
Max: How long have you been doing this? In case anyone asks?
Vincent: About six years in the private sector. |
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Vincent: Yo, homies. |
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Max: I'm sorry.
Felix: Sorry isn't going to put humpty dumpty back together again. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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"A crime drama made with immense skill." -- Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times |
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"A suspenseful, jolting and even thrilling ride." -- Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News |
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"An expertly-made thriller." -- Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune |
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"Feels a lot like the sort of stock, early-'80s thrillers that Mann once tried to make extinct." -- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger |
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"If Collateral is all formula, it's polished to a fine sheen." -- Desson Thomson, Washington Post |
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"As much a dark, odd couple comedy as it is a quirky, efficient little thriller." -- Richard Schickel, Time Magazine |
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