Could have been bad...

Rating: 8/10 (26 September 2004)

...but it turns out that in my opinion "Collateral" is easily one of the best films I've seen in 2004.
Michael Mann has to be one of the best directors around right now and although he is a known name I just don't think the guy is given enough credit for his work.
I thought "Any Given Sunday" would make Jamie Foxx a big star but nothing really came of it but I'm more than sure this time what with "Collateral" being followed up by the Ray Charles biopic (which from the clips I've seen looks good)
Nice to see some good (but brief) support in this film from Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo and there are some brilliant twists which I didn't see coming (something I don't like to admit!)
So, Tom Cruise, what can you say about the guy? I though "The Last Samurai" was good though I found it very look-at-me-I'm-Tom-Cruise like, if you know what I meen? I got that vibe from him in this film. When I'm watching Jamie Foxx and Jada Pinkett Smith I don't think it's them it's the character I see but when I watch Cruise it's like I'm watching Cruise I see his acting in his body language... I'm not sure if you understand what I meen but anyway Michael Mann's direction does enough!
Very raw, gritty and entertaining stuff.