Solid action thriller from director Michael Mann

Rating: 8/10 (15 December 2012)

I am not much of a fan of either Tom Cruise or Jamie Foxx. I definitely respect both of them as good actors even though the majority of their work dose not appeal to me. This project however is more akin to my taste. Collateral is a dark, noir like character driven action thriller . Both Cruise and Foxx perform very well here with the tight direction of Heat director Michael Mann . Tom Cruise is a ruthless , nihilistic hit-man and Jaimie Foxx is a cab driver forced to transport Cruise to his various targets he sets to eliminate before the night is over. Although very much a different film , Collateral reminds me of Training Day in a lot of ways. However, I found Jaimie Foxx 's character to be much more sympathetic than Ethan Hawke's character in Training Day . Both are excellent films and I'm glad I gave Collateral a chance.