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Rating: 8/10 (25 October 2004)

Michael Mann was born to make _Heat_. Much of his work after that seems to be an effort to recapture the magic of that movie. You can almost make it into a game of looking for resemblances to _Heat_. It is good to re-use some of the elements that worked. But at the same time that just keeps pointing to the other movie and shows the weaknesses of this one. _Collateral_ succeeds at what it sets itself out to do. What is lacking perhaps is more complexity; Mann can easily handle greater sets and more involved plots. I get the impression that Mann needs to find a classier place to feature as the locale for his movies. LA is great and all, but so many movies featuring LA is tiring.