Enjoyable thriller, in spite of plot holes

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2005)

I found this one to be a pretty good flick, in spite of plot holes large enough to drive the proverbial truck through. Tom Cruise was, surprisingly, utterly believable as the cold-hearted killer. It was probably fun for him to play against type. Jamie Foxx showed his dramatic chops as well. But you have to suspend a lot of disbelief to enjoy this film. Why would Vincent (Cruise) take a taxi to all these appointments, when he could rent a car more cheaply? Unless he planned to kill Max (Foxx) he gives up all anonymity, even if all went well. Why carry around the corpse of the first victim, while leaving all the others? Shouldn't he just have dragged it off into the darkness, or alternatively, dumped it later? And how about the gigantic coincidence of two consecutive passengers of a random taxicab being later linked by the plot so intimately? If you can get past these things, then as I say, it's definitely worth a rental. Grade: B