Cruise, Foxx, and Mann- Brilliance was bound to exist.

Rating: 10/10 (17 November 2005)

A skilled cab driver named Max Durocher (Jamie Foxx) in Los Angeles who finds himself transporting Vincent (Tom Cruise) to five different locations for a large sum of money, but quickly realizes that Vincent is a ruthless assassin who is being paid to kill five people throughout the course of one night.
What makes this movie so great is its incredible cast of Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise. This is the first movie in which Jamie Foxx can actually be considered a great actor and the point at which he turned his career around entirely. And as we all know, Tom Cruise can act pretty well also. But it's not the single performances that make their acting so incredible. It is the on-screen chemistry that they share in their conversations. Vincent is such a complicated character that Max repeatedly tries to get to the core of. Their relationship is so complicated throughout the movie, you start to wonder "What is Max thinking?" Each conversation was written so beautifully that it made want to cry in joy.
The action in the movie was incredible. It starts off extremely slow, but turns fast paced all at once somewhere near the middle of the movie. A scene in which Vincent takes Max to a bar and they talk about jazz with the owner and Vincent suddenly kills him at the end of the conversation was incredibly well done. The realistic but vicious assassinations as well as a great gunfight scene at a club make Collateral a modern action classic. Overall, Michael Mann did a wonderful job with this film and it is highly enjoyable. It is even better when watched a second time cause you can enjoy the wonderful writing and acting.
I highly recommend this film.