Why watch "Collateral" when "Heat" is the ultimate classic?

Rating: 6/10 (18 May 2018)

Tom Cruise fans surely will love this movie. But all others that arent particularly fan of Tom Cruise, be wary, because the story of this movie is not very credible: cabdriver gets hijacked by a serial killer and is forced to drive him towards the locations of 5 designated killings. Sounds thrilling. But it unfortunately lacks story credibility.
I must admit though that I have watched "Collateral" several times, but suddenly I got irritated about the uncredible story. So probably a lot of people who enjoy gangster thrillers will love this flick during first viewing, when one more easily gets swept away with the suspense of the story. I only wanna warn those who expect more: lower your expactations about story credibility...
Michael Mann as a director has made many great other gangster movies. "Manhunter" is a classic. "Public Enemies" with Johnny Depp is great. "Thief" however is the debut of Michael Mann and this movie is truly COOL. It is on Tarantino's favorite list. And for a good reason. Because "Thief" has got everything what "Colletaral" has NOT got. "Thief" has got balls. Men are real men in "Thief".
Michael Mann truly made his life's achievement though with the classic thriller "Heat" starring Al Pacino and Robert de Niro. My advice to everybody would be to wach "Heat" instead of "Collateral" and you will have a guaranteed credible story, with mindblowing acting performances and a killing suspense with a gloriously dark final.