What about Heat?

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2004)

I just read a ton of the messages in these forums and no one is making the really obvious connection to the movie Heat. Not only was it also directed by Michael Mann, but the plot was similar. Vincent is the name of one of the main characters in Heat as well as Collateral. Tom Cruise nearly played the same character that Robert DeNiro did in Heat. He had on an almost identical suit.
Both movies are about 2 men who together form one complete person. In this movie it's even more explicit, as Max literally pretends to be Vincent and copies things that he says. Somehow, cathartically, through learning about Vincent, Max learns how to be himself. The end was an homage to Heat. Several other scenes were as well. This movie barely even makes sense outside of that context. It seems to be part II of a series of "LA crime sagas".