How a cabbie won a gun fight with a trained assassin

Rating: 8/10 (26 August 2006)

I really enjoyed this movie - in my opinion Michael Mann is the most interesting director around at the moment. I have to say though, that the ending was sort of a letdown. Obviously, Jamie Foxx's character has to prevail in the end, but since the movie is serious about showing how competent Tom Cruise's character is as hit-man, it seems pretty unrealistic that he would get shot by a cabbie in a shoot out. Yes, it's a movie, but it is such a good movie that is serious about it's characters, that the shoot out bugged me. I mean, Tom Cruise is such an ice cold pro who's killed "I-don't-know-how-many" and Jamie Foxx is a freaked out cabbie, who is portrayed like he's never held a gun in his hands before. I just think they could have made an ending that made more sense. Never the less - Collateral is so much better than your average action / thriller flick.