What an excellent action movie

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2005)

Remember True Lies? Rambo? The Terminator? Great action movies seem hard to come by nowadays, with too many directors cutting all the realism to achieve PG-13 ratings. Well, just get one thing straight. This is not done in Collateral. The result? A magnificent, exciting action classic.
Michael Mann, the genius behind "Ali" and "Heat" is in the directors chair for this one, again showing his fabulous gift for action sequences, violence and believable dialogue, making Collateral all the more superb. When the violence comes, it's almost perfect; not too grotesque, yet still gritty. And the action sequences- well, there something else. The shootout scene in the club is easily one of the greatest in years. And what else makes Collateral the movie it is? Well, you could say the acting. Jamie Foxx is excellent; remaining calm and believable throughout, yet leaving a haunting feeling with him as his dilemma unfolds.
And Tom Cruise, the nasty assassin, as cool as can be, always there to provide the audience with witty one-liners. All in all, this is one of the greatest action movies in the decade; worth a shot, anyway.
Overall: ****/ out of ***** (4 and a half out of 5)