Collateral

  • Theatrical - Wide 2004-08-06
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Synopsis

Max (Foxx) has lived the mundane life of a cab driver for 12 years. The faces have come and gone from his rearview mirror, people and places he’s long since forgotten…until tonight. Vincent (Cruise) is a contract killer. When an offshore narcotrafficking cartel learns they are about to be indicted by a federal grand jury, they mount an operation to identify and kill the key witnesses, and the last stage is tonight. Tonight. Vincent arrives in L.A…and five bodies are supposed to fall. Circumstances cause Vincent to hijack Max’s taxicab and Max becomes collateral– and expendable person in the wrong place at the wrong time. Through the night, Vincent forces Max to drive him to each assigned destination. And as the LAPD and FBI race to intercept them, Max and Vincent’s survival becomes dependent on each other in ways neither would have imagined.

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8/10

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Review Date: Director: Michael Mann Writer: Stuart Beattie Producers: Michael Mann, Julie Richardson Actors: Tom Cruise Jamie Foxx Jada Pinkett Smith Plot: A lowly Los Angeles cab driver picks up a man who happens to be a hired killer in...

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