Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) Oct 2, 2026

Underrated. Really good dialogue. Allows Tom Cruise to play an unlikable character well

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Ray Pride Newcity Sep 3, 2026 9/10

Layers a Chicago-like grid on night moves through modern-day Los Angeles.

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Wael Khairy The Cinephile Fix Mar 10, 2025

While Heat is Mann’s quintessential Los Angeles film, Collateral is his exploration of the city’s darker side.

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Aaron Neuwirth Why So Blu Aug 21, 2024 9/10

Collateral rocks. It was one of the best films of that year and boasts plenty of great qualities, including the excellent work by Cruise and Foxx.

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Stephen Silver The SS Ben Hecht Aug 9, 2024 4/5

Features many of the director’s trademarks: cool nighttime photography, men on a determined mission, and outstanding use of otherwise underused character actors. (20th anniversary)

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Dave Giannini InSession Film Feb 20, 2024

This may not be Mann’s best (that probably goes to Heat or The Insider), but it is undoubtedly one of the best of 2004.

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Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Aug 19, 2023

Tom Cruise is well cast as a coldly efficient professional assassin and Jamie Foxx is excellent as the cabbie who picks unwittingly drives him to his targets in Michael Mann’s coolly attenuated thriller...

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Fedor Tot Vague Visages Jun 13, 2023

Thus, in Collateral, glinting lights, noise, fragmentations and all digital ephemera are key to the existence of digital film as digital film and not an approximation of photochemical film...

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Erick Estrada Cinegarage Dec 21, 2022

A well-made action and suspense film. [Full review in Spanish]

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Eve Tushnet Patheos Oct 21, 2022

This was not quite Mann enough for me.

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Graeme Tuckett The Post NZ Dec 17, 2021

You can argue all you want, but I reckon Collateral is Cruise's best ever work. He is at the centre of every scene – and is incredibly impressive throughout.

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David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 15, 2021

The film is made largely without urgency, without concreteness, without any apparent awareness of the particular lives people are leading in America today.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Dec 17, 2020 3/4

Cruise's performance is a fine one, nicely seasoned with just the right touch of piquantness.

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Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Dec 8, 2020 4.5/5

...Jamie Foxx manages to steal the show.

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Allison Rose FlickDirect Dec 8, 2020 4.5/5

While Cruise was obviously the box office draw for Collateral, it was Foxx who was on a career-high in 2004.

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Megan Basham National Review Feb 7, 2018

Collateral holds up despite its more pedestrian elements.

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Mark Steyn The Spectator Feb 2, 2018

If the final destination's a bit of a disappointment, getting there is a lot of fun.

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Will Self London Evening Standard Jan 8, 2018

Cruise lacked the deepdown malevolence required to bring Vincent to life. I wished him dead in the first few minutes he was on the screen -- and for the wrong reasons.

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Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com May 17, 2015 A+

A visually striking film from the unhinged, endlessly creative mind of Michael Mann.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 22, 2010 4/5

Powerful but violent thriller -- not for kids.

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