Collateral...a movie that I have very mixed feelings about.
It involves a taxi driver (Max) (supposedly a side job) that meets a strange man (Vincent) that enters his taxi and asks him to drive to a certain place, he does, and the man turns out to be a contract killer who holds Max hostage and tells him to drive around for Vincent's kills. Definitely an interesting plot, and a good plot. Definitely not a bad point of this movie (oh and also, Max meets a woman in the beginning of the movie that serves importance later in the movie).
The acting is also not a bad point in the movie. Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise work great together. Tom Cruise acts phenomenally. Jamie Foxx does as well. The secondary characters are also very well played.
The cinematography is also something great about the movie. I absolutely love the camera. It makes the movie feel much more personal and interesting. The soundtrack is good. The audio is reasonable. But the visuals are just phenomenal, honestly, it is some of the best visuals I have ever seen in a movie. The cinematography gets a 10/10 from me for the camera work alone.
Now, the realism is a big problem with this movie, so many scenes just make no sense at all. The consistency in this movie just does not exist. (Don't even get me started on that jazz scene.) Some things are just nonsensical while other parts make a lot if sense. I wish it could be more realistic because this movie could be a lot better if it were.
For the entertainment, equally as inconsistent. The movie goes from pretty good, to mediocre, back to good then to bad and the end is pretty great. Some scenes are just awful and confusing (like the club scene), and then other scenes are really well done. Which is why this leaves me confused for what to think of this movie. The whole movie I was thinking to myself: This is pretty good or This is not very good. But there are definitely some thrilling parts that leave you excited to see what happens next.
For the emotional impact, I can't say it scores very high in that either, but there was no intent of anything emotional. So, I have no opinion on that.
As for the characters, they are well written and there is significant character development especially in Max's character who goes from the social kind taxi driver to the bad ass during the movie. I find the characters great.
And the ending is phenomenal, the one-liner from Vincent in the end is great, I couldn't put it as the review title though, it would be a spoiler. Jada Pinkett Smith really does great in this film. And the ending was well written and unexpected.
In conclusion: Plot: 8.8/10 Acting: 9.3/10 Cinematography: 10/10 Realism: 6.5/10 Entertainment level: 6.7/10 Emotional impact: 5.0/10 (neutral) Characters: 8.9/10 Ending: 9.3/10
Final rating: 81%
It involves a taxi driver (Max) (supposedly a side job) that meets a strange man (Vincent) that enters his taxi and asks him to drive to a certain place, he does, and the man turns out to be a contract killer who holds Max hostage and tells him to drive around for Vincent's kills. Definitely an interesting plot, and a good plot. Definitely not a bad point of this movie (oh and also, Max meets a woman in the beginning of the movie that serves importance later in the movie).
The acting is also not a bad point in the movie. Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise work great together. Tom Cruise acts phenomenally. Jamie Foxx does as well. The secondary characters are also very well played.
The cinematography is also something great about the movie. I absolutely love the camera. It makes the movie feel much more personal and interesting. The soundtrack is good. The audio is reasonable. But the visuals are just phenomenal, honestly, it is some of the best visuals I have ever seen in a movie. The cinematography gets a 10/10 from me for the camera work alone.
Now, the realism is a big problem with this movie, so many scenes just make no sense at all. The consistency in this movie just does not exist. (Don't even get me started on that jazz scene.) Some things are just nonsensical while other parts make a lot if sense. I wish it could be more realistic because this movie could be a lot better if it were.
For the entertainment, equally as inconsistent. The movie goes from pretty good, to mediocre, back to good then to bad and the end is pretty great. Some scenes are just awful and confusing (like the club scene), and then other scenes are really well done. Which is why this leaves me confused for what to think of this movie. The whole movie I was thinking to myself: This is pretty good or This is not very good. But there are definitely some thrilling parts that leave you excited to see what happens next.
For the emotional impact, I can't say it scores very high in that either, but there was no intent of anything emotional. So, I have no opinion on that.
As for the characters, they are well written and there is significant character development especially in Max's character who goes from the social kind taxi driver to the bad ass during the movie. I find the characters great.
And the ending is phenomenal, the one-liner from Vincent in the end is great, I couldn't put it as the review title though, it would be a spoiler. Jada Pinkett Smith really does great in this film. And the ending was well written and unexpected.
In conclusion: Plot: 8.8/10 Acting: 9.3/10 Cinematography: 10/10 Realism: 6.5/10 Entertainment level: 6.7/10 Emotional impact: 5.0/10 (neutral) Characters: 8.9/10 Ending: 9.3/10
Final rating: 81%