FIRST TIME WATCHING: Collateral (2004) REACTION (Movie Commentary) *Reverse Training Day?*

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Komentáře • 135

  • @mikep6974
    @mikep6974 Před rokem +40

    Highly underrated movie and personally i think Cruise nailed playing Vincent.

  • @garypasquill2355
    @garypasquill2355 Před rokem +11

    Michael Mann got Tom to work as a fed ex delivery driver to see how little people pay attention.,also props to mark ruffalo for a great supporting role.

  • @PaddyD378
    @PaddyD378 Před rokem +39

    Absolutely brilliant film. I always go back to it every year or so. Cruise and Foxx are obviously superb. I love scene with the Coyote slinking across the street/Vincent looking on with Audioslave's Shadows on the Sun kicking in. The quintessential Micheal Mann experience... What a movie. Speedy recovery Jamie Foxx!!

    • @reservoirdude92
      @reservoirdude92 Před rokem +2

      Mann uses a remix of Joy Division song in Heat to remarkable effect as well.

    • @jakester455
      @jakester455 Před rokem +5

      The coyote was pure serendipity, it crossed the street while they were filming in the wee hours.

    • @dancarter482
      @dancarter482 Před rokem

      @@reservoirdude92 Moby! Moby was a MASSIVE J.D. fan and Mann used his covers. Incidently have you seen 'LA Takedown' - Mann's first version of Heat.?

  • @sergiodavila5269
    @sergiodavila5269 Před rokem +6

    Tom Cruise is a damn good villain! I wish he’d do it more. Lestat & Vincent are my favorite characters of his!!! Loved Jason Statham’s appearance as Frank Smith, the Transporter was EPIC too 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

  • @Cyborganna
    @Cyborganna Před rokem +14

    Michael Mann is an absolute Legend who doesn't get nearly enough praise nor attention. Feels more like a Filmmaker's Filmmaker than a household name. Should be mentioned in the same breath as the likes of James Cameron. One of the greats!💖

  • @gregquinn7817
    @gregquinn7817 Před rokem +7

    This is a movie that doesnt get talked about but is really good and shows that Cruise really can act (it also shows Foxx can act in a role that isn't bigger than life).

  • @bobcobb3654
    @bobcobb3654 Před rokem +6

    For all his personal issues, I don’t think anyone could ever accuse Tom Cruise of giving a half-assed performance. Even in his movies that didn’t work so well, he is committed.

  • @J4ME5_
    @J4ME5_ Před rokem +7

    no one does gunshots like Michael Mann.. THE BEST

    • @Jason_Van_Stone
      @Jason_Van_Stone Před rokem +2

      Indeed, that powerful sound 🥶

    • @jakester455
      @jakester455 Před rokem +1

      Those are just realistic gunshots. More films should do it.

    • @J4ME5_
      @J4ME5_ Před rokem +1

      @@jakester455 heat has the best

  • @nilesstark
    @nilesstark Před rokem +3

    According to Legend, though Jason Statham's character was said to be credited as Airport Man, his character has later been rumored to be Frank Martin of Transporter fame.

  • @BigBoss-zi5ss
    @BigBoss-zi5ss Před rokem +4

    The killing of Ruffalo's character always hits you hard cause it seriously comes out of nowhere

  • @WarDankEagle
    @WarDankEagle Před rokem +4

    Until today, I never realized Felix was played by Javier Bardem, and I've loved this movie ever since I first saw it over 15 years ago. No idea how you instantly recognized him, but well done!

  • @ThatShyGuyMatt
    @ThatShyGuyMatt Před rokem +4

    This was such a unnoticed movie at the time. There were some other good movies at the time and this flew under most people's radar. It's shame because the movie is amazing.

  • @charles7836
    @charles7836 Před rokem +11

    Looking forward to this. Yes my man, that was a coyote, and a coyote doesn't care about any life beyond its own - just like Vincent.

  • @MG-jv7pe
    @MG-jv7pe Před rokem +8

    One of my favorite movies! Both Tom and Jamie are amazing in this!

  • @zmarko
    @zmarko Před rokem +11

    Jamie Foxx is also in Michael Mann's next film, Miami Vice. It, too, is underrated. It's not like the TV show from the 80s. It's dark, and serious, and IMO has a great plot. Definitely worth checking out if you like this and Heat.

  • @AlphaSpaz
    @AlphaSpaz Před rokem +21

    Love this movie. Tom Cruise is great as a bad guy. Wish he did more bad guys. I love the way Mann makes the city another character and that sort of feeling you get if you spend time at night driving to the streets of LA, or probably any other big city like that.

    • @jannathompson2262
      @jannathompson2262 Před rokem +1

      Scorsese does the same about NYC:)

    • @tylergee3043
      @tylergee3043 Před 10 měsíci

      I think the closest he gets to a villain is edge of tomorrow when he tries to blackmail himself out of military service

  • @Aladelicous
    @Aladelicous Před rokem +2

    A nice detail that I didn't notice the first time I watched is that in the final shootout b/w Vincent and Max is you can see 2 impacts on the subway door about chest level and 1 at head level. So for all his talk about adapting and changing, Vincent gets undone by his strict reliance on shooting the way he was trained and Max succeeds by adapting to the situation, changing positions as the lights go out.

  • @nweditor875
    @nweditor875 Před rokem +3

    Man this is my second favorite Tom Cruise movie of all time, wish he would play more roles like this.

  • @lavalley2018
    @lavalley2018 Před rokem +3

    So many different aspects to unpack in this movie and I think that Caped Informer did this very very well. One aspect that may have been missed was the ending shootout between Max and Vincent, where Vincent's training actually hurts him, as he shoots the metal part of the subway door with his precise shooting, whereas Max just closes his eyes and shoots wildly, shooting glass and therefore getting bullets through to where they can mortally wound Vincent. Just thought that that was a very very interesting piece of irony there and extremely well written, where in no other scenario would Max be successful in a gunfight with a trained killer such as Vincent.

  • @corvuslight
    @corvuslight Před rokem +2

    The coyote makes it top tier for me.
    The random predator cruising, no pun intended, the streets of L.A.

  • @maximillianosaben
    @maximillianosaben Před rokem +3

    Gotta love Tom Cruise as an antagonist; he doesn’t play that role often.

  • @PaulOdontknow
    @PaulOdontknow Před rokem +5

    If you decide to watch Miami Vice (2006) either personally or for a reaction, I recommend the theatrical cut as opposed to the Director's Cut that seems to be the most readily available. It's one of the very few examples where I think the theatrical version was slightly better than an available Director's Cut.

  • @CollideFan1
    @CollideFan1 Před rokem +2

    Wish Tom did more bad guys, he does them well. When he tripped on the chair towards the end, it was an accident but they kept it in. The 2 shots to the chest and one to the head is something typically done by a professional. Someone who knows firearms, is precise at shooting and is calm in whatever the situation it may be. That's why the coroner recognized it when he saw it in the lawyer and the thugs that Tom had shot when they stole his case. The professionalism of sticking to his status quo with shooting did him in at the end. His three shots hit the metal of the door, unlike inexperience Max who shot blindly and scored a hit when he fired through the glass on the door.

  • @susmarcon
    @susmarcon Před 11 měsíci +1

    Is it just me, or has no one noticed the awesome choice of music throughout this movie. It's very cool and creates the perfect mood.

  • @christpower5402
    @christpower5402 Před 8 měsíci +1

    A bit of trivia for you. I believe that this was the first film completely filmed in digital. That’s just normal now. But that was a rising at the time. The 1995 movie Heat was partially filmed in digital. Michael Mann was ahead of his time. He shot the night season digital so that they would be clearer and more defined. At the time, digital had already surpassed film in regards to night scenes. Better light capture in dark scenes I believe. That’s why he chose to use digital for the night scenes and heat. That’s why it has that very defined cinematic look to it.

  • @danmiller4064
    @danmiller4064 Před 11 měsíci

    Michael Mann always makes the city a character in his movies. One of his films is Thief, great slow burn that really captures the essence of Chicago. Miami Vice, another great one. Great reaction and breakdown, thank you.

  • @kristahartmann6712
    @kristahartmann6712 Před rokem +3

    And TC in "Born on the Fourth of July" will show his remarkable range playing a real Viet Name war vet and his politicization to oppose the war.

    • @bobcobb3654
      @bobcobb3654 Před rokem

      I remember a story in a bio on Oliver Stone that, while they were shooting in Dallas (the Long Island scenes and a few other scenes were all shot in Dallas, part of Stone’s long term plan to get in good with city officials so he could get permission to film JFK), that Cruise made a deal with the then-owner of the Cowboys to rent the stadium for a few nights and let the cast and crew play football. Said it helped lighten the mood shooting such heavy material.

  • @DelightLovesMovies
    @DelightLovesMovies Před rokem +1

    Michael Mann always has the best music in his films.

  • @PerfectHandProductions
    @PerfectHandProductions Před rokem +3

    Awesome! I've loved this since I first saw it in theaters. This and The Insider are Mann's best films.

  • @stonepasta5296
    @stonepasta5296 Před 15 dny

    Of all the scary movies I've watched, Vincent is one of the most terrifying villians out there.

  • @Divamarja_CA
    @Divamarja_CA Před rokem +4

    For a Tom Cruise movie where he’s not being TC, I recommend Born on the Fourth of July.

  • @jackransom.
    @jackransom. Před rokem

    Some of my favorite performances from both those guys.

  • @tonikaihola5408
    @tonikaihola5408 Před rokem +4

    Vincent gonna be riding that train for a while

  • @DominusLuna
    @DominusLuna Před rokem +1

    Michael Mann also did a TV Series called Crime Story (1986), that ran alongside Miami Vice for a while. It's about the rise of organized crime in Chicago. Ray Luca, who is a combination of the characters that Joe Pesci plays in Goodfellas and Casino, and an organized crime squad like in Heat, chasing the bad guys. There are so many comparisons to real organized crime figures. At least one scene was used from Crime Story in the movie Heat. They're not the same but they're not that different being done by Michael Mann. Ted Levine from Silence of the lambs when he was younger. \m/

  • @robertwrase6026
    @robertwrase6026 Před rokem

    What I love most about Michael Mann movies- the gunshot sounds. They are load and feels like you are there.

  • @michaelriddick7116
    @michaelriddick7116 Před rokem +1

    Fantastic movie!! Cruise trained with the IDPA to make sure his draw, clear and fire movements were legit! :)
    All the gun scenes were filmed against a green screen with luve ammo, and the real audio :)

    • @michaelriddick7116
      @michaelriddick7116 Před rokem

      I love Cruise's style in this 😎

    • @michaelriddick7116
      @michaelriddick7116 Před rokem

      The soundtrack us fantastic as well! Audioslave FTFW!😎
      #RiPChrisCornell 💔😭😭

    • @michaelriddick7116
      @michaelriddick7116 Před rokem +1

      HEAT starts on a train and ends at an airport. Collateral starts at an airport and ends on a train 😁
      Also the Statham cameo is supposed to be his character from The Transporter ;)

  • @st3wi3D
    @st3wi3D Před rokem +1

    You should get the BLU-Ray and watch behind the scenes footage: it's gives a LOT of background on Vincent's character.

  • @johnishikawa2200
    @johnishikawa2200 Před 7 měsíci

    This was a great film . And this type of genre , in the hands of director Michael Mann , is why it worked . Tom Cruise is very good at portraying someone who is very good at something . Jamie Fox's portrayal of the cab driver , someone who is a good and descent man , and good at what he does , was outstanding . And after we the audience find out that Max's fare is a hit man , we have to know that Max is going to die , because that guy , Vincent , is like a guided missile . And even though the killer is charming and seems genuinely warm toward Max , you know in the back of your mind throughout the film that ultimately this guy will murder Max .

  • @TheCrimsonCretin
    @TheCrimsonCretin Před rokem +2

    Dang i loved this movie. Never realized that was Jason Statham in the beginning

  • @batbrick3949
    @batbrick3949 Před rokem +5

    9:40 Vincent wasn’t sticking up for Max to be nice. He was planning to kill Max later and pin the murders on him. He wanted the dispatcher to have a story that Max had seemed angry and unhinged, which would have helped support the narrative that Max had been the killer.

  • @bobcobb3654
    @bobcobb3654 Před rokem

    I’m sure others have mentioned it, but you’d probably also like Michael Mann’s “Thief.” It’s up there with “Heat” as far as one of the all-time great crime movies.

  • @peterengelen2794
    @peterengelen2794 Před rokem +1

    It's actually like ''movie fake grey hair color'', like you see in all those old movies, it's not his real hair color, because he's of course a hitman....

  • @twittertwice
    @twittertwice Před měsícem

    By the way, Collateral was diected by Michael Mann, an absolute Brilliant action director… he and Tony Scott ( no longer living) are my favorite smart action directors add Anthony Fuqua to that group

  • @raveouscarlias4479
    @raveouscarlias4479 Před rokem +1

    I've loved this movie since it came out. Utterly fantastic.

  • @patticriss2238
    @patticriss2238 Před rokem +1

    The fact that the woman saying she was wrong was Jada Pinkett confirms that it is only a movie.

  • @markmaioli4
    @markmaioli4 Před rokem +1

    You are right about Michael Mann and crime movies - he really knows how to pull them off.
    Two of my faves are THIEF w/ James Caan (pre Miami Vice) & MANHUNTER (86) - the first iteration of Red Dragon.

  • @rexmundi2986
    @rexmundi2986 Před rokem +1

    Huh, really dug your compare/contrast with training day. Never thought of that. Very insiteful. Great reaction

  • @Thepitz2000
    @Thepitz2000 Před rokem +1

    If you like a crime thriller you should check this one out.
    True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. It features an ensemble cast led by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, with Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken in supporting roles.

  • @MagicianNoriginal
    @MagicianNoriginal Před rokem +1

    Great choice Caped! This film is awesome! I even have it on DVD. I got it from ... Blockbusters😄 Very good cast. Great review. Ty!

  • @Blue-qr7qe
    @Blue-qr7qe Před rokem

    Great movie !!!
    The Maldives Islands, btw, is a surfing destination. Great waves.

  • @tolkienismaster
    @tolkienismaster Před rokem +1

    Another great reaction, sir.
    For more Micheal Mann: Thief, Miami Vice and Manhunter.
    And since you like Heat, maybe you should read Heat 2. The book is both a prequel and a sequel to the movie Heat. Written by Micheal Mann and Meg Gardiner.

  • @steve8510
    @steve8510 Před rokem +1

    He's batshit crazy in real life but on screen he's the Cruise missile

  • @focalized
    @focalized Před rokem

    Oh the Training Day comparison. Nice. Never thought of that.

  • @PaddyD378
    @PaddyD378 Před rokem

    Tom Cruise is also a top notch villain in Neil Jordan's excellent.. Interview with a Vampire.

  • @rxtsec1
    @rxtsec1 Před 11 měsíci

    I heard a theory that Jada wasn't a coincidence. Some how he had some prep work for that building knowing his last kill would be there even if he didn't specifically know who.

  • @badprotocol1105
    @badprotocol1105 Před 11 měsíci

    In case no one mentioned it...Michael Mann has said that Jason Statham was implied to be his 'Transporter' character in this

  • @johnnywhiteiii3511
    @johnnywhiteiii3511 Před rokem

    Amazing movie and amazing reaction as always @CapedInformer

  • @zenhaelcero8481
    @zenhaelcero8481 Před rokem

    For my money, best role Cruise has played.
    3:01 Moments like this are why I'm subbed.

  • @stefanhuddleston6816
    @stefanhuddleston6816 Před 9 měsíci

    Brilliant film. Note how Vincent chastises Max for being such a creature of habit and never doing anything spontaneous. Meanwhile, Vincent is a creature of habit himself, the cops even talk about the other cab driver who went on a rampage but a detective always thought there was another person. VIncect used the same tactics and it gets him killed. Look at the door between the train cars, there are two bullet holes where Max's chest should be and one at head level. Vincent took the same shot he does throughout the film, what shooters call the Mozambique drill, two to the body and one to the head. the shoot hit the door and not Max. Meanwhile, Max does something spontaneous for the first time in his life and shoots randomly through the door, and a lucky shot hits Vincent.

  • @heybooradley4495
    @heybooradley4495 Před 10 měsíci

    I've seen this movie a few times but I didn't catch until now how at the beginning Vincent tells the story of the guy who died on the subway and wasn't discovered for 6 days and Vincent ends up becoming the dead guy on the subway.

  • @skitchthemovieman
    @skitchthemovieman Před rokem +1

    Miami Vice, seriously underrated. Check it out.

  • @svtcontour
    @svtcontour Před rokem

    Such an underrated movie. Awesome.

  • @zmarko
    @zmarko Před rokem

    Cruise plays an awesome bad guy. I wish he had done it some more throughout his career.

  • @christianjordan8940
    @christianjordan8940 Před rokem +1

    You gotta watch Thief! Maybe his best film

  • @januzi2
    @januzi2 Před rokem

    3:05 :D Yep, it is a fantasy movie all right ;)

  • @handsomestik
    @handsomestik Před rokem

    Spanish Key is the Miles Davis song in this movie. Every time I hear it I think of this film.

  • @johnnyboy7144
    @johnnyboy7144 Před rokem

    Masterpiece of a film

  • @scottdarden3091
    @scottdarden3091 Před rokem +2

    Whatever I think of Tom Cruise, I have to say fantastic movies

  • @danilynn4007
    @danilynn4007 Před rokem

    Really good movie. Love your reaction

  • @mainsmain
    @mainsmain Před 9 měsíci

    Jamie Foxx had this and Ray in the same year, absolutely killed it

  • @bryanking1428
    @bryanking1428 Před rokem

    Love this movie!

  • @juliuswallace6783
    @juliuswallace6783 Před rokem

    This movie is a masterpiece.

  • @gcfournier3386
    @gcfournier3386 Před rokem

    Loooove this movie

  • @blunt2416
    @blunt2416 Před rokem +1

    🍺Great react sir.. I will recommend for future crime thrillers "the Negotiator"-1998 & "Enemy of the State"-1998

  • @toothbrushfromnisemonogatari

    If you like crime thrillers and Micheal Mann then you should check out Thief 1981. It’s Micheal Mans first movie but easily one of his best, James Cann is great in it too.

  • @JJL079
    @JJL079 Před rokem +1

    Great choice. Tom cruise is a beast when hes playing a bad guy.

  • @TboneTenEighties
    @TboneTenEighties Před rokem +1

    Little does cabby know the best thing to ever happen to him would be to not get her number...

  • @MasterDirox
    @MasterDirox Před rokem

    Great movie

  • @klove5765
    @klove5765 Před rokem +1

    Don't bring your woman to the movie set around Jamie Fox, Tom Cruise learned the hard way (Katie Holmes)

  • @ams914
    @ams914 Před rokem +2

    "A woman admitting that she was wrong. This has to be a movie." LMFAO. That's how we know you've dated at least one woman in your life.

  • @iamdclxvi
    @iamdclxvi Před 10 měsíci

    if you loved this one you would love the movie " The Watcher" with Keanu Reeves. You would see a very similar to this movie

  • @PerfectHandProductions
    @PerfectHandProductions Před rokem +2

    Yo homie! That my briefcase?

  • @TPBXDRicky420
    @TPBXDRicky420 Před rokem

    Classic!!

  • @surferles589
    @surferles589 Před rokem

    Best Mark Ruffalo role

  • @christpower5402
    @christpower5402 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Now that you’ve seen collateral. I got a question for you. Heat versus collateral? Which do you think is better? I always thought he was superior. But I’m not so sure anymore.

  • @notgivennotgiven7776
    @notgivennotgiven7776 Před rokem

    When this came out this was the time when Tom Cruise and John Travolta always played good guys and at the same time they played bad guys and blew everyone away at being awesome bad guys. Peace

    • @cavaughngrace1488
      @cavaughngrace1488 Před rokem +1

      Which movie did John Travolta play a bad guy in at the the same time as Collateral?

    • @notgivennotgiven7776
      @notgivennotgiven7776 Před rokem +1

      @@cavaughngrace1488 Broken Arrow. In fact it's on CZcams right now.

  • @schnubbel76
    @schnubbel76 Před rokem

    Did you ever hear of the movie "Lucky Number Slevin"? I'd love to see you watch it. It is a movie wich i did not recognize when it came out many many years ago. i found it by accident when video stores still was a thing, i saw the cover with Bruece Willis, Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley on it and i was surprised i never heard of it. it is a crime/Gangster movie as well mixed with some nice comedy, especially in the dialogues. Gives me a little bit of Pulp Fiction Vibes sometimes, but more lighthearted. Worth a watch.

  • @pattiharvey1787
    @pattiharvey1787 Před rokem

    Cruise has got to play more villains!

  • @TommyT190
    @TommyT190 Před 10 měsíci

    You should review “Domino” by Tony Scott. The cinematography is awesome and a great film.

  • @gregquinn7817
    @gregquinn7817 Před rokem

    Have you reacted to The Departed yet?

  • @SutekhDaSteemroller
    @SutekhDaSteemroller Před rokem

    Yo homie you got my briefcase

  • @ReymundoCortez
    @ReymundoCortez Před rokem +2

    He is a fair hitman. #1 rule is never leave witnesses

  • @beckymellon8135
    @beckymellon8135 Před rokem +1

  • @briangreisen7875
    @briangreisen7875 Před rokem +1

    Why is this review only available on certain formats but not on others?

  • @danlincoln8987
    @danlincoln8987 Před rokem

    Tom Cruise is a can't miss actor

  • @martinsandt1135
    @martinsandt1135 Před rokem

    Jada „definition of ´Toxicˋ „ Pinkletsuhaveapiece last real Role afaik, hope it stays that way

  • @harveybojangle475
    @harveybojangle475 Před 11 měsíci

    I don’t understand the concept of actors being “under utilized.” The screenplay is the screenplay. The actors who audition know the parts they’re reading for and agree to do them. I like seeing famous performers nailing smaller roles and servicing the overall story.

  • @adamdarmstaedter1256
    @adamdarmstaedter1256 Před rokem

    Peak TC

  • @twittertwice
    @twittertwice Před měsícem

    Tom Cruise is an actor… he is a good actor

  • @tperfect7241
    @tperfect7241 Před rokem

    Cruise is a god