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movie review - Collateral

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

This charming flick is about a cabbie and the freelance hitman that has him do his driving while on a job. The cabbie learns of the killer's intentions through the unfortunate means of the first victim on the list landing on his cab. From there, things only get worse, until at last one of them is left to ride around on the unmanned LRT system, dead.

It's a well made film, with no spare bits to slow it down despite the slow development of the cabbie's story as the movie progresses. And the plot is free of many of the usual gaping holes and gimmicks that so often make disbelief impossible to suspend. I've been wading through too much drama recently, this was a nice change.

And I have to say, both of the actors turn in solid jobs, here. I don't know Foxx, but I'm used to less consistency from Cruise and he makes a rather good dispicable character.

Recommended.