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From Paramount Pictures and director Michael Mann COLLATERAL [Upscaled UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/DTS~HD MA 5.1/Steelbook Edition]
Watched this 2004 'classic 'from Michael Mann last night on FIOS and was literally moved to purchase this steelbook edition [on sale @Amazon for under $18] due to the brilliant, and I mean brilliant performances from its two leads .... Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx who was nominated for a best supporting actor role.
Playing totally against type, I consider this one of Cruise's finest performances as a hit man who at gunpoint secures the services of LA cabbie Foxx to drive him around to knock off 5 witnesses who are poised to testify against a drug cartel in an upcoming criminal case.
But under Mann's laser focused direction, it's more than just a good guy bad guy drama as Cruise gets into Foxx's head and turns a once complacent 'dreamer' into a moral vigilante hell bent on just doing the right thing!
The cinematography is stunning, the music compelling and the co stars include Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Berg, Jada Pinkett Smith and Bruce McGill with an early cameo by Jason Statham.
In this age of non stop action cinema with tired plot points and endless violence it was a pleasure to watch Mann's brilliant interplay between sociopath Cruise and unwilling abductee Foxx take on such measured layers and IMO, Cruise should've been up for a Best Actor's award ........as his portrayal as hit man Vincent with his salt and pepper hair, ultra cool demeanor and total absence of moral scruples was as compelling as any of those classic bad guys from the 40's and 50's. A 'Maverick' performance, INDEED!
Watched this 2004 'classic 'from Michael Mann last night on FIOS and was literally moved to purchase this steelbook edition [on sale @Amazon for under $18] due to the brilliant, and I mean brilliant performances from its two leads .... Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx who was nominated for a best supporting actor role.
Playing totally against type, I consider this one of Cruise's finest performances as a hit man who at gunpoint secures the services of LA cabbie Foxx to drive him around to knock off 5 witnesses who are poised to testify against a drug cartel in an upcoming criminal case.
But under Mann's laser focused direction, it's more than just a good guy bad guy drama as Cruise gets into Foxx's head and turns a once complacent 'dreamer' into a moral vigilante hell bent on just doing the right thing!
The cinematography is stunning, the music compelling and the co stars include Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Berg, Jada Pinkett Smith and Bruce McGill with an early cameo by Jason Statham.
In this age of non stop action cinema with tired plot points and endless violence it was a pleasure to watch Mann's brilliant interplay between sociopath Cruise and unwilling abductee Foxx take on such measured layers and IMO, Cruise should've been up for a Best Actor's award ........as his portrayal as hit man Vincent with his salt and pepper hair, ultra cool demeanor and total absence of moral scruples was as compelling as any of those classic bad guys from the 40's and 50's. A 'Maverick' performance, INDEED!
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