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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 04:02 PM
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I watched "Collateral" last night
Edited on Sun Feb-13-05 04:03 PM by Floogeldy
Tom Cruz does a very good job playing a heartless, cold-blood, man-with-no-conscience professional killer.

Lots of action.

I expected some comedy from Jamie Foxx's role but there was none, really.

Plenty of violence in this movie.

Jada Pinkett Smith also does well. What a cutie pie.

There is an unexpected twist leading to the ending.

The "study of a killer's mind" is a running theme amidst the action.

If you are entertained by high-powered action shoot-em-ups, I recommend it.
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ashmanonar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 04:07 PM
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1. yea, it's a pretty good movie.
they killed the cop! GAH.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 04:08 PM
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2. thanks for the synopsis
I just purchased it (last thursday), and haven't watched it yet.
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 04:09 PM
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3. Good Movie
Disappointed Cruise didn't get a nod for the Oscars. Foxx also very good.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 04:14 PM
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4. You're welcome!
:)
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 04:17 PM
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5. Excellent movie!
Scary too,in that it was SO real. At first it appeared that it would be boring but I was soon rivetted to my chair!

it was chilling!

I highly recommend it.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 04:20 PM
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6. Now look what you've done
It is still sitting in my DVD player and I'm going to have to watch it again.

Thanks for the inspiration, auntAgonist! :)
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 04:50 PM
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7. It's really worth the 2nd time around I think!
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hornblast Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 08:42 PM
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8. agreed!
The ending was junk, but the rest was awesome. Good soundtrack too!
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BlueHandDuo Donating Member (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 08:54 PM
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9. I loved the lighting effects...
...and if I'm noticing stuff like that during a movie, it usually means there's a serious weakness in some other aspect of it. Collateral wasn't too bad, though. I wouldn't have said the star performances were Oscar caliber, as someone else suggested, but everything hung together pretty well.

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