Collateral

COLLATERAL (2004) - July 29, 2004
Tom Cruise stars as a hitman who forces a hapless cab driver to drive him around as he kills five people in one night. Well directed by Michael Mann (the choice to shoot it in digital was a bit iffy, but I got used to it pretty quickly). Though never boring, it dragged a bit towards the middle. It certainly picked up towards the end though, as the last twenty minutes or so were quite exciting (plus there was some obvious homage to Hitchcock, particularly Rear Window -- that's always a good thing). Tom Cruise was really good, of course (very intense), and surprisingly enough, Jamie Foxx was quite good as well. ***