This was a role Tom Cruise pulled off with almost no visible effort.Damn,he's good.And Micheal Mann is brilliant in making gunshots sound excitingly real.
Even quickdraw champions and Cops etc. think this scene is perfect gun handling and as tactical as is gets. They love it and hold it as the best quickdraw ever in a movie. Even his form, is literally perfect. Say whatever you want about Tom, but dude has clearly been trained by pros and was paying attention.
Hands down my favorite scene in this movie. Tom Cruise's movements seem so legit. Left hand pushing hippy scum bag's gun to the side while simultaneously drawing from the hip and gut shot first then torso...absolutely flawless.
Michael Mann establishes a mood in Collateral that worked very well. The darkness, the lights of the city, the people up close and personal. Excellent work.
You can disagree with Tom's personal life but, you have to admit he's really good (one of the best) at the subtleties of conveying actions of human movements thus making his acting more believable.
I love how loud the gunfire is in Michael Mann movies. Most movies never accurately depict just how deafeningly loud gun fire is.
This scene perfectly shows how minimalist action often becomes the most memorable action scenes
This was a role Tom Cruise pulled off with almost no visible effort.Damn,he's good.And Micheal Mann is brilliant in making gunshots sound excitingly real.
Even quickdraw champions and Cops etc. think this scene is perfect gun handling and as tactical as is gets. They love it and hold it as the best quickdraw ever in a movie. Even his form, is literally perfect. Say whatever you want about Tom, but dude has clearly been trained by pros and was paying attention.
I've always loved this movie just for this scene alone.
A beautiful scene. Tom Cruise needs to play more bad guys. Forget Ethan Hunt or Jack Reacher... He needs to play more guys like Vincent.
Michael Mann ALWAYS has the best gunshot sounds in his films.
Tom Cruise walks towards them without fear, never flinches. Like he's had a gun pointed at him a million times before. Great actor
Think this is definitely one of Cruise's best roles.
"I have a gun in my hand. The other guy hasn't. I better get as close as I possibly can."
I can never watch this takedown just once; poetry in motion.
We need a Collateral Prequel, showing how Vincent became an assassin.
The gun actually sounds like a real gun wow that's rare
Before John Wick, there was Collateral.
Hands down my favorite scene in this movie. Tom Cruise's movements seem so legit. Left hand pushing hippy scum bag's gun to the side while simultaneously drawing from the hip and gut shot first then torso...absolutely flawless.
This is actually my favorite Tom Cruise scene of his entire filmography.
I wish more filmmakers used loud realistic sounding gun shots like in Mann's films.
Michael Mann establishes a mood in Collateral that worked very well. The darkness, the lights of the city, the people up close and personal. Excellent work.
You can disagree with Tom's personal life but, you have to admit he's really good (one of the best) at the subtleties of conveying actions of human movements thus making his acting more believable.
The phrase "less is more" fits this scene very well. Efficient. Effective. Ineffably superior and superb. 😉