@TurnedLeftAtTheRockyMountains I never thought of it as coping mechanism, but I think you're absolutely right. But it's more the attitude of "I gotta kill people for a living", need to make a sardonic, mocking over-explaining of the details to the point that it becomes a joke.
I saw more like he was catering to him. hes been driving for 12 years, and is unhappy with that but is trying to be hopeful for a change to come. vincent was trying to tell max what he thought he might like to hear
Ironically I think that after tonight Max probably ends up turning his life around. Having faced death, he realizes that the risk of NOT taking chances is bigger than ending a long life without ever having really lived.
Cruise under-rates himself not taking more roles like this. He was SOOO GOOOOD! Michael Mann knows how to make a script have meat on it that actors can chew on. Everyone in this film crushes it, and that's a matter of excellent casting, but also an amazing story.
@@jsdzx I like that Mann had a whole life's history for Vincent. Pictures of places where he'd "lived", etc. Not a word of it is spoken in the film, but it's still up there on the screen through the performance.
I'm not saying he's Daniel Day Lewis or anything, but Cruise can be a dramatic/serious actor, and do it well. You saw that in his early career (Born on the 4th of July, etc). I know he has a lot of stuff going on in his personal life, but I also think he may enjoy all the input he gets to have for projects like Top Gun, Mission Impossible, cheesy stuff like "Knight & Day". In Collateral, especially with Michael Mann, he definitely got a lot less. One col thing though was all the work Cruise put in to handle a gun correctly (like a special forces type would). Unfortunately, Michael Mann (writer/director of Collateral, Miami Vice, Heat, Public Enemies, Blackhat... which flopped), is working on Heat 2 currently, and is getting up there in age. But casting someone in their late 20s/early 30s to be "just out of the military Vincent" would be interesting. I say he was in the military as there's a line in the film where Jamie Foxx's character asks "how long have you been doing this?" (referring to Vincent being an assassin) and Cruise goes "privately? 15 years" or something like that. So you can assume he was special forces or something of the like.
It takes a lot to make someone like me smile, let alone laugh; even for just a few seconds before I return to my deadfaced self. I laughed a little. It's hilarious.
@@zachrizzo6525 yea because everybody would, Vincent was just fucking with Max and had zero interest in letting him go. Also Vincent was going to eventually murder Max and frame it as a suicide and pin all the murders on Max
I agree and disagree with you. Agree: Cruise proves he has both range and depth. Disagree: this movie is just too good in its realism. It’s too cerebral. I can’t stand to see Cruise as a villain. I like him too much as a good guy.
What really got me hooked on this movie was the writing and these two amazing actors giving a master class in psychology and the human ability to lie to ourselves. Outwardly, these two are complete opposites, and while they both have no problem calling out each other’s bs, but their own lives are centred around the lies they’ve created for themselves.
@@seyumaiayami3536 dude when I came back from all my training for the reserves I worked at my old job as a waiter and said I’d take a gap year before I go back to school. It’s now a gap 4 years
Absolutely, he killed this role. He throws himself into every role he gets, and every now and then he hits the mark perfectly. Regardless of what people think, he is a tremendously good actor. The Last Samurai and Collateral are definitely 9/10 films.
They had Cruise stalking crew members in disguise during pre production for weeks. After figuring out their routine he would randomly put a post it on their back and in Michael Manns world that was a confirmed kill. He also I think disguised himself as a UPS driver among other things in order to do this.
"How long you been driving?" "12 years." "Really?" Note the look on his face at 0:34 when he says "Really?" He knows Max is just a dreamer. Recall at the end of the movie Vincent says "Because you were never going to do it anyway." when he berates him. Although Vincent is a cold contract killer there's a lot of hard truth in what he says. A lot of people have dreams and say they are going to do this and that but never actually do anything meaningful to make it happen. And then Vincent says to Max "And one day you're old."
I mean he also told him 1 sentence before that it was a temporary thing while he lined stuff up. It's not like Vincent is a genius for figuring it out haha
Vincent killed a lot of bad people and at least he had the balls to be something different. I was a professional thief for a really long time and it caught up to me but I don’t regret it. Now I’m doing things the right way trying to run a business. I had a lot of fun and there’s lots more happiness on the way.
Excellent indeed. However, it is a risky job in many cities, and he was probably running a hustle of his own and didn't get paid that much.. Plus, remember the cab company gets lots of that.
I think the point is that he is not actually making anything close to that. He inflates the number when answering Vincent, but Vincent know it's not true. That's why Vincent is so sure he'll take $600 for the night.
it's good but you always have to consider the risk that a sociopathic hitman can get it at any moment and make you drive him around the city to help him carry out his jobs
What I liked about this film, the story really, was that it could have been done any time in the last 60 or 70 years - it's story - driven, rather than by setting or period.
The attention to detail in this movie are just excellent, like at 2:26 when Vincent jogs up the stairs and has his hand on his handgun to keep it from bouncing. You would only notice this detail if you actually carry a gun often.
Except that you can see him later draw from like 4-5 o'clock so he's definately not "keeping his gun from bouncing" with his left hand at 02:27ish because he's not appendix carrying...
It's a movie and Apparently he had more than 1 gun. He has a suppressed black handgun, looks like a .380 for the Jazz musician and a Nickel finish 1911 in the last shootout on the metro rail and what looks like a Sig Sauer in the alley scene. @@Kremit_the_Forg
@@MadFox-jr6by wrong on all counts. It's a ruger Mk2 or Mk3 .22lr with an integral suppressor modification, an HK USP 45 in the alley scene, and a Smith and Wesson 5906 on the train.
One thing that always made me chuckle in this scene, was the way Max was looking at that Mercedes catalog like it was the 1st time he had looked at it. He had probably looked at that thing every night for a decade lol
Anyone noticed the chill and quite well written arrangement of Bach Aria all along the first part of the scene? It is soft, inspiring, and kind of calm before the storm. Choosing Bach for that is very thoughtfull
One of the best performances of Tom Cruise. Ever since his acting has gotten better and better but this one has always been the most impressive to me since he was playing the villain.
Vincent 🤨: “Promise not to tell anyone right?” Max 😮: “ohhh pssshh, yea you know it! I’ll just chill right here” Vincent 😑: “get in the fucking car” Such a great little interaction.
This and tropic thunder are two of my favourite Cruise movies. Movies where an actor can really portray a character. It was extra great that it's also outside of Tom's 'general' roles of being a 'hero' or 'favorable' type character. He was given a sketched character and he completely painted the role into a colorful artwork that belongs behind bulletproof glass under security surveillance in a top notch Museum. Likewise, Tropic Thunder was a movie where he was given even more artistic freedom and he completely nailed and decimated that part into legend status. Cruise is a man that really understands and feels his 'career' in acting. He doesn't 'play' an actor. He IS an actor. He doesn't 'play' a role, he IS that role. When the general actor 'crowd' is essentially a Pontiac Fiero pretending to be a Ferrari, or a BMW with some M badges slapped on it, Cruise takes the sweat and effort to go all the way and hand-craft build a 1:1 replica of a Ferrari, and then adds some extra flair on it. He doesn't slap a fake M badge on his BMW, he INVENTS a motorsport division and beats the original. The only people who do that or go that far are the people WILLING to go that far because they have a DRIVE for it, and this is absolutely unquestionable about Tom Cruise, his drive and willingness to take up an acting role and legend the SH1T out of it is otherworldly, I think Tom Cruise as a mafia 'godfather' type of crime head with some really dark and bad personality treats would be immense. I don't want to see Cruise as some 'heroic' Iron Man. That's boring af. I want Cruise as a Corleone, as a 'Hans Landa' without any of the 'humor'. Dark, relentless, calculated, smart, unhinged, corrupt and neigh unstoppable.
Absolutely nuts that 2 of his best and most underrated roles were back to back. This and The Last Samurai. Both amazing movies. Same goes for Edge of Tomorrow as another incredible, underrated Tom Cruise movie.
He did well playing the charismatic and evil vampire Lestat in The Interview with The Vampire in 1993 but Collateral was my favorite of the two of films and his Vincent being a cold calculating contract killer is definitely a contrast to his typical good guy roles like in Top Gun and A Few Good Men.
This is how I imagine Tom cruise's true self to be when no one is around. Not that's he's not cordial or professional all the time, nor would I think he'd ever actually hurt someone, just the non emotional sociopath we all know he is, deep down.
wouldnt have been underrated if Fox wasnt in it. People overlook the fact that he sucked in everything except Ray Charles. Name a great movie Fox was in....now name a great Cruise movie. Yeah i got a dozen too.
This is one of my favorite films, definitely in my top ten. I watch it at least 5 or 6 times per year. It never gets old. The dialog between Cruise and Foxx was amazing
Vincent: You promise not to tell anybody, right? followed by that look and "Get in the fucking car!" is the most hilarious exchange in a serious movie to date
Am not in this for the long run ...... how long you've been driving? 12 years....... the face Vincent made after Max said that is the face every man makes when they hear the failures of other men. Gold acting from both actors I will always love this movie.
@@dynamicdave2647 am not interpreting am simply comprehensive of the face Tom cruise made its an expression of sympathy something I appreciate from most men why ? Because I was in the similar situation as Jamie Fox except I was a cook at a middle school and most men showed me sympathy and empathy for my failure.
Max survived the night, killed a hitman, got himself a girlfriend AND made 300 bucks (and then some from the other fares). That is one productive night
Check out Vincent’s reaction when he comes downstairs - throwing that dude onto the cab was 100% not what he intended to happen. The entire night goes off the rails because Vincent fucks up.
@@GuitarGangsterArmi It’s been a while since I saw this movie, but I don’t think he could - he was on a tight schedule; he knew where everyone was going to be at specific times, and he had a ton of ground to cover. He didn’t have time to abduct another cab driver for the night, and he didn’t know LA well enough to drive himself. He probably figured it was easier to scare Max into helping him and kill him at the end of the night. Either way, Vincent didn’t go into that apartment intending to throw his mark through the roof of his own getaway car.
That was his plan, once all stops were completed. Vincent had done this before and framed the taxi driver he used back then for the hits as well. This is all part of his M.O. he needed Max alive till the end so he'd have a fall guy.
When I paid for the tickets at the movie theater, I didn't realize I was gonna get my moneys worth. I went to the movie theaters blindly because of Tom Cruise and Jamie Fox. I didn't even see the trailers.
In the DVD commentary, Michael Mann had Tom dress up as a UPS driver and make deliveries to local businesses. The idea was to have the character of "Vincent" blend in and not be recalled by witnesses after a hit. It worked and customers were oblivious to his presence!
And it also explores Max Dillion’s life as a cabbie driving around LA before his life fell apart that he had to move in with his mother in NY and work as a technician at Oscorp. 😂
I used to love this movie when it came out, but I always had a really hard time getting whatever girlfriend I had at the time to watch it with me. Then once they did, they never liked it. Of course then I had to dump them.
In an alternate universe, Max parked about 10 feet further, playing his music, eating his sandwich and reading his magazine. Doesn't even see/hear the body falling behind the car. Vincent comes back and on to the next stop. 😁
Remember when the cops were talking and they mentioned a cab driver in Oakland who killed three people then himself despite not knowing them and not having a history of mental illness or a criminal record. I didn’t notice it until my second time watching. Vincent wanted to keep Max around so he could kill and frame him at the end. Max would’ve been dead if he parked anywhere else. But dang the biggest tragedy in the movie is Max not getting to finish the sandwich
@@gustavoalmanza2673 Good point. I guess the best case scenario would be Max finding out what Vincent is doing and pretending he didn't know. However Vincent is a true professional. He prob wouldn't let that happen.
Never understood why the body had to go in the trunk. If just kills the dude in his apartment, the body is still found. For a guy who relied on stealth, Vincent took a lot of unnecessary risks.
Listen to Mann's commentary. Vincent's questions are probing, very much in a power-play Pinter-esque way, to get a meek and compliant cab driver. He posits, "How many other cab drivers did Vincent have before settling on Max?"
hes deciding whether this is going to be his patsy or not.. early in the movie there is a news break which describes how "some cabby" went on a murder spree one night then killed himself (meaning vincent did this before, then made it look like the cabby did it)
"No I shot him, the bullets and the fall killed him" I love that line it tells you so much about Vincent's character
Resolved: Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people.
@@thzzzt Based
@@thzzzt exsanguination is the true enemy
It's a military in-joke. It speaks to his character and also alludes to his military service.
@TurnedLeftAtTheRockyMountains I never thought of it as coping mechanism, but I think you're absolutely right. But it's more the attitude of "I gotta kill people for a living", need to make a sardonic, mocking over-explaining of the details to the point that it becomes a joke.
"you are one of the guys who do instead of talk". Vincent immediately looks through Max' self-illusions
I saw more like he was catering to him. hes been driving for 12 years, and is unhappy with that but is trying to be hopeful for a change to come. vincent was trying to tell max what he thought he might like to hear
Ironically I think that after tonight Max probably ends up turning his life around. Having faced death, he realizes that the risk of NOT taking chances is bigger than ending a long life without ever having really lived.
I know everyone sees Tom Cruise as somewhat of a headcase but you cannot deny his craft when it comes to his acting.
Headcase or not, he was fucking brilliant in this movie.
Not a lot of actors are doing all their own stunts anymore
He was good in this movie. But generally I'm not a fan
He’s a great actor and entertainer I could honestly care less about the scientology shit
Pumpkin face get in the fucking car
Cruise under-rates himself not taking more roles like this. He was SOOO GOOOOD! Michael Mann knows how to make a script have meat on it that actors can chew on. Everyone in this film crushes it, and that's a matter of excellent casting, but also an amazing story.
I completely agree. As good as he in action films he really got way more that he could tap into.
I agreed completely.
@@jsdzx I like that Mann had a whole life's history for Vincent. Pictures of places where he'd "lived", etc. Not a word of it is spoken in the film, but it's still up there on the screen through the performance.
I'm not saying he's Daniel Day Lewis or anything, but Cruise can be a dramatic/serious actor, and do it well. You saw that in his early career (Born on the 4th of July, etc). I know he has a lot of stuff going on in his personal life, but I also think he may enjoy all the input he gets to have for projects like Top Gun, Mission Impossible, cheesy stuff like "Knight & Day". In Collateral, especially with Michael Mann, he definitely got a lot less. One col thing though was all the work Cruise put in to handle a gun correctly (like a special forces type would).
Unfortunately, Michael Mann (writer/director of Collateral, Miami Vice, Heat, Public Enemies, Blackhat... which flopped), is working on Heat 2 currently, and is getting up there in age. But casting someone in their late 20s/early 30s to be "just out of the military Vincent" would be interesting. I say he was in the military as there's a line in the film where Jamie Foxx's character asks "how long have you been doing this?" (referring to Vincent being an assassin) and Cruise goes "privately? 15 years" or something like that. So you can assume he was special forces or something of the like.
@@AkersJohn I watched "Knight & Day" 4 times over the years. That was entertaining.
His first Jack Reacher movie was one of my favorites also.
-"You promise not to tell anyone?"
-"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I promise."
-"Get in the fucking car."
This is one of the best parts here. So damn funny! 😂🤣
Just came to see this one part alone.
This and the “Yo Homie! You have my briefcase?” 😂
He knew Max would call the police on him
It takes a lot to make someone like me smile, let alone laugh; even for just a few seconds before I return to my deadfaced self. I laughed a little. It's hilarious.
@@zachrizzo6525 yea because everybody would, Vincent was just fucking with Max and had zero interest in letting him go. Also Vincent was going to eventually murder Max and frame it as a suicide and pin all the murders on Max
Max-"Did you kill him?"
Vincent-"No, I shot him. Bullets and the fall killed him."
Technically correct, the best kind of correct
His compartmentalization of the situation is what shocked me the most
He was holding some bullets and fell on them from a height.
@@paddy9738 I sense some futurama here ...
When you get a kill in cod cause the guy jumped off too high of a ledge after you shot him lol
My favorite role from Cruise. He killed it.
Wish he played more villains.
I agree and disagree with you. Agree: Cruise proves he has both range and depth. Disagree: this movie is just too good in its realism. It’s too cerebral. I can’t stand to see Cruise as a villain. I like him too much as a good guy.
He did. In Interview with the vampire. but yes. very rarely a villian.
No, he did not. Bullets and the fall killed it.
He was good in interview with the vampire.
"You killed him?"
"No, I shot him...bullets and the fall killed him."
The sarcasm is so damn funny!
"You promise not to tell anybody right?" "Get in the fucking car" LOL
You knew damn well he wasn’t gonna let that man go 😂
Gets me everytime 😂😂😂
Tom Cruise was such a bad ass toying with him like that 😂😂😂
Yeeeeeah probably know all the light schedules to
Nobody is dumb enough to fall for that
No one could perform better than Tom Cruise with regard to the role as Vincent. I'm serious we need more Vincent.
Uhuh....
Yes yes yes
What really got me hooked on this movie was the writing and these two amazing actors giving a master class in psychology and the human ability to lie to ourselves. Outwardly, these two are complete opposites, and while they both have no problem calling out each other’s bs, but their own lives are centred around the lies they’ve created for themselves.
That and the cinematography - you can feel the love for Los Angeles at night in every scene...
@@Panicagq2Back when LA wasn’t a total hellhole
@@swaggitypigfig8413lol people been saying that about LA since the beginning.
Vincent was always going to kill Max in the end. Vincent is a sociopath and could never be friends with anyone.
Yea just like he did with a cab driver earlier as described by that police officer whose guy Ramome was.
He wasn't.
0:23 "I'm not in this for the long haul"
*drives for 12 years*
That's why you never stay with a job for more than 3 years or so.
@@seyumaiayami3536 dude when I came back from all my training for the reserves I worked at my old job as a waiter and said I’d take a gap year before I go back to school. It’s now a gap 4 years
Good job understanding the not-so-subtle humour.
V
Temporary 12 years
If you want God to have a laugh, tell him your plans! 😂
My favourite line: “you promise not to tell anyone right?”
😂
Same bro. like yeah i wont tell anyone. not
In a way, we all respect Vincent. A total PROFESSIONAL and COMPETENT! Excellence always sells.
This was probably one of Tom Cruise's best role.
How can anyone say his role in Magnolia was better than this?
@@GuitarGangsterArmi Because it is, at least in my opinion. Both are great performances, but I think Magnolia is his best
His greatest role being Les Grossman
Cruise always shines in comedic moments. "You promise not to tell anyone right?" lmao
This is one of my favorite films. Not generally a Tom Cruise fan, but he nailed the role.
Absolutely, he killed this role. He throws himself into every role he gets, and every now and then he hits the mark perfectly. Regardless of what people think, he is a tremendously good actor. The Last Samurai and Collateral are definitely 9/10 films.
No one cares what your favorite films are, who are you?
They had Cruise stalking crew members in disguise during pre production for weeks. After figuring out their routine he would randomly put a post it on their back and in Michael Manns world that was a confirmed kill. He also I think disguised himself as a UPS driver among other things in order to do this.
If you not a tom cruise fan you a hater
@@tellitlikeitisfresh6541 only sith deal in absolutes
the coolest part is that sound effect from fanning out 6 bills in his hand
Right! How do you do that?
"How long you been driving?"
"12 years."
"Really?"
Note the look on his face at 0:34 when he says "Really?" He knows Max is just a dreamer. Recall at the end of the movie Vincent says "Because you were never going to do it anyway." when he berates him. Although Vincent is a cold contract killer there's a lot of hard truth in what he says. A lot of people have dreams and say they are going to do this and that but never actually do anything meaningful to make it happen. And then Vincent says to Max "And one day you're old."
"ure 1 of those guys that do, instead of talk..."
S A R C A S M
I mean he also told him 1 sentence before that it was a temporary thing while he lined stuff up. It's not like Vincent is a genius for figuring it out haha
"You promise not to tell anyone right?" lol
Vincent killed a lot of bad people and at least he had the balls to be something different. I was a professional thief for a really long time and it caught up to me but I don’t regret it. Now I’m doing things the right way trying to run a business. I had a lot of fun and there’s lots more happiness on the way.
transitory like the current inflation.
$355 per shift in 2004 be sounding pretty good actually
Excellent indeed. However, it is a risky job in many cities, and he was probably running a hustle of his own and didn't get paid that much.. Plus, remember the cab company gets lots of that.
That's not counting gas and the taxi company's cut, but yeah, still not bad for 2004.
If I was making that much now I'd be living pretty good.
I think the point is that he is not actually making anything close to that. He inflates the number when answering Vincent, but Vincent know it's not true. That's why Vincent is so sure he'll take $600 for the night.
it's good but you always have to consider the risk that a sociopathic hitman can get it at any moment and make you drive him around the city to help him carry out his jobs
"You promise not to tell anybody, right?" That gets me every time.
One of Cruise's best characters. We need a prequel of Vincent's early days 😁
pls no hollywoke would ruin it just leave our characters alone
@@DB5652-v3r you gotta point
That would be so cool
They did. It was called The Color of Money. 😜
Vincent's early days? He was flying for the Navy
“Get in the fuckin car” legit my favorite line of all time. Shit is both hilarious and menacing
Nah. It's the "You promise not to tell anybody, right?" first, that's what makes it.
@@johns250 Yeah the entire part is hilarious
Woody Allen did it first.
Literally why i wish Cruise would do more roles like this as much as i love seeing the guy in action movies he really can show off his acting range
You damn right.
What I liked about this film, the story really, was that it could have been done any time in the last 60 or 70 years - it's story - driven, rather than by setting or period.
Not sure how that would’ve played out with the digital copy of the hit list.
Maybe Felix would’ve given him a new notepad lol.
I see what you did there, I bet you're quite - driven - to make well done car puns. Thank you for the chuckle.
But it may not work as well with Uber ;)
The attention to detail in this movie are just excellent, like at 2:26 when Vincent jogs up the stairs and has his hand on his handgun to keep it from bouncing. You would only notice this detail if you actually carry a gun often.
Except that you can see him later draw from like 4-5 o'clock so he's definately not "keeping his gun from bouncing" with his left hand at 02:27ish because he's not appendix carrying...
It's a movie and Apparently he had more than 1 gun. He has a suppressed black handgun, looks like a .380 for the Jazz musician and a Nickel finish 1911 in the last shootout on the metro rail and what looks like a Sig Sauer in the alley scene. @@Kremit_the_Forg
@@MadFox-jr6by Pretty sure he shot the jazz guy with a suppressed 22 lr and he took the smith & wesson, not a 1911, from a security guard.
@@GunNr-correct
@@MadFox-jr6by wrong on all counts. It's a ruger Mk2 or Mk3 .22lr with an integral suppressor modification, an HK USP 45 in the alley scene, and a Smith and Wesson 5906 on the train.
One thing that always made me chuckle in this scene, was the way Max was looking at that Mercedes catalog like it was the 1st time he had looked at it. He had probably looked at that thing every night for a decade lol
Anyone noticed the chill and quite well written arrangement of Bach Aria all along the first part of the scene? It is soft, inspiring, and kind of calm before the storm. Choosing Bach for that is very thoughtfull
One of the best performances of Tom Cruise. Ever since his acting has gotten better and better but this one has always been the most impressive to me since he was playing the villain.
Vincent 🤨: “Promise not to tell anyone right?”
Max 😮: “ohhh pssshh, yea you know it! I’ll just chill right here”
Vincent 😑: “get in the fucking car”
Such a great little interaction.
This and tropic thunder are two of my favourite Cruise movies. Movies where an actor can really portray a character. It was extra great that it's also outside of Tom's 'general' roles of being a 'hero' or 'favorable' type character.
He was given a sketched character and he completely painted the role into a colorful artwork that belongs behind bulletproof glass under security surveillance in a top notch Museum.
Likewise, Tropic Thunder was a movie where he was given even more artistic freedom and he completely nailed and decimated that part into legend status.
Cruise is a man that really understands and feels his 'career' in acting. He doesn't 'play' an actor. He IS an actor. He doesn't 'play' a role, he IS that role.
When the general actor 'crowd' is essentially a Pontiac Fiero pretending to be a Ferrari, or a BMW with some M badges slapped on it,
Cruise takes the sweat and effort to go all the way and hand-craft build a 1:1 replica of a Ferrari, and then adds some extra flair on it.
He doesn't slap a fake M badge on his BMW, he INVENTS a motorsport division and beats the original.
The only people who do that or go that far are the people WILLING to go that far because they have a DRIVE for it, and this is absolutely unquestionable about Tom Cruise, his drive and willingness to take up an acting role and legend the SH1T out of it is otherworldly,
I think Tom Cruise as a mafia 'godfather' type of crime head with some really dark and bad personality treats would be immense.
I don't want to see Cruise as some 'heroic' Iron Man. That's boring af.
I want Cruise as a Corleone, as a 'Hans Landa' without any of the 'humor'. Dark, relentless, calculated, smart, unhinged, corrupt and neigh unstoppable.
Remember seeing this at the movie theatre with no clue what the movie was about… loved it. Tom Cruise is amazing… he’s a nut case but he is amazing.
I saw a preview and Cruise was there to talk!
Max: This is just temporary.
Vincent: How long you been driving?
Max: Twelve years.
☺
Everyone goes on about Cruise but Foxx is outstanding in this…..
I think he hot supporting ocar nom
Absolutely nuts that 2 of his best and most underrated roles were back to back. This and The Last Samurai. Both amazing movies. Same goes for Edge of Tomorrow as another incredible, underrated Tom Cruise movie.
"It's only a dead guy" - Vincent. 🤣😂
I love the calm before the storm music that was playing before that body fell on the cab
I would love to see an interaction between Vincent and Anton Chigurh. What would a conversation like that even sound like?
Jamie Fox was incredible in this movie too.
This movie is so unique because it is such an unusual role for Tom Cruise. But, he did so well in it. He's a versatile actor.
He did well playing the charismatic and evil vampire Lestat in The Interview with The Vampire in 1993 but Collateral was my favorite of the two of films and his Vincent being a cold calculating contract killer is definitely a contrast to his typical good guy roles like in Top Gun and A Few Good Men.
Hugely underrated. Love this movie.
This is how I imagine Tom cruise's true self to be when no one is around. Not that's he's not cordial or professional all the time, nor would I think he'd ever actually hurt someone, just the non emotional sociopath we all know he is, deep down.
wouldnt have been underrated if Fox wasnt in it. People overlook the fact that he sucked in everything except Ray Charles. Name a great movie Fox was in....now name a great Cruise movie. Yeah i got a dozen too.
Man people don’t know what the hell underrated means
Man I could not agree with you more @@Daequan12387
Honestly this is one of Tom's best roles ever imo.
Cruise was a f-cking BOSS in this movie.
Wish Tom Cruise would’ve played a lot more villain roles
Yh man he needs to!
His other villain role was in Tropic Thunder, so I am not convinced...
Wait? What, how is Tom Cruise the villian in this movie?
@@thomasmartin7816 are you serious?
@@M0butu Lestat
This is one of my favorite films, definitely in my top ten. I watch it at least 5 or 6 times per year. It never gets old. The dialog between Cruise and Foxx was amazing
Unbelievable script and acting. What a message this movie delivers, in a one of a kind package: Live.
Vincent: You promise not to tell anybody, right?
followed by that look and "Get in the fucking car!" is the most hilarious exchange in a serious movie to date
One of the only movies where digital cinematography looks good. Other than David Fincher movies I guess
What about The Revenant, Sicario or 1917?
@@jorgeiramain He did say "one of the only *_movies"_*
Plural...
It’s great here, but Mann really broaches a plane of transcendence with Miami Vice and Public Enemies.
Dune and dune 2
Am not in this for the long run ......
how long you've been driving?
12 years.......
the face Vincent made after Max said that is the face every man makes when they hear the failures of other men.
Gold acting from both actors I will always love this movie.
I also interpreted as 12 years… not bad… needed a guy who can drive for my mission tonight
@@dynamicdave2647 am not interpreting am simply comprehensive of the face Tom cruise made its an expression of sympathy something I appreciate from most men why ?
Because I was in the similar situation as Jamie Fox except I was a cook at a middle school and most men showed me sympathy and empathy for my failure.
Tom Cruise as an antagonist is incredible. He should take more roles like this, it would be epic 😮
Tom Cruise is really oozing charm, menace and lethality!
Michael Mann is a Genius!
Everything about his movies are just so freakin brilliant.
Those beautiful shots of the cities and landscapes. He does every city he shoots in real good
Thief
Collateral
Miami Vice
My favourites
Tom’s best performance. I love him as the bad guy.
I wish i met Vincent. He seems like a hell of a motivator.
underrated one xD
I know right
Best tom cruise film imo
Tom Cruise was unreal in this film. So so good
BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME FOR ITS GENRE. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
True Collateral is a fckng masterpiece. 💟💟💟
What genre would you call this?
Max survived the night, killed a hitman, got himself a girlfriend AND made 300 bucks (and then some from the other fares). That is one productive night
You promise not to tell anyone, right? Get in the fcking car.
Lmao
Having the two minutes before the body lands on the cab makes this scene a lot more understandable.
Dude is a legit movie star. Probably the hardest working man in HW.
Is this the ONLY time Tom Cruise ever played a villain?
He was crazy good!
Interview with the Vampire
@@Kulharin9 Ah thank you. I forgot about that one. Although, Lestat would argue he's just being a vampire.
in some respects, 'magnolia' (undoubtedly his best acting ever).
Tropic thunder
Les Grossman
Check out Vincent’s reaction when he comes downstairs - throwing that dude onto the cab was 100% not what he intended to happen.
The entire night goes off the rails because Vincent fucks up.
He could’ve easily shot Max and moved on.
@@GuitarGangsterArmi It’s been a while since I saw this movie, but I don’t think he could - he was on a tight schedule; he knew where everyone was going to be at specific times, and he had a ton of ground to cover. He didn’t have time to abduct another cab driver for the night, and he didn’t know LA well enough to drive himself.
He probably figured it was easier to scare Max into helping him and kill him at the end of the night.
Either way, Vincent didn’t go into that apartment intending to throw his mark through the roof of his own getaway car.
That was his plan, once all stops were completed. Vincent had done this before and framed the taxi driver he used back then for the hits as well. This is all part of his M.O. he needed Max alive till the end so he'd have a fall guy.
“Only a dead guy”. Great lines and performances. They killed it.
A seriously underrated movie.
You have a seriously underdeveloped vocabulary.
When I paid for the tickets at the movie theater, I didn't realize I was gonna get my moneys worth. I went to the movie theaters blindly because of Tom Cruise and Jamie Fox. I didn't even see the trailers.
Definitely one of tom’s best roles.
In the DVD commentary, Michael Mann had Tom dress up as a UPS driver and make deliveries to local businesses. The idea was to have the character of "Vincent" blend in and not be recalled by witnesses after a hit. It worked and customers were oblivious to his presence!
“I put it down as a two-day ride with one hell of a tip" -the movie Heavy Metal
Cruise makes such a terrifying villain!
Tom Cruise needs to play a villain again. He was so so good in this
"Promise not to tell anyone?" 😂😂😂
No one sees Tom cruise as headcase. I think those who thinks he’s a headcase are the real headcases that needs to get a life and stop hating.
“Red light Max” 😂
I use that phrase wit people to stop them from getting out of line
Probably the best scene in the entire movie.
This actually the story of how Maverick did side-hustles to afford that P-51 of his on only a Captain's salary
And it also explores Max Dillion’s life as a cabbie driving around LA before his life fell apart that he had to move in with his mother in NY and work as a technician at Oscorp. 😂
Respect to Vincent from France.
Now we know what Max was up to before he became Electro
I used to love this movie when it came out, but I always had a really hard time getting whatever girlfriend I had at the time to watch it with me. Then once they did, they never liked it. Of course then I had to dump them.
You made the right choice. Any woman that can't at least RESPECT the catalogue of Mann... isn't worth keeping.
women ☕
The same kind of women will tell you Die Hard isn't a Xmas movie.
"My man, you alright?!" :D
In an alternate universe, Max parked about 10 feet further, playing his music, eating his sandwich and reading his magazine. Doesn't even see/hear the body falling behind the car.
Vincent comes back and on to the next stop.
😁
Remember when the cops were talking and they mentioned a cab driver in Oakland who killed three people then himself despite not knowing them and not having a history of mental illness or a criminal record. I didn’t notice it until my second time watching. Vincent wanted to keep Max around so he could kill and frame him at the end. Max would’ve been dead if he parked anywhere else. But dang the biggest tragedy in the movie is Max not getting to finish the sandwich
@@gustavoalmanza2673 Good point. I guess the best case scenario would be Max finding out what Vincent is doing and pretending he didn't know. However Vincent is a true professional. He prob wouldn't let that happen.
YO HOMMIE IS THAT MY CASE OR SHOULD I SAY IS THAT MY MOVIE. EXCELLENT MOVIE EXCELLENT ACTOR CRUISE O. K HOMMIE
I like the music when Max is eating his food and flipping through the catalogue 🎉
Easily one of my fav' movies! Tom's portrayal of Vincent is stellar...not his usual brand character but my oh my was he magnificent with it!
"You promise not to tell anybody right?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Vincent was so trusting. He gave Max a $300 advance and left his suitcase in the back. Many drivers would've bailed
Hands down Tom Cruises best movie.
“This is just temporary “ -every uber driver ever
It's a permanent hustle for me. I'm not saying no to an instant payday
Tom Cruise was Masterful in this movie truly Fantastic.
"All it took was a down payment on a Lincoln Towncar. Tf are you still doin' driving a cab?"
Never understood why the body had to go in the trunk. If just kills the dude in his apartment, the body is still found. For a guy who relied on stealth, Vincent took a lot of unnecessary risks.
One of my favourite movies of all time. Amazing.
"Get in the fucking car!" then his facial expression is like, 'Can you believe this guy?'
Re light Max. Put your hands down. The banter they have is awesome!
" Hey homie, that my brief case?"
Seeing him eat that sub always makes me want one.
Jimmy John's is better
😂😂 me too🥺
That sandwich going to waste was the biggest tragedy of the movie, never mind the philosophy of Vincent
Listen to Mann's commentary. Vincent's questions are probing, very much in a power-play Pinter-esque way, to get a meek and compliant cab driver. He posits, "How many other cab drivers did Vincent have before settling on Max?"
“…..you promise not to TELL anyone, right?”
Vincent keeps looking around for witnesses, trying to decide whether to kill Max or bring him along for the ride.
hes deciding whether this is going to be his patsy or not.. early in the movie there is a news break which describes how "some cabby" went on a murder spree one night then killed himself (meaning vincent did this before, then made it look like the cabby did it)
Cruise really needs to play more villains.