In Collateral, a cab driver (Max, played by Jamie Foxx) finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer (Tom Cruise as Vincent) as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in LA. He must find a way to save both himself and one last victim. I decided to see this movie because Jason Statham starred in this one. But you only get to see him in the beginning of the movie. Nothing more. He is even only credited as “Airport man”. So now when you know that, you decide if it is worth watching or not.

Actually there’s just one thing that bothers me. Why do they have to insist on doing that battery outage (or bad cell coverage) shit with the cell phones? It gets so fucking tiresome and predictable. Please. Can’t you be a bit more original?

Two good things with this movie though. First: Our main protagonist Max the Cab Driver is a believable character, with all the feats (or rather lack of feats) you’d expect from such a guy. Second: The antagonist that Cruise plays, Vincent, has a kickass name. If I ever get a son, his name will be Vincent. I don’t know why but it’s a damn cool name.

Anyways. Good entertainment, good movie.