Movie Review: Collateral

We rented Collateral this past weekend. I was not expecting it to be as good as it is. Jamie Foxx definately has the acting chops his 2 Oscar nominations indicate. All the rolls I had seen him in previously were comedic and he was always funny. I had no idea how good of a job he can do in a dramatic roll.
Tom Cruise as the villain was an interesting casting decision. I think he did his usual good job. I do hope we get a chance to see him play the villain more often.
It's nice to see characters who grow during the course of a movie. Vincent's(Cruise) prying into Max's(Foxx) life forces Max to realize that he has only been making excuses for why he hasn't followed his dreams. It also gives Vincent a taste of what his life might have been like had he grown up with a family around him. In the end Max finaly takes action and Vincent recaputres some lost humanity.

This certainly isn't a movie for kids, but it's a good action movie mixed with realistic characters that aren't one-dimensional.