Collateral

Dir. Michael Mann. 2004, 120 mins. 35mm. With Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill. Mann’s first feature to be shot primarily on Hi-Def video imbues its compact noir scenario about a neurotic cabbie (Foxx) who picks up a sociopathic hitman (Cruise) with global implications, shrouding the action in layer upon layer of nocturnal Los Angeles mood. A return to the lonely intimacy of the director’s earlier features (Thief, Manhunter), the film is a brooding study in disconnection and inhumanity, traced across a weblike urban landscape. Here, a taxi’s dim interior light reveals characters trapped within their own delusions.

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