The Monotony of Monogamy

 
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Collateral

This movie was quite good. It was nice to see old Tommy boy playing a villan for once. He looks kind of weird with grey hair and all, but he still can cut a mean rug. Even playing an aged character, Tom still has the moves to take out an entire entourage of body guards without breaking a sweat.

In this movie, Tom Cruise plays an assassin contracted out to kill some witnesses. Jamie Foxx plays the unknowing cab driver who escorts him all around LA. But when he witnesses the first murder, Jamie is in it for the long haul. 4 more people to kill. Witness #2, no problem. 3 to go. Witness #3, took a little talking to, but still, no big deal. After #3, Jamie tries his luck and steals Tom's hit list and throws it into traffic. Now Jamie has to pretend to be Tom to get another list or his momma becomes #6. So he gets the this, on to #4. This is where Tom takes out an entire crew of thugs in the middle of a club, then takes out Witness #4 and is on his way. Finally Jamie grows a pair, flips the cab, and chases after Old Man Tom. What astonished me was how an old guy and a taxi cab driver have such endurance. They sprinted for what seemed like minutes. Jamie catches up to Tom just in time to save Witness #5, who he drove in his cab earlier that day. Long story short, good taxi cab driver wins, bad hitman loses.

There's nothing really that made the movie extrordinarily good. Nothing I said "Oh man, that was sweet!" at. Yet nothing that made me go "WTF. This movie sucks,"(a la Village). If Tom was going around pushing people out of windows, it probably would have been a lot worse, but gunfire just makes a movie better.

Overall: I give this movie a after dinner mint, you don't really need it, it isn't necissarily refreshing, but it still has something that just makes you go "Ah, that was good."

Book of Wise Pohl, Chapter 7 Verse 41:
And he said "Ride, r-r-r-r-r-r-ride this donkey. Ride this d-d-d-d-d-d-donkey!"
posted by Dave at 10:00 PM