Collateral

The film was released in 2004.

It was directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie.

Collateral was Mann's first feature film to be shot with mostly HD cameras. The film took 3 long years before it has started to be created.

The film cost roughly $65,000,000 to make and it was a major hit at the box office and managed a worldwide gross of $217,764,291.

Narrative: A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles. He must find a way to save both himself and one last victim.

Collateral is another iconic and suspenseful thriller that graced the screens of the cinema in 2004. Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Fox and Jada Pinkett Smith, Collateral holds the essence of a classic thriller with an innocent cab driver Max (Jamie Fox) who becomes caught up in the Dramas of the contracted killer Vincent (Tom Cruise) and must find a way to overcome his hostile actions and protect the people on the hit list, which becomes more Relevant to Max as the story unfolds. 


Collateral managed to win a BAFTA Film Award for best cinematography. Jamie Foxx was nominated at the Oscars for best performance by an actor in a supporting role.

The video on the left is the trailer of the film Collateral 

The Briefcase Scene

In this scene we see Vincent (Tom Cruise) retrieve  his stolen briefcase from two thugs. The way this scene is shot ranging from the camera angles to the acting adds an element of Thrill but also some sort of 'cool' factor. In this scene, us as the audience see Vincent approaches them and when the thieves turn around they see him as a ordinary businessman. We however know that Vincent is a hit man who is very intelligent and is capable of being very quick on his feet. This excites the audience as we have a desperate urge to know is gonna happen even though we have an idea of what is going to happen, this creates a sense of tension and enigma.

Bullets and the Fall scene

This scene is the first glimpse of what Vincent is really like and clearly indicates that the movie is a thriller from the many notable elements from the thriller genre. This is clearly obvious because from no where a body smashes through a window and falls on the taxi, shocked by this, the driver jumps from the taxi in absolute shock. The driver in the previous scene had no clue what his passenger went in the building for or what. In this short sequence, many interesting shots are used to establish the setting and the accident. for example, when the taxi driver jumps from his car after the body falls on it adds tension especially the way it is shot. The shot is very much similar to a tracking shot as it follows the driver out overseeing his reaction.