Collateral

I saw Collateral this weekend. It scores 4 Tom stars out of 5. If you've seen Michael Mann's previous work this will come as no surprise to you, but it's still a well paced action packed thriller.

Cruise gets talked up a lot as a big movie star, but what a lot of people forget is that he's one hell of an actor. Jamie Foxx is every bit his equal in this though. He's a guy who can shift gears through an arrogant sportstar (Any Given Sunday) a washed up junkie (Ali) to Collateral's working stiff, Max. In support is the always excellent Mark Ruffalo (if you haven't seen You Can Count on Me then see it now), Jada Pinkett Smith and small roles for Peter Berg and the hugely underrated Bruce McGill. Rounding it out is a scene stealing performance from Oscar Nominee Javier Bardem.

Go see it.