Collateral

One thing about this film - it certainly has style, of a muted, overcast, almost noirish kind. Difficult to put Collateral in a box; insofar as it's anything, it's a thriller, but that doesn't quite do it justice...It's not really a genre film (even though it has a disappointingly familiar chase finale, albeit with a terrific climactic scene and final line), and yet neither are Vincent or Max satisfyingly developed enough for it to qualify as a character drama. That said, the Vincent-Max dynamic is quite interesting, as are the resultant character arcs of each, and Tom Cruise is particularly good. On the flip side, though, the film is a bit sludgy and slow-moving at times, which isn't necessarily a bad thing where compensated for by atmosphere, ideas and/or characterisation, but the compensation is only partial here, I think. Still, a good film.