What is Collateral about?
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
No. Brace yourself.
A cab driver's night becomes a desperate fight for survival, driving an assassin through a city's dark underbelly.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+, Peacock, MGM+ and Starz.
Collateral parents guide
No surprises for an R: some innuendo or implied sex and brutal violence.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Brutal violence
- Our top level for violence.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is Collateral scary?
- Only a little. Collateral has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Collateral?
- Light gore and brutal violence.
- What is Collateral rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Rated R, and it earns it: brutal violence and frequent strong language. Not one for kids.
Cast and crew
Directed byMichael Mann
StarringTom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Javier Bardem
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