Collateral

Collateral (2004)

Ending / spoiler

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Fanning is the only one who believes Max's story. He saves Max during the shootout at Club Fever and as he escorts him outside Vincent shoots him dead. Max drives on and speeds up. Vincent threatens to kill him but if he shoots they will both die. Max runs into a road crew blockade and the car flips. Vincent escapes and a cop stops to see a body in Max's trunk. However, as he's being arrested, Max sees that Vincent's final target is Annie (the DA from the beginning). It spurs him to fight back and overpower the cop, cuff him and and take Vincent's gun. From that point it's a race to Annie...Vincent gets to her and is about to kill her when Max breaks in and shoots Vincent. Annie and Max escape onto the MTA but are followed by Vincent. Max and Vincent empty their clips at each other but only one bullet (Max's) seemingly hits. Vincent and Max sit across from each other and Vincent dies from his wounds. Max and Annie exit the train at the next station, as dawn breaks. We then see Vincent, dead in his seat, as the train moves to the next stop.

zippy_frog

Other mistake: In the scene where they're loading Tom Cruise's first victim into the trunk, as Max lifts at the arms you can see the "dead" guy holding onto Max's forearms. (00:20:55)

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Trivia: The film was almost entirely shot in high definition. Director Michael Mann states he did this to capture the night scenes more vividly.

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Suggested correction: The number of movies shot in less-than-HD could be counted on one hand.

I believe it refers to the fact that Collateral is considered to be the first major movie to use a digital camera, not the traditional film support.

Sammo

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Question: In the beginning of the movie, just prior to Vince's introduction to Max, what was Vincent doing in Annie's office building? He actually passes Annie (his 5th target) on the up/down escalators. Why not just kill her first?

Answer: He was likely scoping out the building and determining where specifically Annie worked. He couldn't just kill her in public with people around. He had a systematic plan on how and when each victim would be killed.

raywest

Answer: Plus it sets up the 5th victim surprise.

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