A Few Quick Words on Collateral

1. The first fifteen minutes are as good any fifteen minutes of film to come out since they invented minutes.

2. Mark Ruffalo - as Mike pointed out to me today, how is this guy not in Miami Vice with Jamie Faxx instead of Colin Farrell?

3. I didn't buy the cell phone running out of batteries the first time I saw it and I still don't buy it now. It's just silly.

All in all, as good an action flick to come out since I don't know when. Seriously, how many action movies with even half a brain come around the horn these days? What was the last one, Die Hard?

The Insider is still without question my favorite Michael Mann movie, but this one comes pretty close. Of course, it's been a good ten years since I've seen Last of the Mohicans, so maybe I should revisit that one before making a final judgment.

Michael Mann is the best director working today.