Collateral Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
8 of the most interesting Collateral easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Collateral movie message.
A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
Genre
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director
Michael Mann
Stars
Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo
IMDB score
7.5
Collateral Movie Easter Eggs
Max drives Annie through the city faster than expected because he "got lucky with the lights". He later manages to get the drop on Vincent, a trained killer... because he got lucky with the lights
Collateral Movie Foreshadowing
Vincent keeps his right hand lower than his left when being held up, so that his shooting arm is closer to his sidearm.
Collateral movie hidden details
Max's mother appears in bed under a number of autographed celebrity photos. These were most likely purchased by Max in support of his continued charade as owner of Island Limos and its exclusive clientele.
Directed by Michael Mann -- throughout the movie Vincent (Cruise) sits diagonal to Max (Foxx). But during a sequence where Felix and the FBI are led to believe that Max is Vincent, we can see Vincent sits directly [or hides] behind Max.
When Howard is being accused of being mentally ill the video of him saying "I trusted you" to Love is heard while the camera shows the faces of his old friends who are accusing him.
Vincent raised his hands while being held at gunpoint. His left hand is raised higher to parry off the thug's gun, while his right hand is lower so he can reach his gun faster.
Tom Cruise plays a professional hitman, who, in this scene, executes a tactical draw and Mozambique Drill with such good technique, it's since been used in tactical handgun training courses.
Tom Cruise trips on a chair in the movie Collateral (2004)
