Collateral (2004)

I only watched this because it's on the list. I thought it would be stupid from the first preview and I was right.

First, Cruise is just not a good actor. He's just not.

Second, Foxx isn't really so convincing either.

Third, the story is contrived. Really, how likely is it that a cab driver meets a woman in the justice department and really connects with her (first, that part is highly unlikely in LA) and then the assassin who hijacks his car and time is after her for the last hit of the night? Of course it has to be the last hit because that gives the cab driver enough time to stop being a pansy and become the hero. Of course. The story is perfectly circular and it's annoying. It's especially annoying because the cab driver only goes to save someone when it's the woman he supposedly connected with. The assassin has killed several people up to this point. What would be really heroic would be for the cab driver to save the second person to be killed regardless of whether he knew the person--to save a person just for the sake of saving him/her--instead of waiting around until it's someone he knows

Fourth, I'm not buying the assassin with something of a conscience.