Los Angeles cab driver Max unwittingly becomes the chauffeur for Vincent, a contract killer completing multiple hits in one night. As the city becomes their shared arena, chance encounter turns into a test of survival.
Shot digitally, the film captures the texture of urban night with striking immediacy. Mann transforms ordinary spaces into arenas of existential tension, contrasting Tom Cruise's chilling composure with Jamie Foxx's grounded vulnerability. Collateral distills the anonymity and violence of the modern metropolis into nocturnal noir.