This film is one that I don’t often hear talk about and, due to this, I feel that it is under appreciated. I, as many know, am not a fan of Tom Cruise. While I do not believe that he is a terrible actor, I have found, over the years, that he may be slightly below average amongst the Hollywood elite. In this film, however, I feel that Cruise did a phenomenal job of portraying the borderline psychopathic Vincent. Jamie Foxx, however, I feel was the star of this film. Foxx is one of the more underrated actors in Hollywood, I feel that people often associate him with comedy, robbing him of the recognition that he deserves. I truly feel that in each and every one of the scenes in this film, Foxx portrayed Max, the shy and humble, yet confident cab driver, as just that. What audiences typically see from Foxx is his ability to make people laugh; this film differs from that entirely. As I mentioned before, Cruise did a very good job in this film, however, Foxx far outshined him. The dynamic between Cruise and Foxx was far better than I could have imagined; I thought that the fact that the two come from fairly different acting backgrounds would possibly make the connection between the two difficult in some ways. I thought the film was written well and that the story was intriguing and entertaining. The idea of having an outsider (Foxx’s Max) become involved in a series of murders as a cab driver was unique (at least to me) and I thought that it worked very well. I thought that the use of cameras was strange, as it appeared to switch back and forth from your typical camera view to a point-of-view camera pretty regularly throughout the film. With all of this being said, I thought that there were a few things that seriously needed to be changed about the film. For one, I found that the ending to the film was quite terrible. It’s almost as if Stuart Beattie was so unsure of how to end the film that he picked the most unlikely way and went with it. The final outcome was essentially what the audience, and myself, expected, however, the means by which the characters got there fell short of my expectations based on everything that happened throughout the film. Even though some of the events that took place at the end of the film were not outstandingly done, I thought the final scene of the film was absolutely perfect. Another issue I had with this film was Mark Ruffalo’s role. While his character, Fanning, appeared to have a large role in the film his time was cut short, making his character next to useless in the grand scheme of things. The film, as a whole was very fun and entertaining, however, these two issues really put a damper on certain aspects of the film. I still found the majority of the film to be enjoyable; I just wish that Michael Mann and Stuart Beattie had rectified these issues before the films final cut. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369339/
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