I still maintain my mostly speculative fan theory that Vincent is the "brother I don't talk to anymore" that Neil McCauley mentions in Heat. The only connections are both characters' severe, military-like precision and dedication to their crafts, and Michael Mann directing both. Mann didn't write Collateral, so that's a strike against the theory, but given the settings for both movies and both having a protagonist/antagonist like Vincent and Neil, who do their best to blend in with drab, unmemorable clothing to execute their perfectly-planned crimes... 20 years on, and I still kinda see this as an unintended part of the Michael Mann's Heat cinematic universe.
All that said, there are few movie lines that are as badass as "I said, you should tell the guy behind me to put his gun away before I take it and beat his bitch-ass to death with it." convincingly sold by Foxx to a pre-No Country For Old Men Javier Bardem.
Also, is there a role that Mark Ruffalo can't pull off convincingly? Just a couple months before this was released, he was the spastic, uncertain dork trying to hook up with Kirsten Dunst in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Here, he's a convincing LAPD detective trying to work a criminal informant and doing his best not-a-cop cholo act.
Review by Digital PhreakerVIP BlockedParentSpoilers2024-02-29T03:42:05Z
I still maintain my mostly speculative fan theory that Vincent is the "brother I don't talk to anymore" that Neil McCauley mentions in Heat. The only connections are both characters' severe, military-like precision and dedication to their crafts, and Michael Mann directing both. Mann didn't write Collateral, so that's a strike against the theory, but given the settings for both movies and both having a protagonist/antagonist like Vincent and Neil, who do their best to blend in with drab, unmemorable clothing to execute their perfectly-planned crimes... 20 years on, and I still kinda see this as an unintended part of the Michael Mann's Heat cinematic universe.
All that said, there are few movie lines that are as badass as "I said, you should tell the guy behind me to put his gun away before I take it and beat his bitch-ass to death with it." convincingly sold by Foxx to a pre-No Country For Old Men Javier Bardem.
Also, is there a role that Mark Ruffalo can't pull off convincingly? Just a couple months before this was released, he was the spastic, uncertain dork trying to hook up with Kirsten Dunst in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Here, he's a convincing LAPD detective trying to work a criminal informant and doing his best not-a-cop cholo act.