Collateral Damage (2002)

What Would You Do If You Lost Everything?

Original Title :	Collateral Damage
Director :	Andrew Davis
Writer :	Ronald Roose David Griffiths Peter Griffiths David Griffiths Peter Griffiths
Genre :	Action
	Thriller
Country :	USA
Language :	English
Producer :	Lowell D. Blank , Mitchell E. Dauterive , David Foster , Howard W. Koch Jr. , Nicholas Meyer , Steven Reuther , John Schimmel , Teresa Tucker-Davies
Music :	Salvatore Basile Graeme Revell
Photography :	Adam Greenberg
Distributor :	Karo Premiere [ru]
MPAA Rating :	Rated R for violence and some language.
IMDB ID :	0233469
Official site :	http://www.collateraldamage.co.uk/
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poster for "Collateral Damage" by Andrew Davis (2002)

Collateral Damage (2002) - Andrew Davis

Starring

Arnold Schwarzenegger		Gordy Brewer
Francesca Neri		Selena
Francesca Neri		Selena

Plot

Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini. Frustrated with the official investigation and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering his family might never be brought to justice, Brewer takes matters into his own hands and tracks his quarry ultimately to Colombia.

Comments

Not nearly as bad as the previews lead you to believe "You can't take the law into your own hands!" So says some guy from some government agency to Arnold.In the preview, this seems like typically horrible dialog for an action movie.However, I was surprised that, in the context that it was used, it wasn't too cheesy. I saw a 'behind the scenes' thing on HBO and everyone involved was saying that this was something really different for Arnie.Why is it that people say that about every movie he's in?They're all the same!But that's okay.We're used to it.In 'End of Days' he played an alcoholic.We knew this, not because we ever saw him drunk, but because some one brought it up every ten minutes.These are things that we've come to accept about Arnold's movies.So stop telling us that this is something new. At least, that's what I've felt for a while now.This movie is a little different.It's not a stretch, or anything radically different.But it isn't the exact same thing that Arnold's done before.It is, however, the same thing we've seen from other people before.It seems that he looks at what is popular, and he does his version of that.People like government agents, I'll do 'Eraser.'People like supernatural stuff, I'll do 'End of Days.'What's all this I hear about a movie with a twist at the end being brilliant?I suppose I'll do 'Collateral Damage.' So is it good?Is it bad?It just is.One thing I am glad about is that is was rated R.I am sick of movies being cut down to PG-13 simply because some people feel that things should be accessible to the "family."Cutting stuff to do that ALWAYS detracts from the quality of a movie.I've actually heard directors say that they needed to take the energy level down on a scene in order to qualify.Why would you want to do that? Yes, this movie's release was postponed.We all have our own opinions on that and nothing, not even seeing the movie, is going to change our minds. One final note: Am I the only one who, when watching Cliff Curtis, can only think, "You know what I think?I think you're stealing gold." ?

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