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Stuff and Dough
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75
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73
Duchess of Langeais, The
72
Roman de gare
72
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72
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72
Life of Reilly, The
71
My Brother Is an Only Child
71
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71
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70
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69
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69
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68
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67
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67
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67
Year My Parents Went on Vacation, The
67
Jellyfish
66
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66
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65
Married Life
64
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64
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64
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63
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63
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63
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63
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62
Planet B-Boy
62
Battle for Haditha
61
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61
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61
Girls Rock!
59
Under the Same Moon
59
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58
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58
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58
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58
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57
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57
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57
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57
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56
Turn the River
56
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55
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55
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55
Pathology
55
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54
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52
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52
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32
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30
Cover
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20
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Collateral Damage
Warner Bros.
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for violence and some language
Starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Elias Koteas,
Francesca Neri,
Cliff Curtis,
John Leguizamo,
and
John Turturro
Family man and firefighter Gordon Brewer (Schwarzenegger) 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 (Curtis). 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 travels to Colombia to track down the terrorist. (Warner Bros.)
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
David Griffiths (also story)
Peter Griffiths (also story)
Ronald Roose (story)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Andrew Davis
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 30, 2002
Video: July 30, 2002
Theatrical: February 8, 2002
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| RUNNING TIME: |
115 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
My guess is that the average firefighter, like the average American moviegoer, might sort of enjoy the movie, which is a skillfully made example of your typical Schwarzenegger action film.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
Efficient action thriller.

70
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
A pretty decent action picture.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Your heart will have you cheering Gordy on -- even as your brain complains that there are plot holes you could drive a truck bomb through.

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Schwarzenegger's mortality for the first time suits him.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
The best that can be said about Collateral Damage is that it offers a fleeting fantasy of American invincibility at a time when we desperately crave the reality. It functions as a movie narcotic.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Morally simple, action packed and explosive.

60
Film Threat
Michael Dequina
It's throwback, formula Ah-nuld all the way, a straightforward and simple revenge thriller.

60
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
I liked, too, some late plot reversals, sorely needed after the numbingly simple straight-ahead plunge of the first hour of the movie. Things aren't quite what they seem and the twists are neatly done.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
It's about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest, but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic.

50
USA Today
Claudia Puig
What we get is simply another opportunity for Schwarzenegger -- who seems to be in perpetual Terminator mode -- to flex his muscles.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
In a way, Collateral Damage is redeemed by its implausibility, because the closer it comes to reality, the more disturbing it gets. For once, viewers have reason to be grateful for having their intelligence insulted.

50
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
The result is an ''action film'' mired in stasis. The ending piles on the potboiler mayhem, but it's telling that Schwarzenegger's climactic catchphrase is down to one measly word. This time, he's the luggage.

50
New Times (L.A.)
Luke Y. Thompson
Feels dated in the post-9/11 world. But it would have felt passé and unnecessary regardless; it's the sort of film Michael Dudikoff, Chuck Norris and their ilk cranked out on a near-monthly basis when Reagan was president.

50
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
He's still big and burly, but, at age 54, Schwarzenegger is starting to look a little too old to be involved in this kind of stuff. Action films are the province of younger stars.

50
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Schwarzenegger doesn't at all seem too old for the part; his bulging muscles still fill the action-hero's suit just fine. It's what he's doing that is tired and, maybe, played out.

40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Utterly predictable, noisy and stupid.

40
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
The film's political philosophy, as much as it has one, is of the "a plague on both your houses" variety, painting the rebels and the CIA as equally fixated on killing innocent civilians for their own nefarious ideological ends. We've seen it all before, and we'll likely see it all again.

38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
A mind-numbing carnival of violence.

38
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
This is one of those would-be blockbusters that wants to have it both ways: It includes enough political commentary to have pretensions of seriousness, yet it's engineered to satisfy the explosion cravings of Schwarzenegger action fans, if any are left.

30
Slate
David Edelstein
It's another dumb vengeance picture -- "In the Bedroom" for meatheads.

30
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Five months after Sept. 11, the movie inevitably echoes those events, but in a loud and extremely cheesy way.
30
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Intermittently, in attempts to articulate a coherent argument, Collateral Damage shifts from pulse-pounding mode to something more migraine-conducive.

30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Head-scratchingly ordinary, given Schwarzenegger's need to prove he's still a virile (i.e., non-aging) action hero.

30
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
A stinker.

25
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
There's nothing special about this movie -- it's just business as usual for today's debased action-movie genre.

25
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Exploits and trivializes public anxiety for entertainment and commercial gain. They've been doing it for years. But this little piggie didn't get to the market in time.
25
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Collateral Damage isn't jingoistic; it also isn't exciting. It's a depressed rabble-rouser.

20
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Manages to squeeze in several different endings like a bad pop song that doesn't know when to fade out. But as Mr. Schwarzenegger's stature as an action figure diminishes, his effort to retain a piece of the market is touching.

20
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Ludicrous revenge thriller.

20
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Quickly plunges into boggy terrain from which it can never extricate itself.

20
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Plays like a bad adolescent revenge fantasy on Ritalin, all jagged editorial edges and silly, pumped-up testosterone.

10
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Abort! Abort! It's that time of year when Hollywood releases movies it should never have made in the first place.

10
Variety
Todd McCarthy
More than an embarrassment, it's an insult.


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