Collateral Damage (2002)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Absolutely the worst movie.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Collateral Damage (2002): Dir: Andrew Davis / Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, Cliff Curtis, John Leguizamo: Refers to the absent-minded attitude often regarded towards victims of tragedy. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a firefighter who witnesses his wife and son become victims of an explosion that was meant for a public figure. He awakens in a hospital after being struck by a car then realizes that he had spoken to the terrorist briefly before the incident. He ventures to Columbia with vengeance in mind resulting in a complete lack of common decency. A sequence where Schwarzenegger goes down a waterfall looks too lame for words. Director Andrew Davis showed great skill when he made The Fugitive but here he rushes too quickly into action scenes. Schwarzenegger grunts and groans his way through complete absurdity before emerging as the hero. Elias Koteas is cardboard as a cop. Francesca Neri plays the terrorist's wife. Cliff Curtis plays the terrorist whose prime focus is to be Schwarzenegger's punching bag before the film's end. John Leguizamo appears to be part of his worst film since The Pest. Whatever the so-called message may be, this film exists primarily to showcase implausible action and as much violence as one film can possibly contain. The result is a film that should suffer collateral damage. Score: 1 / 10

Andrew Davis directed this action thriller that stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as L.A. fireman Gordon Brewer, who becomes an avenging angel after his wife and son are killed in a terrorist bombing committed by Columbians. Frustrated at the lack of progress and stonewalling by the government, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enters Columbia to track down the chief terrorist(nicknamed 'The Wolf') responsible, though ends up befriending the man's estranged wife, though as events end up back in the U.S., things will not prove to be so simple... Arnold and the direction are game, but story falls into the usual clichés, and as a result just misses, though it isn't bad, just routine.

This film is only rated 5.2/10, and I struggle to see how it's so low. There is great story telling, by which I mean it really immerses you into the film and makes you empathise with the characters, especially Gordy Brewer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), as well as being easy to follow without being boring, (has a great twist at the end). I regard this as some of Schwarzenegger's best acting, he shows compassion, regardless hatred, and you really get a sense he is just trying to give some low-life terrorist what he deserves. He is also intelligent and turns from fire-fighter to basically a FBI agent when the rest aren't up to the mark/not have enough information. It is a shame people like Harry Lennix and Elias Koteas didn't get more screen time, but hey ho, you can't have everything.It is let down by a few errors, such as the cliché family death thing, and the protection of children etc. But not enough to lower the rating to 5.2/10 in my opinion.

For me this is a mixed package. On the other hand, I love Arnold Schwarzenegger. The man is the epitome of an action hero star with his questionable acting performances, stone-faced expressions and honest to god skills to pull of action scenes and make them believable. On the other hand, the script is terrible, the rest of the actors are wooden, the plot has holes the size of moon craters and in the end it's just not that interesting to follow.It has its moments, though. For one, Arnold plays a firefighter in this film, and it has been taken into account with the action scenes. There's less shooting ridiculously over-sized guns from the hip and more trap building and ingenuity, which I think is a welcome change to the Schwarzenegger formula. You still get the explosions and the kill count, but this time things blow up because Arnold went and built a bomb.The character of Selina (Francesca Neri) is also somewhat interesting to follow. She has layers to her and throughout the movie you end up questioning her motives and actions, which creates believable suspension. Not the best character I've ever seen, but serviceable, especially given the rest of the cast.But yeah, it's a stupid film. Does it have some perks? Yeah, it does, but they're not enough to outweigh the idiotic premise of a firefighter fighting international terrorists just to save his family. They're not enough to outweigh the poor acting or the lackluster dialogues. Still, it's an Arnold Schwarzenegger film. I cannot hate it that much, and if you're a fan of the man, you'll probably enjoy this film at least on some level.