Collateral Damage (2002)

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• KJ P

  
  In this complex revenge Schwarzenegger outing, we find Gordon Brewer, an ordinary man whose family has been killed by terrorists. We then learn many things that happened before the attack and begin to wonder who is also working with the terrorists. This is the only real twist… More
  In this complex revenge Schwarzenegger outing, we find Gordon Brewer, an ordinary man whose family has been killed by terrorists. We then learn many things that happened before the attack and begin to wonder who is also working with the terrorists. This is the only real twist throughout the film. It is definitely not original and the characterizations are more than likely slapped together, but the action is pretty awesome and the subtle moments between characters is very refreshing. I thought it was extremely cliche and made me role my eyes when I found out that they decided to take the route of seeing a family that looks like his own in order to make the plot work. Overall, "Collateral Damage" is not a bad movie, in fact, it is a lot of fun, but in the end, it's just another average action flick that nobody will remember. It was okay!

• Jeff "

  
  Collateral Damage is a decent action film, but is predictable and uses plot elements from other, better films to create this story. I was entertained watching this film, but I felt that the film could have been much better. I felt the film was fairly predictable, and that some of the… More
  Collateral Damage is a decent action film, but is predictable and uses plot elements from other, better films to create this story. I was entertained watching this film, but I felt that the film could have been much better. I felt the film was fairly predictable, and that some of the action scenes were derivative. Collateral Damage is a decent action film, but it doesn't try anything new or exciting. The film has potential to be an effective and great action film, however halfway through, the film falls apart slightly, and it becomes predictable. The script suffers from, being predictable and the film ends up being a bit boring. The film had the potential to be a strong action film, but it uses a watered down predictable formula to create its story and thus you lose slight interest in the film. Collateral Damage is a decent action film that does entertain, but it could have been done much better. Arnold Schwarzenegger has done far better action films than this, and though he delivers on-screen, his performance doesn't elevate the film from being a decent film to a good film. Collateral Damage is a decent action, but it never does anything really interesting, and that's a shame because the film had so much potential for being something great Collateral Damage is overall, a decent time waster that could have done much better, but for what it is, it's far from bad but it's clear that the film could have been done much better than this.

• Christopher A

  
  Guns - Tick. Explotions - Tick. Ridiculous series of events - Tick. A typical post 1990's Schwarzenegger film riding the success of previous years - No Tick. Collateral Damage hits all the right current affair notes with acts of Terrorism and the innocent people that this… More
  Guns - Tick. Explotions - Tick. Ridiculous series of events - Tick. A typical post 1990's Schwarzenegger film riding the success of previous years - No Tick. Collateral Damage hits all the right current affair notes with acts of Terrorism and the innocent people that this effects. While it descends into classic Schwarzenegger, him taking down the entire group of Colombian Terrorists in their own back yard without any guns, knives or pointy sticks its the beggining that grabs you and the emotional involvement as his character deals with the loss of his wife and child. Lots of surprises and worth a watch, if only for Arnolds impersonation of a German ... "I'll show you collateral damage! "

• Martin S

  
  Okay movie. Nothing more. Not really a cretive plot. We have all seen the "revange the death of your family" thing once too many times. I think that Arnold acted better that usual...but still... And was it just me or was there a Cape Fear reference in there?

• Conner R

  
  A lot better tan I ever remember it being, this is a classic Arnold experience. Not only does he take down Colombian terrorism, he does it single-handed without and guns. Gordy Brewer is not the man you want to mess with, killing his family will result in total destruction. This movie… More
  A lot better tan I ever remember it being, this is a classic Arnold experience. Not only does he take down Colombian terrorism, he does it single-handed without and guns. Gordy Brewer is not the man you want to mess with, killing his family will result in total destruction. This movie is action packed and put on a grand scale, it's not a simple shoot 'em up. It's actually a very intelligent and well thought out plot with lots of good characters. I think it's one of the few times Arnold doesn't use a lot of one liners, it's a interesting change of pace.

• Coxxie M

  
  well lets see i saw this when i was 12, and at that time i was obsessed with Swashazanazzzegr and i probably loved it. unfortunately that means it probably sucks

• Lenny M

  
  He's been almost everywhere, why didn't he do a movie in German? that would've been great tony.

• Al S

  
  Could of been more enjoyable if it wasent so over the top, the action and suspense work well but the plot is silly an ordinary man wanting revenge against terrorist for the death of his family..oh please.

• Pierluigi P

  
  An insult, not only to colombia, but also for people with good taste. preposterous and misguided.

• Dean M

  
  Powerful first-class suspense-filled thriller of the hero Arnie who comes for his revenge to find the leader terrorist.

• Tim B

  
  I really enjoyed this a a modern take on the traditional Arnold action movie.

• Dean !

  
  An often overlooked action film, one of Arnie's more recent films. This has a good story of revenge on terrorists who killed his wife and son. Also has a good twist towards the end and some cool action scenes. Check it out!

• Jason S

  
  eh.

• Dann M

  
  Collateral Damage is one of Schwarzenegger's most notorious films, due to its ill-fated timing with the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. The film's story involves a fireman whose wife and child are killed in a terrorist attack, which leads him to track down the terrorists and take… More
  Collateral Damage is one of Schwarzenegger's most notorious films, due to its ill-fated timing with the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. The film's story involves a fireman whose wife and child are killed in a terrorist attack, which leads him to track down the terrorists and take the fight to them. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cliff Curtis, Francesca Neri, and Elias Koteas all give good performances; especially Schwarzenegger who delivers quite a demanding performance. Oddly enough, this is one of Schwarzenegger's smarter films, a little too smart actually. The infiltration of the Colombian guerrillas and the CIA's covert ops get a bit convoluted. But, it pays off with some clever story twists and reveals. And, the film delivers a lot of intense action scenes. While it has some weaknesses, Collateral Damage is a solid action film that's very entertaining.

• Dannielle A

  
  What I loved about this movie were all the surprises around every corner. Rarely does the audience feel for "the bad guy" and this movie gave a twist on the villian... that he did at one time have a heart and maybe there are still remnants of it. "Collateral… More
  What I loved about this movie were all the surprises around every corner. Rarely does the audience feel for "the bad guy" and this movie gave a twist on the villian... that he did at one time have a heart and maybe there are still remnants of it. "Collateral Damage" had some pretty cool special effects but also a few shabby ones.

• Juan C

  
  an action movie filled with good acting, a good story, surprising twist, good action scenes, and has to be one of arnold schwarzenegger best performance. B

• Dutch E

  
  Collateral Damage is a very simplistic movie with an implausible one-dimensional plot. Character development leaves much to be desired as all side characters are literally cardboard cut-outs which again is an attribute copied straight from the 80s. As for the action, it looks amazing… More
  Collateral Damage is a very simplistic movie with an implausible one-dimensional plot. Character development leaves much to be desired as all side characters are literally cardboard cut-outs which again is an attribute copied straight from the 80s. As for the action, it looks amazing but several scenes really stretch the bounds of believability. Towards the end the plot gets really absurd with many unnecessary twists that really do not belong and could have easily been removed in editing.

• matt s

  
  God-awful.

• John M

  
  Brain damage is the collateral damage for watching "Collateral Damage".

• Lee K

  
  i guess this one is the last timwe we will see ole arnie in action however this movie was just ok he has had better

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