Collateral Damage

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo, Elias Koteas
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Box Office: $40,077,257
2002

Times Seen:
Tim: 1

Summary: After a terrorist bomb kills the wife of a Los Angeles firefighter (Arnold Schwarzenegger), he learns that they were not a target, just "collateral damage." Now, the fighterfighter travels to Colombia to exact his revenge on the terrorists and stop another bombing, this time planned for Washington, D.C.

Review:

Tim: This film is just your typical Arnold Schwarzenegger action film. In this case, it is a slightly different twist, as most of the movie is based on revenge. However, it offers nothing new or exciting that you couldn't find in another, better Arnold movie. I would recommend this film only to diehard Schwarzenegger fans. Thats pretty much the only way you will enjoy this. Action fans should pass this by.

All in all, this film never gets above the typical action film. It does have enough action and a few twists to at least keep the audience mildly interested. However, if you are going to watch an action film with Arnold, there are much better ones out there. I'd recommend True Lies, End of Days and hell, even Eraser before I would recommend this one. It seemed like the only reason for making this film was to put one more film under the star's credits, and bring in Leguizamo and a few other smaller actors.

When it comes down to it, if you haven't seen every Arnie movie, and love him above everyone else, then you might just want to forget about seeing this movie. The time it takes to watch it is not worth the end result and you could much better spend your time watching another film.

Rating 1-10
Tim's Rating: 4



If You Enjoyed This Movie, We Recommend: True Lies, End of Days, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Eraser, The Fugitive, Red Sonja, Empire, Summer of Sam