I love the part where Max tells his guard to put his gun away or he'll kill him. It's a turning point in the movie and in Max's character - he gains some confidence in himself.
I just thought about how the court trial afterwards would've been....Felix seeing Max on the witness stand, learning he was just a cab driver, and how stupid he must've felt lol
@@tattletalestrangler7815 haha I think it was at this point in the movie Max found his courage and was like, " well if I'm going to die anyway, might as well go out with a bang"
By this point, he had to know deep down that Vincent was gonna kill him at the end of all this, so why not set up something to screw Vincent over, at least a little, even if he won?
@@retepoteil I get you now. You saw Bardem in Collateral and thought he'd make a great screen actor before you got to know him from movies like No Country.
Little fact about the club they shot at, El Rodeo was actually shut down because of their ties to the Sinaloa cartel and money laundering, in this movie Vincent is employed by The Sinaloa Cartel. Referenced only in the movie by the city of Culiacán where the cartel is based out of.
Another little fact about this scene is all the security staff was the actual Rodeo security usually all heavily armed where stripped of there weaponry for the filming, most of them didn’t even have an idea what the showed up to work as at the time lol , crazy memories of those days. Michael man was real cool.
Bardem is too good of a villain it probably gets on his nerves to be typecast as cartel kingpins or supervillains in American movies while being leading man in Spanish movies.
The tiny moment when Max tells him that Daniel said, "sorry" is great. His reaction for a split second shows a human beneath the menacing veneer. The way he looks away for just a second, like he doesn't want to know that. The way a kid would look away when being chastised over breaking a dish or something in that, "I didn't do it."
0:54 Felix meeting who he assumes is the renowned killer for the first time: "I thought you'd be taller". Ha! Had he known Vincent (Cruise) is even 2 inches shorter than Max (Foxx).
It's a great movie and a brilliant scene. Turns out that Vincent underestimated Max the cab driver. Relentless tension and the music is just superb. One of the most under-appreciated movies in my lifetime. I think it is one of Cruise's best performances.
At 4:24 Jamie Foxx channels his Denzel Washington impression "Shit happens, gotta roll with it, adapt, darwin, I ching, remember the titans, king kong ain't got shit on me, ..."
Wanna know how badass Vincent is? Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) and the Transporter (Jason Statham) are both in this movie and Vincent got the contract
I believe there is a 4K UHD in the works because this movie was shot using the most expensive RED camera. 4K upscale is bringing new life to old movies hence why this is in the works. Whether it will be available for RU-vid or Netflix.
This scene is very important as it tells Max he is able to encounter very dangerous situations on his own and get through them unscathed. If he can a fool crime lord he can fool phlegmatic sociopath on the backseat of his cab.
Honestly, in real life if someone lost the list and important information like that, they wouldn't be walking back out of the place that easily, awesome how he immediately knew he had to improvise and come up with something else 😂
what he said made sense tho. he said he caught a tail. he needed to get rid of the evidence incase he got captured he might incriminate the everyone. his excuse makes perfect senes and in real life this boss man would not be talking to a highly known hitman like that.
He knew he couldn’t be mousy and apologetic. His usual approach would get him killed. He knew he needed to act like Vincent would. Cold, calm menacing.
Max: As a token of my appreciation I would like to offer you a discount….25%… I was waiting for Max to pull out a coupon from his pocket. 😆 “Hitman saver coupon-25% off”
Haha he was pretty convincing. Antonio Bardem is actually from Spain but when he speaks Spanish in this movie, he even pulls off a convincing Mexican accent
I saw this movie in 5th or 6th grade, I remember asking my Abuelita who "Pedro El Negro" was and she told me she'd never heard of him. It took me 10 years later to realize Pedro was Max.
The transformation of Max, in one scene. I wish Mann had drawn this scene out even longer, as it is probably the best in the film and it all but shows his balls drop… but it’s still fantastic. Bardem is exceptional and Foxx, who is much better than he was given credit for in this, is fantastic.
I had watched this when it first came out and a couple times since as I LOVE Cruises role as a villain but it wasn't until last night as I'm watching this scene I think to myself, "damn, he really sounds like Javier Bardem from No Country..." I never caught it. that guy can really change his look
To be honest, That is my favorite part of this scene. In so many movies you see dialogue delivered perfectly, but that’s not always how people talk. That tiny little clearing of the throat humanizes him for me. I don’t know if it was intentional, but I am so glad it was left in the final cut.
Random thought - but when Max removed his glasses to "become" Vincent it's like a disguise he removes to show a different persona kinda like when Vincent puts his glasses on as another mask to hide his actual persona.
There was a club just like this in Chicago. I think it was called Hearts or something. There was always a line of luxury SUVs outside. In the back, there were reserved tables with only a few people allowed back there. No girls, no drinking really, just people talking business. Lots of security, both at the entrance to the VIP and then at the tables. Guys in suits. I looked over there once and immediately caught the eye of one of the guards. Not smart. Didn't look over there again.
I feel like having the club goers either look at max like he doesn’t belong or with outright malice was a nice choice and seemed realistic as to what a black man might feel walking through a heavily Hispanic cartel hotspot.
Love how Max lowkey fucks Vincent over by discounting his services. Even if Vincent killed Annie and Max, Vincent would only get 65% of his original fee. Max would've gotten the last laugh.
Plot twist Because of his new found confidence and balls of steel Max returns to ask Felix for the money to start Island Limos to which Felix agrees and receives a 35% discount on each ride
5:05: the fat man, the guy in the penthouse, the jazzman are dead, that just leaves 2. The Dead: The fat man: Ramone Ayal. The guy that Vincent threw on top of Max's cab. The guy in the penthouse: Slyvester Clarke. Criminal lawyer turned lawyer criminal. The Jazzman: Daniel Baker. Jazz musician who once played with Miles Davis when he was 19. The Final 2: Peter Lim: the Korean mobster who works and lives in Club Fever. Annie Farrell: prosecution lawyer who Max met at the start of the day.
4:16 after that, Alvarez gave up on the whole bodyguard gig, went running back to Santo Padre and Started the criminal organization known as "Mayans M.C".
We don't know if he got arrested or got Felix exposed because he was Hispanic and the Koreans saw him and that's why cartel used someone that was not Hispanic because if the killings where carried out successfully then felix would be under suspicion and possible suspect.But really don't matter the mistake in the killings of Ramon and taking body in cab@@skyry101
@@skyry101 mean either lol had to watch the movie on DVD to understand even though saw it theaters. I realized Vincent should have killed max when they left fever or when he got the documents from Felix. Butt??? He would have had successful mission butt???? Lol
This scene is special for me. Remember seeing it for a first time, it felt so realistic… The whole movie is such a masterpiece… Michael Mann is a genius.
Fun fact! This scene is an interpretation of the 1990s film “Lost in Space”. Michael Mann wanted to capture the tension and intensity of Matt Le Blanc’s character and distill it into a single scene. It was completely lost in translation and Mann was temporarily asked to postpone involvement in the film while he came to his senses.
Translation would be: "Go after him. If something goes wrong, kill him before he's caught" So he's not telling the guy to kill him. Just to keep sure nothing strange happens, like "police strange", and if it does, then yes, he has to kill him.
@@paulw.4528 oh nope... he talked in spanish. and i am a native speaker. he didnt said call it. he said if something goes wrong kill him.. thats why in the dance club some of the men of felix tried to kill max.
The sole reason I wanted to know what this song was is how it was played live in this film. However, the trumpets are not played like this on the record or in any live version. In fact, this is the only live version of a song I prefer more than the studio recording. I LOVE the trumpets in this.
What’s the name of this song? When Max is getting searched by Felix’s security the guitar is doing this cool 2-5/b3-5 melody that made me look up this scene.
@@deeveeuhs It's by a band called Calexico and the song is called Güero Canelo, which is from their 2003 album Feast of Wire. It's a good song, but they have better ones I think.
