Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Pretty Good

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This movie was okay,not the worst,not the best.First,the good,the story,well it is generic,it is well executed and it has a few good twists and turns.The pacing,the movie went by fast,but not too fast.The villains,they weren't amazing,but they were well written,they were intimidating and brutal,but you could understand were they were coming from,which was unexpected from an Arnold Schwarznegger movie.The climax,well not the best,was exciting and suspenseful.The best part though,was Arnold himself,well he does have to act through some bad dialogue,he was entertaining,and in a great twist,Arnold isn't an invincible badass,he gets hurt and fails to save people.Now,the bad,as I said,some of the dialogue is really stupid and cheesy.Even though this movie is kind of serious,there are some dumb moments that feel very out of place and take away from scenes that should be serious.The action,it runs a bit too short,and feels very repetitive,there's some shooting,and then too many explosions,excluding the climax.In the end,Collateral Damage has good villains and some good twists,but suffers from weak action,and bad scripting.

Collateral Damage was one of several movies that was postponed or re-edited in the wake of the September 11 attacks. In particular, Collateral Damage was delayed due to its themes about terrorism and its marketing campaign had to be reworked. Regardless, the film was still a disappointment. Once upon a time, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the #1 box office champion who could not go wrong. However, his vulnerability showed following the disappointment of Last Action Hero (1993). His star was on the wane following such box office flops as Batman and Robin (1997) and End of Days (1999). Collateral Damage certainly wasn't going to revive Arnold Schwarzenegger's career. In what was ominous signs, Arnold Schwarzenegger's glory days were as good as over. His career was briefly resurrected following the success of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) before he made the big decision to switch from Hollywood to politics, in which he was later elected as the Governor of California.Collateral Damage is about a Los Angeles firefighter Gordon Brewster (Arnold Schwarzenegger)who's wife and son are killed in a bomb blast outside the Colombian Consulate building as well as killing seven others. The person behind the bomb blast is revealed to be a terrorist calling himself "El Lobo" (The Wolf) also known as Claudio Perrini (Cliff Curtis). The Wolf further explains that the bomb was in retaliation for America's oppression of Colombia. Brewster is angered when the victims including his wife and son are considered to be collateral damage. CIA Special Agent Peter Brandt (Elias Koteas) has been tasked to take down The Wolf, but Gordon Brewster wants to cut through the red tape and take down the wolf himself. Also assisting Brewster when he reaches Columbia is a mysterious woman named Selena (Francesca Neri) who Brewster saves from an attack in Columbia along with her young son. Also appearing in small roles are John Leguizamo and John Turturro.The movie itself is very unrealistic and very dated. In fact this could have been a movie that could have been made in the 80's. And don't get me started on the fact a fireman wants to go down and take on the terrorists himself. Get real. If the character was a member of the police, military or even a government agency then the film would have been more believable. But a fireman?! That's where the film fails. Even for an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, this film is notable for his character in an action movie that does not touch a single firearm. Instead he uses makeshift bombs and takes on terrorists in hand to hand combat. It is not realistic to have an everyman take on terrorism and then see him in action kicking butt. Arnold is also on the negative side of 50 which makes him a bit too old to be taking on terrorists that he could have easily done with ease 10 years earlier. The story was very uninspiring, predictable and derivative with several inconsistent plot holes. If Arnold Schwarzenegger was not in Collateral Damage, I would not have given this movie a second thought. Collateral Damage is an unusual miss for Andrew Davis, director of The Fugitive (1993) and Under Siege (1992).While Collateral Damage may have suffered at the box office due to the events of September 11 2001, that aside it would not have made the slightest difference. The film was a disappointment, especially for Arnold Schwarzenegger.4/10.

When Los Angeles family man and firefighter Gordon Brewer loses his wife and child in a bombing. He suddenly finds himself plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism. The official investigation seems to be going nowhere and Gordon knows that if the person who is responsible for murdering his family is ever going to be brought to justice he will have to do it himself. Gordon's mission takes him deep into the guerrilla zones of Columbia. But just as he is closing in on the terrorist known to the American people as "The Wolf."This film starred: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas & Francesca Neri.COLLATERAL DAMAGE was released in 2002. In my opinion this isn't a terrible film but it definitely won't be remembered as one of Arnie's best action films. This film did try and add a twist in at the end, but in my opinion the film would have ended better if the director kept the film like you think it is going to be. I don't really recommend this film because it was disappointing but I do emphasise that this film isn't terrible like it's reputation may suggest.***/***** Could be worse.

This movie doesn't show anything right about Colombia, we're not drug addicts or bad people, as every country in the hole planet we have problems but is not that bad, is really ridiculous the way the show how we are, is just stupid that they thing that we are like that, I invite everyone to come here and see how nice we are. Not every person is bad here, just ask any person who has come and they will tell that is not as bad as it shows, we are good people, trust me, the movie just shows the bad part about and Colombia, like is normal all of what the movie shows, is wrong the idea that the others have about my country, is really really wrong.