History Characters / Collateral

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Vincent's death is very touching. He sits down on the train dying from a bullet wound, and doesn't try to kill Max in his last moments like one might expect. Instead of taking the seat closest to him, he chooses a seat where he'll be facing Max, if Max chooses to sit down. It's plain that he's hoping Max will at least try to talk to him, so he won't die completely alone. When Max tries to reassure him that they are almost at the next stop, implying that they can get Vincent medical attention, he merely smiles wearily and wonders if anybody will notice that he's died.]]

* AbusiveParents: According to Vincent, his father was an abusive drunk who frequently beat him up. Vincent would get shifted from foster home to foster home before winding up back with his father.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Averted; it's a shabby grey suit that only suits him.

* {{Determinator}}

* FauxAffablyEvil
* TheGunslinger: Type D. His QuickDraw is amazing.

* ProfessionalKiller: Of course.

* TheSociopath: Explicitly called out as one, although there are a few signs that Vincent might not be.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Vincent has steely grey hair. The film commentary suggests it's that way prematurely.

* NiceGuy: Max is just a decent person with a considerate nature. As Annie notes, how many cabbies get into an argument to ''save'' you money?

* TookALevelInBadass

* {{Determinator}}
* SacrificialLion

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He makes a passing mention about his children.

* GlassesPull

* BaitTheDog: Most of Vincent nicer interactions with Max become this when [[spoiler: we find out his MO is to murder kidnapped cabbies and frame them for the hits he's committed, meaning he was ''always'' planning to kill Max from the word 'go.']]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:His overreliance in the Mozambique Drill (two shots to the chest, one to the head) backfires on him when he tries to use it on Max through two metro doors and fails, while Max's random full-auto fire gets through.]]

* {{Badass}}: Vincent is a total badass who frequently runs rings around his opponents.
** BadassInANiceSuit: Averted; it's a shabby grey suit that only suits him.

* TheGunslinger:

* TheGunslinger

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Vincent's death is very touching. He sits down on the train dying from a bullet wound, and doesn't try to kill Max in his last moments like one might expect. Instead of taking the seat closest to him, he chooses a seat where he'll be facing Max, if Max chooses to sit down. It's plain that he's hoping Max will at least try to talk to him, so he won't die completely alone. When Max tries to reassure him that they are almost at the next stop, implying that they can get Vincent medical attention, He merely smiles wearily and wonders if anybody will notice that he's died.]]

-->'''Max:''' Man, I don't know any Rwandans.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Vincent's death is very touching. He sits down on the train dying from a bullet wound, and doesn't try to kill Max in his last moments like one might expect. Instead of taking the seat closest to him, he chooses a seat where he'll be facing Max, if Max chooses to sit down. It's plain that he's hoping Max will at least try to talk to him, so he won't die completely alone. gWhen Max tries to reassure him that they are almost at the next stop, implynig He merely smiles wearily and wonders if anybody will notice that he's died.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Vincent's death is very touching. He sits down on the train dying from a bullet wound, and doesn't try to kill Max in his last moments like one might expect. He merely smiles wearily and wonders if anybody will notice that he's died.]]

* BiggerBad: Felix is the one who hired Vincent and put the entire night's events into motion.

* HannibalLecture: When Max poses as Vincent, Felix gives him a pretty brutal speech that forces Max to take action.
-->'''Felix:''' Do you believe in Santa Claus?
-->'''Max:''' No.
-->'''Felix:''' Nor do I. Nor do I, but my children do. They are still small. But do you know who they like even better than Santa Claus? His helper, Pedro el Negro. Black Peter. There's an old Mexican tale that tells of how Santa Claus got so very busy looking out for the good children that he had to hire some help to look out for the bad children. So he hired Pedro. And Santa Claus gave him a list with all the names of all the bad children. And Pedro would come every night to check them out. And the people, the little kids that were misbehaving, that were not saying their prayers, Pedro would leave a little toy donkey on their window. A little burro. And he would come back, and if the children were still misbehaving, Pedro would take them away, and nobody would ever see them again. Now, if I am being Santa Claus, and you are Pedro, how do you think jolly Santa Claus would feel if one day Pedro came into his office and said, "I lost the list."? How ''fucking furious'' do you think he will get?

->'''Played By:''' Jamie Foxx

->'''Played By:''' Javier Bardem

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:After being mortally wounded, Vincent realizes he's going to die. He doesn't try to take Max out, he just sits down and accepts his own death easily.]]

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Vincent has steely grey hair.

* TheAntiNihilist
* ClockKing

* NiceGuy: Max is just a decent person with a considerate nature. As Annie notes, how many cabbies get into an argument to save you money?

-->'''Felix:''' Nor do I. Nor do I, but my children do. They are still small. But do you know who they like even better than Santa Claus? His helper, Pedro el Negro. Black Peter. There's an old Mexican tale that tells of how Santa Claus got so very busy looking out for the good children that he had to hire some help to look out for the bad children. So he hired Pedro. And Santa Claus gave him a list with all the names of all the bad children. And Pedro would come every night to check them out. And the people, the little kids that were misbehaving, that were not saying their prayers, Pedro would leave a little toy donkey on their window. A little burro. And he would come back, and if the children were still misbehaving, Pedro would take them away, and nobody would ever see them again. Now, if I am being Santa Claus, and you are Pedro, how do you think jolly Santa Claus would feel if one day Pedro came into his office and said, "I lost the list."? How FUCKING FURIOUS do you think he will get?

* ICouldaBeenAContender: Daniel had the chance to follow his dreams and even jazzed with Miles Davis at one point. But, as he laments, other events got in the way. He serves as an example of putting your dream off because it's too risky until you're too old to actually pursue it.

* {{Badass}}
** TookALevelInBadass
** BadassDriver

* MyBelovedSmother
* NiceGuy

->'''Played By''': Jada Pinkett-Smith

* HelloAttorney

* DeadpanSnarker

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He makes a passing mention about his daughters.

* KarmaHoudini: He presumably gets away scott-free.

[[folder:Max Durocher]]

->'''Played By''': Jamie Foxx

[[folder:Annie Farrell]]

[[folder:Ray Fanning]]
!!Ray Fanning
->'''Played By''': Creator/MarkRuffalo

* GoodCop

* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]
* [[spoiler:SurprisinglySuddenDeath]]

[[folder:Felix Reyes-Torrena]]

->'''Played By''': Javier Bardem

* BiggerBad
* TheCartel

* EvilSoundsDeep
* FauxAffablyEvil
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]

[[folder:Daniel Baker]]

->'''Played By''': Barry Shabaka Henley

[[folder:Frank Pedrosa]]
!!Frank Pedrosa
->'''Played By''': Bruce [=McGill=]

[[/folder]]

* LackOfEmpathy
* ProfessionalKiller

* TheSociopath
* StrawNihilist
* WhiteHairBlackHeart

->'''Played By''': TomCruise

* AbusiveParents: His father was a drunk who beat him up frequently.
* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain]]

* {{Badass}}
** BadassInANiceSuit
* DeadpanSnarker

* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity]]

* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard]]

->'''Played By''': JamieFoxx

->'''Played By''': MarkRuffalo

->'''Played By''': JavierBardem

* AbusiveParents