Collateral (2004)

Directed by Michael Mann 
Written by Stuart Beattie

Storyline:

A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles. He must find a way to save both himself and one last victim.

Main Characters:

1. MAX - (hero)
2. VINCENT - (mentor)
3. IDA and ANNIE - (ally)
4. FANNING and VINCENT - (enemy/ally)
5. FELIX and FBI - (enemy)

​Milestones (FIRST ACT):

1. Ordinary World: Max is a regular taxi driver of Los Angeles. He drives Annie, a beautiful lawyer, to her office. They get along and plan to see each other again.
2. Call for Adventure: Vincent, a hired killer, enters his cab and asks to be driven for the rest of the night for an inrrefutable amount of money.

Milestones (SECOND ACT):

1. Crossing the Threshold: Vincent kills a man and the body falls on Max's cab. Vincent makes Max as hostage.
2. Set of Trial: Max and Vincent drive at night in LA going from place to place killing people of Vincent list. They are stopped by the police and are able to pass through and later Max receives a call from his mother looking for him. Vincent makes him go visit her. During the visit Max steals and destroys Vincent's briefcase where the list was.
3. Crossing the Second Threshold: Max enters the club of Felix and gets the list of people Vincent still has to kill. The FBI follows Max cab thinking he is Vincent.
4. Set of Trial: Max and Vincent makes a new stop for a new victim. The FBI finds Max and tries to arrest him. A shooting happens and Fanning is able to rescue Max but Vincent kills Fanning.
5. Belly of the Whale: Max and Vincent escape. They fight in the cab about the murder of Fanning.

Milestones (THIRD ACT):

1. Set of Trial: Max crashes the car. Vincent escapes and Max is arrested by a cop who finds the body of a victim in the truck. Max sees that Annie, the girl he likes, is the next victim of Vincent. Max takes the gun of the cop and goes to Annie.
2. Approaching the Inmost Cave: Max calls Annie from the street in front of her office and warns her that Vincent is after her. The cellphone battery dies and Max enters the building.
3. Resurrection with Elixir: Max shots Vincent and saves Annie. They are chased by Vincent in the subway and Max kills him in the train.
4. Freedom to Live: Vincent sits down and dies. Max and Annie leave the train and walk down the street.

Final Feedback: 

Vincent teaches Max to be more spontaneous and bold, to plan less because we only live once. Max misbehavior is to be too responsible.