10 Awesome Movie Moments Where You Think The Villain Might Actually Win

Michael Mann's Collateral is an incredible neo-noir focused on a timid cab driver, Max (an Oscar-nominated Jamie Foxx), who is forced to drive charming, grey-haired assassin Vincent (Tom Cruise) around L.A. as he carries out a series of hits.

It's little surprise that the film culminates in a violent showdown between the twitchy hero and smooth-as-silk villain, but given the sheer unwavering skill of Vincent's gunplay and the movie's generally nihilistic tone, it actually seemed like Vincent might come out on top.

At the end of the movie, Vincent chases Max onto a subway train, after which a blind shootout takes place as the train's lights flicker on and off.

Miraculously, despite Vincent's incredible marksmanship giving him a massive advantage, the feckless Max still manages to mortally wound him while emerging entirely unscathed himself.

It's the single truly implausible moment in a movie otherwise well-regarded for its rigourously grounded brutality, and though Vincent's corpse taking a ride on the subway is an amusing fate for the character, it's hardly the outcome you'd expect for a guy with preternatural shooting skills.