Commentary by Michael Mann

Max has lived a mundane life as a cab driver for twelve years. The faces
have come and gone from his rear-view mirror: people and places he`s long
since forgotten--until tonight. Vincent is a contract killer. When an off-shore
narco-trafficking cartel learns that they're about to be indicted by a federal
grand jury, they mount an operation to identify and kill the key witness, and
the last stage is tonight. It is on this very night that Vincent has arrived--and
five bodies are supposed to fall. Circumstances cause Vincent to hijack
Max` taxicab, and Max becomes collateral--an expendable person who`s in
the wrong place at the wrong time. Through the night, Vincent forces Max to
drive him to each assigned destination. And as the L.A.P.D. and F.B.I. race
to intercept them, Max and Vincent`s survival become dependent on each
other, in ways neither would have imagined.