Collateral Damage (film) Collateral Damage (film) Collateral Damage is a 2002 American action thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, Cliff Curtis, John Leguizamo and John Turturro. The film was released in the United States on February 8, 2002. The film tells the story of Los Angeles firefighter, Gordon Brewer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who seeks to avenge his son and wife's death at the hands of a guerrilla commando, by traveling to Colombia and facing his family's killers. The original script for the film had the same plotline but would have addressed American policy in the Middle
Collateral Damage (film) the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Desson Howe of the "Washington Post" called the film "head-scratchingly ordinary" and wrote, "Even by the fast-and-loose standards of action filmmaking, "Collateral Damage" is a disappointment." Claudia Puig of "USA Today" said, "It's laughably unbelievable, yet it's hard to snicker at anything involving terrorists, even "Collateral"s obscure Colombian variety. What we get is simply another opportunity for Schwarzenegger — who seems to be in perpetual Terminator mode — to flex his muscles." Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" awarded the film three out of four stars and