Collateral/YMMV

• Alas, Poor Villain - Vincent
• Award Snub: An odd example. When Jamie Foxx was nominated for for Best Supporting Actor, a few people protested that he should have been considered the star of the movie, and that Tom Cruise only got top billing because he's better known.
• Badass Decay: Vincent goes from being a cold-calculating hitman who can perform the improbable aiming feat mentioned below to a simple thug with a gun when he goes after Max, a common cabbie. Since the movie didn't want to have a The Bad Guy Wins ending, they suddenly gave Vincent a course in the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy. Possibly justified since Vincent has been shot in the head right before the climactic chase, causing him to undergo something of a villanous breakdown.
  • In the final shootout on the MTA train, Vincent's trained, straight shooting ends up hitting the part of the metal door between the two windows, whereas Max's untrained, relatively chaotic shooting ends up penetrating the windows and (eventually) hitting Vincent.
  • Though this all could be justified since Vincent was still going after Annie even badly injured but with Max there and protecting her, Vincent started to slowly lose it to the point of losing focus, which would be something he would never do.
• Crowning Moment of Awesome - This for Max, and for Vincent, the attack on Target #4.
• Crowning Music of Awesome Rollin Crumblin' for starters.
• Draco in Leather Pants - Vincent, if the fanfic's are to be believed.
• Evil Is Cool - Vincent
• Evil Is Sexy - Wait for it...Vincent
• Ho Yay Shipping / Foe Yay Shipping - Vincent/Max is a popular pairing in fanfic.
  • Someone might have been banking on that when it came to the trailers.
• Nightmare Fuel - the famed "briefcase shootout." Vincent draws, and then fires five aimed shots, in 1.5 seconds. (Even more terrifying: that was not CGI, that was not a stunt man, that was not slo-mo. Tom Cruise trained for that scene and then performed it real-for-reel.)
• The Woobie: Poor, poor Max. He goes through a lot of shit in the movie, and who knows how he is at the end even if he did take a huge level in badass.