In Michael Mann's "Collateral", the driver of the Los Angeles cab, Max Duroker (Jameimi Fox) spends his nights raising and discharging his clients through the moving city. Man Hons in vibrant city texture at nightThe subtle beauty of the affected neon streets and the eerie silence that fills the narrow, empty streets. Something evil seems to be lurking under the lull of everyday mundane, and this feeling manifests itself in the form of Vincent (Tom Cruise), Hitman taking Max hostage After climbing his cab as a client. A game of tense cat and mouse follows ... but an unusual incident occurs even in front of Vincent Max's cabin and terrorizes the man to the end.

When Vincent arrives at the airport in the opening of the film, he joined a man who handed him a bag. This man, who is played by no one but Jason Stetam, is only credited with the "man at the airport", raising questions about this abrupt camera that means nothing later. But if we wrap the brains and go through the list of characters of Asoneyson Stetam that would match the account, we remain to assume that this is Frank Martin, a freelance rental driver in the "Transporter" films. In that trilogy, Frank's work is to transport shaded subjects with a policy that is not looking for questions, but this changes after he is involved in a frightening deal that pushes his ethical boundaries.

While this may indicate the 2004 Collateral Comet as a secret of "Transporter" films, Frank is a fugitive driver and usually does not operate plots in public places. However, there is a reason to believe that "collateral" and "The Transporter" can share the same universe, as people involved in both films have confirmed this relationship. Let's explore this theory in detail.

Louis Letterer, who used the first two "Transporter" films IGN In 2005, and confirmed that the character of Stetam Camo in Collateral is none other than Frank Martin:

"If (" Transporter 2 "in 2005) is not successful, or quite successful, we may make a TV show. Would be a good idea for TV -Show. The transporter, every week, gets a new package or something.

While this is enough confirmation, the collateral screenwriter, Stuart Betty, is also measured by this joint theory of publishing the podcast "Collateral Recognition" (through Dark horizons). It is worth noting that Betty's tone here is closer to the fun Bantre, as opposed to him, states a concrete fact, especially if we rethink the second half of his statement:

"Absolutely, Frank Martin of" Transporter ". I asked Asoneyson (Stetam) about it (...) Yes, absolutely. Yes, it's Canon. The same world (...) the studio will never admit it, but in My head, it is absolutely that. "

If we take the words of Letterer and Betty at nominal value, it is worth building a reliable time frame can acts like Bridge between the first "Transporter" and "Collateral". Let's look at the facts: by the end of the "Transporter", Frank leaves France and moves to Miami, Florida, deciding to become a temporary driver to leave his past behind (as shown at the beginning of "Transporter 2" ). Only this makes its presence in Los Angeles unlikely, but it is also quite strange that Frank would deliver a package personally (not in the car, which is his MO). The common theory of the universe only works if the timeline is out of order, where Frank's presence at the airport can be explained as a "transporter" aspect of his life. This could be a time period in which Frank had unwanted links with a fierce organization that guaranteed Hitman dealing as Vincent.

But again, this is just a theory, and we can never know for sure until Mann himself or Statam confirms this relationship. Until then, we can attract fun parallels between an unstoppable, unpredictable hit and a gray rental driver, which ends to grow the spine.