Collide (I) (2016) User Reviews

I enjoyed this movie

[headink · 7/10 · 25 December 2016]

I am no real movie reviewer, just a guy who loves watching good movies!

My first ever review for any IMDb movie. But I have been here looking up movies for years.

I seen some reviewers underrate this. Which is why I decided to let people know what an average everyday person thinks of this movie It deserves more credit than what it has been given.

I myself thoroughly enjoyed it! The time went by too fast. I could not keep my eyes off the screen lots of action, fantastic car chases. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.

I love Ben Kingsley and Anthony Hopkins and to see both in one movie at the same time was very exciting and For Myself personally thought they did very well. Nicholas Hoult did a great job too.

I know this is no major movie like silence of the lambs. But it was still a fantastic action movie. If you like action movies don't let this one pass you by! It's very entertaining. I look forward to watching this again one day. 7.5/10

Nothing all that original or fresh but it is fun to watch and a good way to spend a few hours

[cosmo_tiger · 7/10 · 1 May 2017]

"I need $200,000. You can have the rest. I just need you yo do something for me." Casey Stein (Hoult) has gotten mixed up in a drug smuggling ring and his girlfriend has been taken. Now he is stuck between kingpins Hagen (Hopkins) and Geran (Kingsley) with only one option. Steal from one and ask for help from the other. Casey is now left to wonder if he chose wisely. This is a pretty intense and exciting movie but at the same time really toes the line between generic and original. There is enough in here to make it seem fresh and new and keeps you interested, while at the same time being just predictable enough for you to stay one step ahead of the movie. Normally that's a bad thing, but when it comes to these B action movies excitement is the goal. This one does have that. Overall, nothing all that original or fresh but it is fun to watch and a good way to spend a few hours. I give this a solid B.

Contrived to the point of absurdity

[Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki · 5/10 · 6 March 2017]

A few good stunt sequences, a lot of action, but little brains in this contrived action thriller about a guy, trying to get money for his girlfriend's kidney transplant, who tries to rip off a major drug dealer in Koln by hijacking a delivery truck filled with golf balls filled with cocaine. He gets caught by said drug dealer (played by Anthony Hopkins, in what is basically an extended cameo) , and escapes far too easily in a car filled with five million Euros in drug money hidden in the door panels, and leads them on a high speed chase on the Autobahn.

Did you get all of that?

Far too complicated of a setup for what basically amounts to a car chase movie, with Ben Kingsley putting in the oddest performance of his life. The entire second act is a seemingly endless car chase, when one car is demolished, another is stolen, and the chase resumes (with the money now being carried by Hoult in a conveniently located tin)

Anthony Hopkins is wearing a really silly looking, double-breasted, sky blue suit throughout, which made me cringe at the sight of it, and wonder if this is supposed to be a comedy.

The second act car chase might be worth a look, if you're into such things, but this really is a braindead, mind-numbing affair.

It has its rewards... if you are patient

[Wizard-8 · 3 June 2017]

For the first thirty or so minutes of "Collide", the movie was shaping up to be a pretty boring and familiar experience for me. The movie was taking far too much time to set up the situation, and what was unfolding was nothing I hadn't seen before in many other movies.

But then after those first thirty minutes, the movie takes a sudden turn and becomes surprisingly enjoyable. All of a sudden the movie starts delivering action and suspense, and this material is pretty well accomplished. It is basically one scene after another of the protagonist fighting off and/or fleeing his pursuers, but I have to admit that the action is choreographed and directed in a way that I was pretty pumped up. The movie also looks quite eye-catching, with its good photography and its German backdrop that adds some freshness.

Eventually, however, the movie makes a stumble near the very end, with how Anthony Hopkins' drug lord character is finally dealt with, namely in a manner that happens off-screen, cheating the viewer of seeing him directly getting his just desserts.

Despite this disappointing ending, and the first drab thirty minutes, I think the movie does deliver enough entertainment in the end. It's not a classic action movie by any means because of those aforementioned problems, but it keeps your attention if you stick with it.

Better than I had hoped

[kingchris-139-925419 · 7/10 · 31 December 2016]

I went into this film with an open mind. I wasn't expecting much in the way of OTT action sequences or sex and violence that is the staple for most blockbuster-esque action films with it being a PG-13. That said it did deliver on the action sequences. Some well shot and exciting car chases and gun battles which kept you watching even if the plot (which has some twists) was rather predictable at times. Essentially though it is a love story although that is glossed over a bit too much for me. Would have preferred a 15 rating and a bit more from the two leads. I disagree with the other reviewer who thought Anthony Hopkins didn't play the villain believably enough. I thought he nailed it. What was a bit unbelievable was the lack of police support during most of the gun battles. Are the German police really so useless? I had an overall sense that a bit of comedy was trying to be injected into the dialogue (especially the scenes with Hopkins and Kingsley)it did make me smile but I fear that may not have been the intention after all. Overall an enjoyable film that I am glad I saw. Could have been made better - yes, could have had more depth - yes. Recommended - yes.

Quick money always ends in a big trouble!

[Reno-Rangan · 6/10 · 24 April 2017]

It's one of those films with aimless narration. Indeed, it has a nice cast and characters with the basic storyline, but that did not expand and explored well as it should have been. At least the pace of the narration looked fine. Some characters looked unnecessary, and so a couple of scenes. If these all were managed, then still it could have been a decent film. Because since it is an action- adventure, they did not generate those crucial parts like the stunts and dialogues related to the gangster thing to turn it a better film in its kind.

The two veteran actors coming together for the first time added more curiosity than flavour we are looking for. They did okay and so the rest of the cast. Ideal runtime, a few stuffs were in the favour of the film, but those were not enough for the overall success. If the same film was made from the non-English world like perhaps Germany, which was one of the producers of the film would have done better than this existing one which is very familiar with this language.

People would watch it only for Hopkins and Kingley and so did am I. But they might end in disappointment, or that could be the reason to rate it fairly better. Whatever, this is an okay film, which is barely entertaining and of all, not a boring film. So trying it for one is okay, but I think not worth if you have got plenty of options over this one.

6/10

What were Hopkins and Kingsley thinking?

[mannin11 · 3/10 · 6 February 2017]

When I saw Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingley's names attached to this movie I thought how bad could it be? Well, it's bad. Really bad. Dumb as a brick. Great chase sequences on the autobahns but a story that is as lame as they come. Girl needs kidney operation so boyfriend hijacks truck full of drugs and gangsters come after him. Endless escapes that happen SOOOO conveniently to keep the story going. Couldn't the producers have sprung for an extra couple of writers to punch up the story and make it less predictable? Were Hopkins and Kingsley so desperate for a paycheck that they were willing to stoop to acting in this trash? Your heart bleeds for them. When I saw the movie cost twenty one million to make I was astounded as I figured well below ten. The distribution company that picked up this movie when the first distributor went bankrupt should pray to God that they don't join the first company in the bankruptcy courts. Don't hold your breath for any solid figures at the box office. And who are the fools likening this to the Fast and the Furious franchise? Not even close!

The Things we do for love

[nogodnomasters · 7/10 · 23 July 2017]

While ex-pat Casey Stein (Nicholas Hoult) is in a night club, he meets a bartender, Juliet (Felicity Jones) and they are in love. Julie makes Casey quit his life of crime working for Geran (Ben Kingsley) who deals in cocaine. Later we discover Juliet needs $200,000 for a kidney transplant. Casey gets involved in a crime which includes multiple chase scenes, car wreaks, and he must have gotten shot at 100 times or so...all misses. It was a one man "fast and furious" on the Autobahn.

The film was fairly well constructed with only minor "twists" which was simply stuff we didn't see happen. It was primarily an action film first and love story second. The teaser crash scene in the beginning, comes at about an hour into the feature.

Guide: No sex or nudity. I don't recall any F-words

Some fluid action sequences don't just COLLIDE with fluent storytelling.

[witra_as · 5/10 · 2 September 2016]

Collide is very much alike Creevy's previous work, Welcome To The Punch (2013) with additional love story between Nicholas Hoult and Felicity Jones as plot driven.

Casey needs money to cure his sick girlfriend, Juliette. A slick drug dealer, Geran send him on a mission, hijack a truck that belongs to notorious criminal, Hagen Kahl who can do anything to get rid of anyone in his way.

Here we have two antagonists as the opposites, perfectly crafted by Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley, who are responsible to put Hoult into a series of captivating cat and mouse action caper. At some points, i personally start to think that Hoult is the 'real cat' here who got 9 lives to live.

Relationships between these one dimensional characters felt under developed. Still cast members had shown what they've got to keep our interest going.

The stages are set extremely well to pull us straight away from start with only little time to think but somehow we already have sights on the finish line. A twist might be explained through exposition about 10 minutes before end credits.

Well, some fluid action sequences don't just COLLIDE with fluent storytelling. And it takes 99 minutes of running time to find out why.

pretty entertaining

[LetsReviewThat26 · 7/10 · 2 June 2023]

Problems aside i thought this movie was pretty entertaining. Nicholas hoult and felicity jones had good chemistry in their characters. Hoult plays casey. A man that works for.geran and steels cars. One day in a bar he meets julliete and the two of them hit it off. Things skip a head in time to them sleeping together and eventually living together. But she has a medicle condition she kept secet and dosent have money, so casey has to go back to his old life. I felt that kingsley and hopkins performances here were a little lackluster but they brought some fun to it. The car chase was good and the quick action was well done. Overall collide was pretty entertaining, maybe could be better but still good.

Not as bad as some painted it

[templar77099 · 5/10 · 12 April 2017]

Not as bad as I was expecting. Brainless, with almost no plot whatsoever, but still made up for an enjoyable ride. Had some inventing camera work, but not really anything beyond generic. The action setpieces were by the book, as were the performances. Ben Kingsley and Anthony Hopkins are so over the top that it hurts, but the outlandish nature of their roles still makes the film funnily watchable. A simple and straightforward rethread of genre tropes that still ends up being, if not worthwatching, a all and all decent film.

Great film for cinema junkies!

[yordaa_ · 10/10 · 2 September 2016]

I decided to watch this movie at the last minute while in Bulgaria. I looked at the trailer for the movie when I got back and could not understand why there where so many negative remarks towards it. This movie has great actors (Ben Kingsley, Nicholas Hoult & Anthony Hopkins sure played the heck out of their role), plenty of action (Car chase scenes where outstanding), pure comedy gold (Ben Kingsley, enough said) and a very interesting if not engaging story. Even though at parts I would consider that the film isn't very realistic, but like all movies, there are always plot holes which is why I'm not giving it a low rating.

Overall I enjoyed the movie and would definitely watch again. Just a shame it's not yet released for the public in the United Kingdom.

High Octane chases but lacking plot and script

[cruise01 · 6/10 · 28 June 2017]

Collide is a cheesy action film that feels like it would have worked in the 1980s/1990s era for the genre. Do not get me wrong, Collide was a decent action film with tons of car chases and action. May not be inventive or big exciting action but just decent enough to enjoy it for what it is. It also has a dumb plot that does not bring anything fresh to the table. The acting is mediocre with the two leads and horrible with the two antagonists played by Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley. And least, the script has some cheesy horrible dialogue that does not seem believable that characters would say that in real situations.

The plot follows Casey (Nicholas Hoult) who lives in Germany for a fresh start after his troubles with America. He and his buddy work for a drug dealer Geran (Ben Kingsley) where they are money runners. Casey decides to cut quits when he falls for a bartender Juliette (Felicity Jones). They both share a romantic stare, were they both will risk everything for each other. When Casey finds out that Juliette is struggling with a health condition and would need money to give her that treatment. He takes Gerans money running offer in sabotaging and stealing one of the drug dealers competition Hagen (Anthony Hopkins). When things do not go as planned and Casey is on the run with Hagen's men after him for stealing their money. Casey will do whatever it takes to save the one he loves.

The plot is pure dumb fun. Sure, it would make a forgettable film. The sub plot with the love story at times felt very cheesy. The direction of seeing Casey and Juliette having plenty of passionate stares and glances in film does feel out of place for this type of film. But it does relate with the theme that anyone would do anything for love. Even, if it requires stealing several cars, being in high speed chases and crashing several cars. Overall, it was fast paced and once the chases and action starts it never slows down from there.

Nicholas Hoult and Felicity Jones were both decent, delivering okay performances. Anthong Hopkins performance felt stale. He is a great actor and I enjoy almost about any movie he is in. his talent is completely wasted in this film. Ben Kingsley performance also felt out of place as a pimp cocaine loving dealer. Kingsley performance felt like he was playing the same character from Iron Man 3. Felt like he transitioned from that film to this.

The script has some cheesy tacking dialogue. It is eye rolling dialogue, especially with the love sub plot on Casey and Juliette. The action and car chases were entertaining and plenty throughout. It is not as exciting and thrilling it is suppose to be. At times, the direction is dull which it would make this film completely forgettable once it ends.

Overall, Collide is a fair action film that's only worth checking out as a rental and if you need some cheap action thrills with mediocre acting, terrible dialogue and a dumb plot.

a waste

[SnoopyStyle · 4/10 · 27 December 2017]

Casey Stein (Nicholas Hoult) meets Juliette Marne (Felicity Jones) at a concert in Cologne, Germany. They start dating. He works for local criminal Geran (Ben Kingsley). She needs a kidney transplant. Hoping to make money for her surgery, he takes a job from Geran to steal drugs from his evil boss Hagen Kahl (Anthony Hopkins). It does not go well.

I've never heard of this film and was surprised to see the top level cast. It's trying to be a stylish action thriller. It is not successful. The plot is plodding simplicity. Ben Kingsley is over-compensating with crazy character work which clashes with a rather bland performance from Nicholas Hoult. The plan does not work but I've seen worst. There is plenty of action but no tension. The writers probably considered themselves Tarantino but they are nowhere close. There are situations that don't make sense but the movie keeps going. It's a waste of perfectly good actors.

Surprisingly enjoyable

[arendv · 8 January 2017]

This is not a movie with deep meaning, a complex plot or redeeming value but was surprisingly enjoyable. The primary characters were not glamorous but rather down to earth which lent a certain innocence and believability. I thought their acting was excellent and sustained the movie through to the end. The bad guys deserve kudos. Ben Kingsley and Anthony Hopkins played quirky drug lords which they pulled off really well in a low key manner. These are often the most difficult characters to pull off in a movie, often being overly done but not here. The secondary bad guys were superbly cast and relentless in the chase which kept the tension level high through the entire movie. Plot wise this was a basic caper gone wrong and chase movie with a surprising twist at the end. Wreakage and carnage on the Autobahn while extensive, was not overdone. In fact, the chase scenes and crash scenes were really well choreographed and not over the top or gratuitous. The only weakness was the ending which was predictable and didn't follow through which left a feeling of abruptness, probably forced through mandatory time constraints. As a result, Anthony Hopkin's character and story did not feel complete. Collide was great entertainment that didn't require deep thought to enjoy....

Comment: the main characters were not "backpackers" but rather ex- pats living and working in Germany. Seems to be growing tendency to refer to anyone between 20-30 as backpackers...

Great Action Movie

[goldenmother · 7/10 · 20 April 2017]

I thoroughly enjoyed this action packed movie and I thought that it was a nice addition with two of the best actors, namely, Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley, and I am a fan of both. Yes, it was predictable at times but it kept me sitting on the edge of my seat and the time passed too quickly, wish it was longer. I would recommend this movie and give it a 7.5 rating overall. I would watch it again some other time.

Fast paced full of twists in the plot

[jgomd · 7/10 · 27 January 2019]

Great cast. More car chases/hour than pretty much any film. Combination of love and evil that is unique. Anthony Hopkins as superb as ever.

A product placement for various car companies

[arriva · 2/10 · 20 January 2017]

Two dimensional characters, hackneyed plot and plot devices, very unrealistic pretty much everything including the behaviour of the main villain - Anthony Hopkins must be ashamed for having a central role in this movie.

I can hardly find anyone who could enjoy this movie. It's not for adults, that's for sure, because its love story is just too simple and repulsing, however the young might enjoy it for its reckless car chases and kisses, fist fights and chivalry.

I pity everyone who starred in this movie. It could have been a very average straight to DVD B-movie but given the range of actors it's simply unwatchable.

This could be a perfect product placement movie on a par with the Fast and Furious franchise. This movie and this franchise share a lot of common. Missing realism is their common staple.

The final twist couldn't save this movie. It just made it even more sickly-sweet.

Not as bad as the comments says

[subhashanagamage · 7/10 · 4 February 2017]

Apart from all the bad reviews and comments; its not as bad as it seems. Collide is quite an enjoyable movie if you love action movies and the genre, it delivers all the elements action lovers wish for like super car chases, guns fights, mob bosses and stuff. In my opinion its quite a decent action flick even though the story doesn't deliver anything fresh, still i quite enjoyed and liked the twist ending. Good performances by two Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley, also including one Oscar nominee Felicity Jones and Nicholas Hoult. If you don't expect sophisticated twists, action and story telling this is highly recommended.

Bullet proof cars and overloud effects

[johnbirch-2 · 4/10 · 20 January 2021]

It may be a fairly mindless action film, but even with that there is a limit about how much you can suspend belief.

Car doors do not stop bullets - very little of a car will stop bullets - so this gets silly very quickly, Small pistols to practically rocket launchers are firsed at ordinary cars and the worst that happens, most of the time, is that the side windows break - NEVER the front windscreen - only the sides. Which break several times in on sequence.

Cars do crash and catch fire, but that is no surprise because no-one seems to be in them.

The to compound all this, after half an hour of actors whispering at each other, the chase sequences are absurdly loud.

Not a film for anyone over about 10.

Fast & Sloppy

[stevendbeard · 6/10 · 25 February 2017]

I saw "Collide", starring Nicholas Hoult-Mad Max:Fury Road, Jack the Giant Slayer; Felicity Jones-Rogue One:A Star Wars Story, The Theory of Everything; Ben Kingsley-The Walk, Ender's Game and Anthony Hopkins- Westworld_tv, The Wolfman_2010.

This is a fast-paced action movie with some big name stars in it. It had a budget of $29 million but looks and feels like a low budget movie- Maybe Ben & Anthony got big salaries? This is also the first time that Ben and Anthony have worked in a movie together, and both happen to play bad guys. Nicholas plays an American in Europe that works for an eccentric gangster, Ben. One night in a club, Nicholas meets and falls hard for another American, Felicity. She has a problem with him working for Ben-she doesn't want him to get hurt or maybe get into trouble-so he decides to quit and get a normal job. Ben goes to his boss, Anthony, and wants to become an equal partner with him but Anthony refuses, saying that Ben is not as sophisticated as himself. About this time, Felicity gets sick-she needs a kidney or it's night night for her-and Nicholas decides to pull off a heist of Anthony's next drug run just to pay for her operation. Most of the movie is filled with high speed car chases- some on the Autobahn-and fantastic coincidences and unbelievable bits of luck in Nicholas' favor, especially when he escapes Anthony's henchmen in their pursuit of him. The action is fine but they could have used better writers. I guess you could call it 'Fast & Sloppy'; Fast action and Sloppy writing. It's rated "PG-13" for violence, action, language, drug material and sexual content-partial nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 39 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD but it would be alright as a rental.

Don't COLLIDE with this film

[bankofmarquis · 4/10 · 2 March 2017]

The advertisement for COLLIDE leads you to believe that it is a "thrill-a-minute, fast-paced, speeding ride through the Autobahn."

Oh, that I wish it was.

COLLIDE tells the story of an American backpacker, with some sort of shady background, who goes to "any length" to save his girlfriend.  This length puts him in the middle of two European drug lords.

At 1 hour, 36 minutes, the best thing I can say about COLLIDE is that it is short, but it seemed a heckuva lot longer.

Nicholas Hoult (MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, X:MEN - APOCALYPSE) stars as Casey Stein and Felicty Jones  (STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE and THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING) stars as his American girlfriend.  Both are British and have very peculiar American accents...oh...and no real chemistry with each other.  They stumble through this film and never really hold the audiences attention and, fundamentally, I did not really care what happened to them.

And that is because the two warring drug dealers were played (or should I say OVER played) by Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley - two actors who haven't seen a scene they couldn't chew - and chew they do.  This is, actually, the only real spark in this film.  When these two are on screen, they are somewhat entertaining, all things considered.

Of course, compared to the rest of the film, that's like saying they are the most sober men in a drunk tank - the bar for quality in this film is not very high.

The direction, by Eran Creevy is pedestrian at best.  The action scenes, while avoiding - for the most part - relying on "shaky-cam", are unspectacular, unthrilling and dull while the acting scenes are hammy, over-the-top or underplayed to such an extent that everyone involved seemed bored.

And, so was I, unless Hopkins and/or Kingsley were on screen, then I perked up a bit.

Letter Grade:  C (only because of Hopkins and Kingsley)

4 (out of 10) Stars and you can take that to the Bank (ofMarquis)

Enjoyable and exciting

[carterkev · 9/10 · 2 June 2023]

I had not heard of this film but glad I watched it. Hopkins and Kingsley giving fine performances. Loved them meeting early on talking over the table, true class and professionalism. The racing action is great and the actors all do a good job in their rolls. Some reviews on here are just venomous and troll the hell out of everything. Others seemed paid to praise movies. But the genuine reviewers I think appreciate a good film when they come across it. This was a good film, I enjoyed it and it moved along pretty good, once the scene was set and it got going. I will watch it again and think it should get the praise it deserves. There are much worse films out there with higher ratings on here?

A Dummy gets chased around movie

[cantordelanoche · 6/10 · 9 September 2017]

In every movie there is an expectation to suspend disbelief..to an extent. This one asks you to shut off any relations you have with common sense or cognitive thought. Anthony Hopkins (he is fab, but over the top) character...a real baddie, but ultra powerful, stand up business man, famous, squeaky clean...is suddenly popping people and brandishing a gun in a gas station..in Germany...Germany!...where there is probably a camera or two. Like his henchman (who we assume is highly trained & paid) thinks it is a genius idea to run around a Subway station brandishing a gun...and shooting it in the air..in....wait for it..Germany......AGAIN there is probably a few cameras & cops around. Then there is the empty eyed hero...I counted 3 times in the film where he gets lucky flailing around and grabbing something that saves him. I was bored and watched it, felt compelled to write this....did the Producers assume people have gotten really stupid? they had a budget and two amazing actors. They decided to make a film about a dummy getting chased by villains who make stupid mistakes. Instead of saying "ok, we got the guy from Sexy Beast...let's shoot for that level"

Suspension of disbelief stretched way too far.

[johnpendarvis · 3/10 · 12 August 2017]

Pretty generic action film, they could have saved enough money by replacing Hopkins and Kingsley with cheap character actors to use an actual script with a plot. This film really begs the question most of this mindless claptrap always engenders- if the villains can fire 10,000 rounds at the hero and not hit him once, why do they keep shooting?