COLLIDE

UK/Germany, 2016, 109 minutes, Colour.
Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Marwan Kenzari.
Directed by Eran Mc Creevy.

There are plenty of physical collisions in this film, romantic collisions, moral collisions.

Not easy to recommend this film at all – except, perhaps, for petrol heads who enjoy looking at a range of vehicles speeding along German autobahns, involved in drug smuggling, smashing.

The film focuses on two young adults in Germany, one, Nicholas Hoult, trying to find some place in life, involved with drug dealers and friends, pulling out, then circumstances drawing him in again, doing double deals with his friend, thwarting the bosses, so that he can be with his girlfriend, Felicity Jones, another American wandering Europe.

The big surprise of the film is to find Ben Kingsley and Anthony Hopkins in the cast. Kingsley portrays quite a sleazy and sinister criminal. Hopkins, on the other hand, is the wealthy and arrogant drug boss. (It would be interesting to hear their views on their acceptance of these roles, their performances and the film itself.)

The film is going to be called Autobahn but Collide seems to fit the bill – for a film form vehicle and crash enthusiasts and those curious to see the cast.

Director Eran Mc Creevy had made two well-considered British thrillers, Shifty and Welcome to the Punch.