As far as action thriller goes, Collide is a decent heart-pumping action flick with the usual car-chasing and car-flipping scenes, gun showdowns and high-octane sequences. But even the stellar cast can’t save the predictable script laden with plot holes and cliches.
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As far as action thriller goes, Collide is a decent heart-pumping action flick with the usual car-chasing and car-flipping scenes, gun showdowns and high-octane sequences. But even the stellar cast can’t save the predictable script laden with plot holes and cliches.
The story follows Casey (Nicholas Hoult), an American backpacker who quits his job with a local gangster Geran (Ben Kingsley) to win over the girl Juliette (Felicity Jones) he just met at the club. They fall in love with each other but soon realise that Juliette has an illness that needed immediate medical attention. To pay for her medical expenses, Casey returns to the underworld and take on the job as a drug trafficker from the ruthless drug lord. A heist went drastically wrong and Casey finds himself struggling to save his and his girlfriend’s lives.
Despite its haphazard narrative, its brilliant cast delivers a believable story that sets you on an adventure. Hoult proves to be the next action star in-the-making, having filmed a variety of superhero flicks like X-Men, to sci-fi romances like Equals. His swift movements and pleasing-on-the-eye physicality makes him an ideal candidate for a full-fledge action leading man in the future.
Jones, on the other hand, though spectacular in her work, didn’t have much scenes to showcase her acting capability. With big budget outings in the recent Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and the critically-acclaimed ‘The Theory of Everything’, Jones’ involvement felt underused and another example of the ballgame of ‘the supporting girlfriend of the white male lead’ character.
While Collide isn’t all that a fancy action picture like the Fast & Furious series, or stunts from Mission Impossible, it provides an enjoyable popcorn fare at the cinemas. After all, Hopkins and Kingsley never disappoint… so that’s quite a good enough reason to part with your money.
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