Collide
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEran Creevy
Screenplay by
  • F. Scott Frazier
  • Eran Creevy
Story byF. Scott Frazier
Produced by
  • Joel Silver
  • Ben Pugh
  • Rory Aitken
  • Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
  • Daniel Hetzer
Starring
CinematographyEd Wild
Edited byChris Gill
Music byIlan Eshkeri
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • August 4, 2016 (2016-08-04) (Germany)
  • February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24) (United States)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Germany
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$21.5–29.2 million[2][3]
Box office$6.8 million[1]

Collide is a 2016 action thriller film directed by Eran Creevy, who also co-wrote it with F. Scott Frazier. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Marwan Kenzari, Ben Kingsley, and Anthony Hopkins. The plot follows two young Americans living in Germany who must complete a drug theft from a crime boss in order to pay for a medical operation.

Collide was first announced in May 2013 as Autobahn, with Zac Efron and Amber Heard set to star. After they both dropped out, Hoult and Jones were cast to replace them and filming began in May of the following year.

Collide was released in the United States by Open Road Films and grossed $7 million against its $21.5 million budget, and set a new record for second-weekend drop in box office performance.

Plot

In the opening scene, Casey (Nicholas Hoult) is being chased down a freeway and crashing. The camera pans to his wrecked car where he narrates, saying that people do all sorts of crazy things, but if they're doing it for love, maybe it's not so crazy after all.

A few days earlier, Casey meets Juliette (Felicity Jones) and they fall in love. They bond when they both dare each other to see who can lay in the snow in their undergarments the longest, during which Casey finds out that Juliette is sick and is going to be needing an emergency surgery. Not wanting for her to pay for the surgery, Casey agrees to help his old boss, Geran (Ben Kingsley), a mid-level wannabe gangster, rob an 18-wheeler that belongs to Hagen Kahl (Anthony Hopkins), who is known as a respectable businessman, but is secretly a drug lord.

In the past, Geran helped Kahl become the powerful man he currently is, but after Geran wanted to be equal partners with Kahl and was turned down, Geran decides to rob him. Casey and his friend, Matthias, plan a faked car accident involving a motorcycle and a car. The driver of the 18-wheeler pulls over and looks at Matthias in the car (who's pretending to be injured and unconscious), while Casey hides nearby in the bushes.

The driver heads back to the truck and grabs a first aid kit. He walks halfway to Matthias, stops and places the first aid kit on the ground. He opens the first aid kit and pulls out a hidden machine gun and begins shooting at Matthias. Matthias is able to dodge the bullets from inside the car, giving Casey time to sneak up on the driver and knock him out. Having been told that there is a camera in the truck, Casey takes the driver's hat and puts it on, masking his face from the camera. Casey takes off, while Matthias follows behind in another vehicle. Casey and Matthias split off in separate directions.

The men watching Kahl's cameras, notice that Casey isn't looking at the camera and they deduce that the truck has been hijacked. A short while later, Casey's truck is broadsided by another large truck and flips onto its side. Casey passes out. He wakes up in a large warehouse. There, Kahl questions Casey, wondering who hired him and who he's working for. Casey doesn't give in, which leads Kahl to threaten Casey with hurting Juliette, saying he did some research on him and knows about his relationship with her. As Kahl leaves, Casey is about to be tortured, but he is able to break out and hops into a 2012 Jaguar XFR and escapes from the warehouse.

Casey tries to call Juliette to warn her, but gets interrupted and gets into a prolonged car chase scene with one of Kahl's men. Casey crashes into a car and Kahl's man gets out of his car with a machine gun and begins shooting at Casey. All of a sudden, a speeding police car shows up, smashes into Kahl's henchman's car (launching it into the air in dramatic fashion), which proceeds to also smash into the car Casey is driving.

Casey notices some money sticking out of one of the back passenger doors. He looks into the door and notices blocks of money have been hidden inside the doors of the car (which also explains another reason why Kahl and his men are after him). Casey puts a good amount of the money in a sack and takes off as Kahl's main henchman shows up. An extended foot chase erupts through a bar, a building, a house and across a rooftop. Casey gets cornered in the house and has a brief fight with the henchman before he knocks him out for a few moments, giving Casey a chance to escape.

Casey makes it to the street where he encounters a police car heading his way. To avoid being detected, he poses as a homeless man, sitting on the street. The police car makes its way to him and once it has passed by, Casey takes off in the other direction. Kahl's henchman spots Casey again, leading to another foot chase. This time, Casey steals a 2001 Citroën C5 Wagon nearby and drives off, leaving the henchman behind. Casey calls Matthias and tells him to get Juliette out of the hospital by taking her out for coffee or to see a movie. Anything that will get her out of the hospital and will keep her away from Kahl's clutches.

At the hospital, Juliette passes by two of Kahl's men, who then turn around and start following her. Back where Casey steals the Citroën, the Citroën's owner starts shouting at police saying that his Citroën has been stolen, attracting the attention of Kahl's henchman, who asks the driver about the car.

Casey gets a call from Kahl, who subtly tells Casey that he knows Juliette's address, urging Casey, even more, to get to her before Kahl does. Casey calls Geran and tells him that everything went really wrong. Geran asks Casey if he sold him out, but Casey tells Geran that he didn't. Casey tells Geran that he can have the money that he took from Kahl's car (estimated to be around $5 million) and all he needs is $200,000 and for Geran to protect Juliette, which Geran agrees to do. Casey is then chased by more of Kahl's men inside a 2001 Volvo V70, a 2003 Porsche Cayenne and a 1999 Mercedes-Benz ML on the freeway, leading to another prolonged car chase scene. Casey tries to elude Kahl's men but he ended up wrecking the Citroën and imagines Juliette in the car sitting next to him once the car lost control and rolled over. This incident is revealed to be the scene from the film's prologue.

Casey wakes up and notices a small mini-suitcase inside the Citroën, which he empties and places the money inside. After he crawls out of the Citroën, he steals a 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Roadster and drives off. As he's driving, he calls Matthias and asks him if he's with Juliette. Matthias says no and that somebody must've got to her first since he went to her place and no one was there. Only to be aware that the SLS Roadster is running out of fuel, he stops at a station and notices that it only takes cards, not cash.

Casey goes inside and tries to pay with a large bill, but due to security concerns, they won't take large bills. Casey pleads with the owner to let him pay with it, to which the owner relents and lets Casey pay with it. Casey notices Kahl and his men pull up to the station. Casey hides the case under a shelf of chips, but one of Kahl's men finds it anyway. A friend of the gas station owner sees Kahl's men with guns, so he grabs his shotgun and heads inside. He comes into the gas station and points his gun at Kahl's men. Kahl himself, comes to the store and talks to the man. Kahl asks the man what his name is. The man replies that his name is Wolfgang. Kahl asks if it's like Mozart. Kahl says that Wolfgang will be seeing Mozart soon when he pulls out his gun and shoots him.

Casey begins quietly laughing at Kahl. Kahl says most men cry or pray when they're about to die, but that laughing is original. Casey then tells Kahl that he is still in control because he still has Kahl's truck. It is then revealed that Casey switched trucks and that the truck that crashed earlier was a decoy. Wolfgang wakes up and shoots one of Kahl's men and takes cover behind a counter, giving Casey time to steal Kahl's 2014 Aston Martin Rapide S and escapes afterwards.

Casey calls Geran and asks about Juliette. Geran tells Casey that someone got to Juliette's place before they did and that she's dead. He's lying to get a rise out of Casey. Geran tells Casey that his men have her and they're on their way back. Casey drives to Geran's horse track and goes with him to a barn to see Juliette. Inside the barn, Geran brings out a woman, revealing her to be another woman, not Juliette. Geran got the apartment number mixed up. Casey threatens Geran, but Geran rebukes him with a gun. While this is going on, a man at the track texts Kahl.

This same man goes into the barn, shoots Geran and knocks out Casey. He ties up Casey, but Casey escapes and kills the man with a large hook. Casey takes the money, gets into Geran's car and dozes off for a few minutes where he dreams that Juliette is in the car with him. Casey wakes up when his phone rings. It's Kahl, who tells Casey that he has something he wants. Casey arranges for a trade-off: Juliette for the money. Back in the barn, Geran wakes up, still alive.

Casey makes it to the location of the trade-off: a local bar, and reunites with Juliette. Casey shows Kahl the money. After having seen the money, Kahl tells Juliette that she can go, but for Casey to stay, so that they can "sort some matters out." Geran bursts into the bar and holds a gun on Kahl. Geran tracked the car via GPS, which is how he found out the location of the trade off.

Geran sits down at a table across from Kahl. Geran orders Casey to get him a drink. The police show up outside, to which Casey admits to having called them. The police launch a smoke grenade into the bar, leading to Geran exchanging fire with the police. Casey and Juliette escape out the back of the bar with the money, while Kahl escapes out the back of the bar into a waiting car. Geran stays to exchange gunfire with the police, who promptly kill him.

Being pursued by Kahl's main henchman, Casey and Juliette escape to a train station. Casey tells Juliette to get on a train with the money as he gives himself up to be arrested and Kahl's henchman is gunned down by the police. Casey is interrogated by the police and gives them the location of Kahl's truck to the police, so that Kahl can be exposed as a drug lord (since his name is on the truck itself) and can be arrested, which is what happens.

Some time later, Casey watches as Juliette goes in for her surgery at the hospital.

Cast

Production

On May 15, 2013, Zac Efron and Amber Heard joined the cast of the film, then titled Autobahn, before later dropping out.[4] On May 1, 2014, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, Felicity Jones and Anthony Hopkins joined the cast, with Hoult replacing Efron and Jones replacing Heard respectively.[5] Principal photography began on May 5, 2014.[6]

Release

Autobahn was scheduled to be released on October 30, 2015, by Relativity Media.[7] However, when Relativity filed for bankruptcy, producers had put the film, which had since been retitled Collide, back on the market.[8] An issue occurred when the film was listed in Relativity's assets but IM Global later took back the rights for $200,000. In September 2015, it was announced Open Road Films would distribute the film as part of an audit statement.[9] In October 2015, Open Road set an April 1, 2016, release date for the film.[10] It was then pushed back to August 19,[11] In September 2016, it was pushed back to February 3, 2017.[12] In January 2017, the film was pushed back to February 24, 2017.[13]

Reception

Box office

Collide grossed $2.2 million in the United States and Canada and $4.5 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $6.8 million.[1]

In North America, Collide opened alongside Get Out and Rock Dog and was expected to gross $3–4 million from 2,045 theaters in its opening weekend.[2] It ended up grossing just $1.5 million, finishing 13th at the box office and marking the 6th-worst-ever debut for a film playing in over 2,000 theaters.[14] In its second weekend the film was pulled from 1,043 theaters and grossed $194,326, dropping 87.2% and marking the biggest-ever second-week decline, breaking the 86.4% set by Undiscovered in 2005.[15]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 24% approval rating based on 41 reviews, with an average score of 4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Collide wastes a talented cast on a would-be thriller fatally undermined by eye-rolling dialogue, logical fallacies, and humdrum set pieces."[16] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 33 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[17] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.[14]

Keith Watson of Slant Magazine praised Creevy for utilizing the German locations when shooting the action set pieces with "a jaunty, confident air" and the "scenery-chewing" delivered by Hopkins and Kingsley, writing about the latter by saying: "It's difficult to begrudge a film that has the good sense to put so much stock in Ben Kingsley's hammy theatrics."[18] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter commended Creevy and Frazier for adding "amusing, campy touches" to their script that allow both Kingsley and Hopkins to deliver gallows humor but felt it was "forced and artificial", along with the "utterly ludicrous plot machinations" during Casey's escape scenes, concluding that: "The vehicular mayhem is generally well-staged, and the film moves along at a brisk pace during its fat-free, 99-minute running time. But Hoult and Jones are unable to breathe much life into their bland characters, and it's ultimately sad to watch the former Hannibal Lecter and Gandhi reduced to playing silly, tough-guy caricatures."[19] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave it an overall C grade, commending Creevy's "serviceable" direction of the "modestly conceived action sequences", but said that: "The rest is unexceptional, a hodgepodge of corny voice-over and repetitive, anticlimactic plotting, with Hoult and Jones miscast as a couple of party-hardy American expats."[20] Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle called it "a mediocre-at-best chase film" that Creevy and cinematographer Ed Wild shoot with "little visual flair" and a lack of inventiveness outside of the Autobahn pursuit, concluding that "Collide is a cheap genre product produced with an eye on foreign market box office. Wake me when Dominic Toretto torques his way into Havana."[21]

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  2. 1 2 D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 22, 2017). "Audiences Plan To Get Into 'Get Out' – Weekend B.O. Preview". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
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  4. ↑ McClintock, Pamela; Ford, Rebecca (May 15, 2013). "Cannes: Zac Efron, Amber Heard Ride Onto 'Autobahn'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ Ford, Rebecca (January 5, 2014). "Cannes: Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley Join 'Autobahn' for IM Global, Joel Silver". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ SSN Insider Staff (May 12, 2014). "On The Set For 5/12/14: Eliza Dushku Starrer 'Eloise' Starts, Adam Carolla's 'Road Hard' Wraps". SSN Insider. TSS News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
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  9. ↑ Belloni, Matthew (September 26, 2015). "Relativity Reveals First Proposed Movie Sale in Bankruptcy: Thriller 'Collide'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
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  11. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 24, 2016). "'Collide' Trailer: Felicity Jones & Nicholas Hoult Rev Engines For August Bow". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  12. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 29, 2016). "Felicity Jones-Nicholas Hoult Vehicle 'Collide' Back On Track For Winter 2017". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
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  14. 1 2 D'Alessandro, Anthony (27 February 2017). "Jordan Peele's 'Get Out' Jumps To $33.4M Opening – Monday AM Box Office Update". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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  18. ↑ Watson, Keith (February 24, 2017). "Review: Collide". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  19. ↑ Scheck, Frank (February 23, 2017). "'Collide': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  20. ↑ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy (February 24, 2017). "The car-chase thriller Collide runs on fumes". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Archived from the original on December 23, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
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