Collide (2016)

An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, though he winds up on the run from his employers across Cologne high-speed Autobahn.

Director:

Eran Creevy

Writers:

F. Scott Frazier (screenplay by), Eran Creevy (screenplay by)

Stars:

Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicholas Hoult	...	Casey Stein
Felicity Jones	...	Juliette Marne
Anthony Hopkins	...	Hagen Kahl
Ben Kingsley	...	Geran
Marwan Kenzari	...	Matthias
Aleksandar Jovanovic	...	Jonas (as Alexandar Jovanovic)
Christian Rubeck	...	Kay
Erdal Yildiz	...	Rainer
Clemens Schick	...	Mirko
Johnny Palmiero	...	Fitch
Ben Hecker	...	Filling Station Clerk
Joachim Król	...	Wolfgang
Markus Andreas Klauk	...	Talaz (as Markus Klauk)
Michael Epp	...	Family Car Owner
Christina Hecke	...	Doctor

Storyline

To pay for his girlfriend's (Jones) medical emergency while abroad, Casey (Hoult) schemes to pull a drug heist for an eccentric gangster (Kingsley). After a failed attempt, he embarks across Europe on an action-packed chase in a race against time to save his girlfriend's life from being taken by an evil druglord (Hopkins).

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Plot Keywords:

reference to jamie lee curtis | car crushed | dialysis | reference to william shakespeare | drugs | 

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Taglines:

How far would you go for the one you love?

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, frenetic action, some sexuality, language, and drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

UK Germany China USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

24 February 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Autobahn

Filming Locations:

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$21,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,512,824, 24 February 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$2,280,004, 9 March 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,531,521, 8 December 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

42,Automatik,DMG Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The release of this movie was seriously delayed because the producing company bankrupted.

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Goofs

When Casey takes Geran's car and pulls up in town for the meeting with Kahl, the aerial shot shows it parked with a space of more than one car's length behind. When the shot changes and Casey exits the car, there is a car parked directly behind.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Casey Stein: [narrating] Reasons. We all got our reasons to do crazy and reckless things in life. Mostly they don't help you though. Not when you're left to pick up the pieces. But if the reason's love, maybe it's not so crazy, 'cause people believe in love. They know it keeps the world turning. And right now, that's the only thing keeping me alive.
[hanging upside down in flipped car]

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Connections

Features Perfect (1985)

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Soundtracks

Freaks
Written by Ivan Gough, Jeremy Bunawan, Mathieu Valton, Timmy Trumpet (as Timothy Smith) & Demetrius Savelio
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd / 120 Publishing Pty / Truelove Music
Performed by Timmy Trumpet & Savage (as Timmy Trumpet ft. Savage)
Courtesy of Hussle Recordings / Ministry of Sound Australia Pty Ltd / All Around the World
Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd

User Reviews

What were Hopkins and Kingsley thinking?

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!