Collision

This movie is just a front for you can ONLY guess what,..You KNOW it isn't an Israeli gal who is being tossed around by the indiginous of South Africa,..It's an English gal of course and of course her father is an evil person and yadda yadda yadda,. The story is only a front,. That's why you don;t see any LOW rating because even dumb people KNOW why this movie was made.

Ever get the feeling you shouldn't believe too many of the ratings posted here because they're probably associated/invested with/in the film, itself... well...that seems to be the case with this movie...it's a shame, too...because how many movies do we see here coming out of South Africa...it would be great if EVERY country could afford to tell their stories with the wealth behind them that Hollywood has...not that it makes ALL that much of a difference in the quality...lots of GREAT low budget movies out there. From EVERYwhere... anyways...this has been a public service announcement...including to the administrators of imdb who can't do much about false reviews...

Not sure how anyone can say this is an amazing film. At the same time it is not without some redeeming qualities. But really there is nothing special about it and a lot that holds it back from being legitimately good. I'm only compelled to write about it because it seems like so far it is just people giving it 8-10 or 1-2, and it's absolutely neither of those.

The acting is mostly decent here. There are some performances that are better than others, but the acting is one of the thing that does stand out as being one of the better aspects of the film.

The soundtrack is another one that is pretty good. It is interesting and varied, and usually does a good job of enhancing the action. At times it actually feels like the direction and editing are not up to the challenge of matching the tension created with the music.

Unfortunately a lot of the other aspects are somewhat amateurish. The plot is potentially interesting but it is all just too quickly executed, and it doesn't seem like a lot of it was very well thought out. There are a few interesting characters but we never spend very much time with any of them and so we don't form enough of an attachment with them for whatever ends up happening to them to feel meaningful. The events of the film are meant to be tragic, but the tragedy is undermined by the fact that we probably don't really care much about these people.

It's rare that I think a movie should have been longer than it was, but I think that's the case here. If we had more time to develop the tension in the film I think it would have been more effective.

'Collision' does contain some rather pedestrian acting and arguably clumsy editing, but it has far more merit than a series of harsh reviews would suggest.

The opening device of presenting the final crash and the dark progression of events create a mood of bleak inevitability which is, in itself, a comment on the social and political plight of South Africa today. It's a borrowing of the late Renaissance 'Spanish Tragedy' concept in which the personal faults of the main characters combine with circumstances to bring about the final catastrophe. The fact that the audience can 'see it coming' creates a sense of helplessness among them.

It's a good effort - not perfect, but definitely not deserving of the 'put downs' it's receiving!

Set in South Africa, this is a terrific thriller.

I enjoyed the South African dynamic, with the multi-lungual environment.

Given the 'posh' girl teen rebel element, I found this totally believable. I like all the characters, just far away from the usual West Coast/East Coast/London clichés we see too often. For me, at least, this is a thrilling and welcome change.