Colisão

Johannesburg, a city where the drugs are cheap, and life is cheaper.

Bright, posh girl, Niki, defies her loser father and snobby mother to date sexy singer, Larry. Meanwhile the middle level aspiring gangster, Bra Sol, is trying to set up trafficking deals.

The father daughter dynamic is further propelled by shopkeeper, Cecil, and his beautiful daughter, Palesa.

The three strands play out in intercut shots and sequences with mounting tension and violence leading to a tragic denouement.

The lights go out for the final scene in more ways that one.

This film describes the inter-tribal tensions of South Africa, with more than a whiff of corruption in big business. Whether this is true to life I am not equipped to say, but the exposition is well laid out. The story moves on with increasing pace as we see the tragic inevitability unfold before our eyes.

The photography and direction is good with the claustrophobia closing in as we reach the final moments of this hour and forty minute feature. It is no blockbuster with grand over paid Hollywood mummers, but is gritty, real, and emotional.

Worth a watch.

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...

All 3 stars are for camera work. This was a terrible movie that made almost no sense plot wise or for character choices.

Anyone rating this higher than a 5 was part of the film crew or affiliated with production in someway.

The last third or so was basically a remake of American History X, but with Africans and Nigerians.

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.

Actions have there reactions in this story set against the backdrop of a modern evolving South Africa where the consequences leave the players with few victories pursuing there goals. Well worth a watch.