Casey (Nicholas Hoult), an American living in Cologne, Germany, works with his friend Matthias (Marwan Kenzari) for a drug dealer, Geran (Sir Ben Kingsley), as money runners. He meets Juliette (Felicity Jones), another American, one night while she tends bar at one of Geran’s hangouts.
Though interested in him, Juliette turns him down when he asks her out, stating that she wants nothing to do with someone who runs in Geran’s circles, but to look her up when he gets out. Inspired by the conversation, Casey quits his job with Geran, asks Juliette out, and the two quickly begin dating and move in together.
All is well for the pair until Juliette suddenly has a seizure one evening and is rushed to the hospital. Told that her kidney is failing, and because she is not a citizen of Germany, she is unqualified for the transplant treatment, Casey proposes that they move back to America for her treatment. In order to obtain the money for the operation and save Juliette, Casey goes back to work for Geran in order to pull off a large drug theft from Germany’s biggest drug dealer, Hagen Kahl (Sir Anthony Hopkins).
Collide is a 2016 action film directed by Eran Creevy and written by Creevy and 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, with Zac Efron and Amber Heard set to star. After they both dropped out, Hoult and Jones were cast and filming began in May of the following year. Originally scheduled to be distributed by Relativity Media, the film was delayed nearly a dozen times due to the company’s bankruptcy.
The film was released in the United States on February 24, 2017, by Open Road Films and received negative reviews from critics. It was also a box office bomb, grossing just $4 million against its $21.5 million budget, and set a new record for second-weekend drop in box office performance.
Collide grossed $2.3 million in the United States and Canada and $2.5 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $4.8 million. 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. 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. 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.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 21% based on 38 reviews, with an average rating 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.” On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 33 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating “generally unfavorable reviews”. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “C+” on an A+ to F scale.
Collide (2017)
Directed by: Eran Creevy
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Marwan Kenzari, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Felicity Jones, Nadia Hilker, Lindsey Elizabeth
Screenplay by: F. Scott Frazier, Eran Creevy
Production Design by: Joel Collins
Cinematography by: Ed Wild
Film Editing by: Chris Gill
Costume Design by: Sharon Gilham
Set Decoration by: Christoph Becker, Peter Corovic, Felicity Good
Ellen Somnitz
Music by: Ilan Eshkeri
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, frenetic action, some sexuality, language, and drug material.
Studio: Open Road Films
Release Date: February 3, 2017
