Collide - Destini incrociati

All the actors were game. Even Drea De Matteo who got NOTHING to do. The tones of the three stories didn't mesh well. Kat Graham's tragedy porn storyline with Ryan Phillipe went SO hard that it veered into camp. Or maybe it started off campy - hard to say. Cackled several times at parts that were not meant to be funny. Not bad for a Five Dollar Tuesday experience in a half full theater. I appreciate the IDEA of Kat Graham continuing to get acting roles even though the outcome is always dicey. I miss her aspiring pop music era.

Stellar Cast, yet unfortunate poor filming. Constant camera movement headache and distracts from actors natural talent. Shame, was really looking forward to film and plot development. Wish film had been created with alternate or classic "steady camera". Lighting not balanced, dining area may have dimmed lights for atmosphere, yet kitchen/cooler would absolutely not be dark. I would watch again if set design/lighting, and camera crew filming were scrubbed with a fresh approach. Too much intertwined from start of characters development. Reboot with better balance of set design, light & direction.

I so wanted to like this movie. I love Jim Gaffigan and I wanted to see him in a more serious role versus stand-up comedy. I don't know who's idea it was to ever think that jerky handheld cameras was edgy. It is annoying as all get out. This nonsense needs to stop. Rather than focusing on the characters in the story line, I was completely distracted throughout the whole movie by this herky jerky movements.

So now I'm at the end of my review but thanks to this stupid, stupid, stupid requirement of 600 characters I'm now going to just ramble on and on which is an utter waste of my time and you the readers.

You can stop reading now.

There are so many things I disliked about this film that I don't have the time or mental capacity after watching it to write them all here. So, I will simply say the motion sickness induced by the camera movement throughout the entire film is a devastating offense to the art of cinematography. Watching this movie is both a figurative and a literal sickening experience. The storylines did not mesh well. Lastly, all potential displays of expert acting were overshadowed by the aforementioned poor cinematography and incoherent storyline. I recommend steering clear of this film. You can't get the wasted time back.

This takes place in and around an L. A. restaurant over one night. Various people are dealing with their own dire issues which culminates in a devastating incident.

Some stories are better than others. None of them are perfect. Jim Gaffigan's story is trying to be too secretive. It takes too long to reveal. The whole movie is like that, but his story is particularly frustrating. The drug story is probably the most compelling, but I'm not sure why they are hidden there. As for Ryan Phillippe and Kat Graham, I don't buy that story. He wouldn't buy it. That story makes this whole enterprise too contrived.