Ben Collins: Stunt Driver

An hour and ten minutes with Ben Collins ( The original 'Stig' in Top Gear in case you didn't know ) while he drives cars and flies in planes. It's very much like a Top Gear episode under some slightly dodgy premise of finding a car for a stunt job he's been recruited for, that didn't quite work for me but nevertheless it's a entertaining hour as we know Ben is a formidable race driver and very much respected ( except perhaps by the BBC ). All the same, the man in the white suit comes across as personable and camera friendly. CGI was a bit iffy but the production was top rate. If you are a fan of Top Gear then you'll enjoy this.

If I was cynical..which I am. I would say this nothing less than an attempt at self promotion which is absolutely fine but it does not capture the title of the film. Ben Collins as we all know is a magnificent driver and with the exception of the habitual shots of him driving from location to location in his Vanquish; the driving is top notch. In fact the whole thing is very good - great camera work, nice little plot work up but at the end of the day it is very contrived and unfortunately in a bad way. You would have to have be an amoeba to not realise that a supercar isn't going to do the job required and so we enter this series of awkward setups which basically is Ben doing a good job of trying to be a car reviewer - as I said it really seems to be a pitch to get a job on Top Gear and nothing else. All in all not a bad way to spend an hour or so but it could have been so much more.

This movie is more like a paid promotion by lot many car manufacturers, the movie offers nothing. Avoid if you can.