Collision (2009)
6/10
Collision
20 November 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I saw an advert for this one-off five-part mini-series drama, and had an idea that it would be something that would all come together in the end, and I was sort of right after watching it all. Basically a group of strangers, introduced in the first episode, who have never met are brought together by a devastating car crash/road accident. Through the episodes you see the stories of the people involved, what happened before and during, and how it changes the lives of people who knew them. I got confused with some of the events before the crash, especially as some of the flashback material was meta-fictional, but the themes of embezzlement, murder and smuggling gave it some interest. Of course the ending did explain how the crash happened in the first place, it is a simple swatting/killing of a wasp that would change the future, as a rewound and then alternative flashback shows. Starring Primeval's Douglas Henshall as D.I. John Tolin, Shaun of the Dead's Kate Ashfield as Ann Stallwood, Christopher Fulford as D.C.I. Stephen Maitland, Jo Woodcock as Jade Tolin, Coronation Street's Craig Kelly as Jeffrey Rampton, Dean Lennox Kelly as Danny Rampton, Zoe Telford as Sandra Rampton, Carrie & Barry's Claire Rushbrook as Karen Donnelly, Philip 'Phil' Davis as Brian Edwards, Jan Francis as Christine Edwards, Ice Cold in Alex's Sylvia Syms as Joyce Thompson, Doctor Who actor Paul McGann as Richard Reeves, Lucy Griffiths as Jane Tarrant, Sugar Rush's Lenora Crichlow as Alice Jackson, David Bamber as Sidney Norris, Nicholas Farrell as Guy Pearson, The Lenny Henry Show's Jocelyn Jee Esien as Cindie Smith and The Fast Show's Colin McFarlane as Bill Jackson. It had cheesy dialogue, not very impressive acting in parts, but at the same time, I am sort of glad I tried and watched it all the way through. Good!
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