VividSimon Simply Perfect

ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Paul Evans Anthony Horowitz certainly has a creative mind, and when on form he gives us some brilliant productions. His writing was certainly put to good use with Collision. Spread over five parts it tells the story of a motorway pileup, the effects on the lives of the drivers, and the immediate people around them. Collision manages to tick several boxes, there's the mystery of the crash itself, the love story, and the darker elements of human trafficking and murder. The strongest element I'd say are the characters, which are well rounded and believable, each mini story is captivating, in particular Richard's love affair with Coffee shop worker Jane, McGann and Griffiths were among the standouts of the production. It all ties together so neatly, it could have easily lost focus, but it manages to stay cohesive throughout, I especially loved the what if final scenes, a nice and thoughtful touch. Overall it's a very enjoyable series to watch. 8/10

gordymck Interesting spin on the usual police investigation story, that starts with the incident and then unravels the story over the 5 episodes as the main characters piece together what happened. Douglas Henshall is excellent as usual, in his trademark moody Scottish leadership role (see 'Shetland' for more Henshall) and the background story move along reasonably well. This had so much potential, with the calibre of the acting and the plot, it could have easily have been renewed for more than one outing, if only the producers had the foresight to take the format forward. The basic premise of the show, that of a road traffic accident and the subsequent investigation of all the many variables that led up to the crash, offers the possibility of many different season arcs as the characters investigate different scenarios over a number of episodes. If this had been an American show, I'm sure it would have been renewed.Nice twist at the end, which adds a whole new dimension to the whole story :)

Roger HUSS Collision is wound up with some satisfyingly unexpected plot resolutions (the pedophile hints are a red herring, the illicit images being pirated editions of Startrek, and the piano teacher's angry gestures, the immediate cause of the pile-up, are caused by a wasp ; the mother-in-law is killed by her son-in-law immediately AFTER the crash ; the Paul McGann figure is revealed as a serial offender but the waitress nevertheless gets to travel in his absence; the race theme, flagged up at the start, is surprisingly undeveloped, as if to say 'we're avoiding clichés here'. In the final episode the rhythmic reprises of the collision are replaced at the end by an undoing of the crash in rewind mode underlining the contingent aspect of the whole ghastly event as the frame couple, policeman and woman, move on with their relationship, implicitly okay-ed by the policeman's disabled daughter. It could have been called Accident, but Collision is a better title because more non-committal. Ultimately an elegant, feel-good, production, with excellent casting.

albertk1 Although I enjoyed the show, I did not understand where Tolin got the digital version of the incriminating information on the chemical company. Did anyone else catch that? Also, in retrospect, I gather from the final "what might have been" sequence, that Jane had taken an unsuccessful swat at the wasp at the beginning of the series. But that was not memorable and it would have helped if that had been included among the many flashbacks. Some other issues were unresolved: (1) Did Brian get arrested for murdering his mother-in-law? The police still wanted to see him and there were some suspicious findings regarding how he handled the car. (2) Was the head of the chemical company arrested for involvement in his employees murder or genocide in East Africa? Again there was some evidence.It seemed not only heartless, but bad policing for Tolin to have ignored the plea of the phony James Taylor. Acting on his plea could have led the police to the murderers of Karen Donnelly.