Collision Course on Netflix: A Twisty Spanish Heist That Scores 2.5/5 and Leaves a Mixed Impression

Looking for something to watch after Money Heist? Netflix has another Spanish heist waiting. Collision Course comes from director Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, but one review suggests you should adjust your expectations before pressing play.

Collision Course: Film

What’s It About?

The story takes place more than a decade ago, during Spain’s housing crisis. Banks sold risky loans to people with few resources, many of whom signed long-term deals without understanding the risks. When the market collapsed, mass home seizures followed. That crisis motivates the heist at the film’s centre, which targets a fictional bank and one of its directors.

The Setup

The heist crew has an advantage: most of the five main characters are connected to the investigation, so they could hide evidence or slip away. But the plan goes wrong right from the start. The safe supposedly held diamonds, and the group ends up in a car crash. That crash drives the film’s high-concept hook, which ties back to each of the five characters. The review keeps the details secret, and so will we.

What Works?

• Fast twists: reveals and betrayals keep coming throughout the film.
• Social backdrop: the film uses noir themes about ordinary people with few options trying to get away clean.
• A clever distraction: an old man tries to cash a fake €5 million lottery ticket while the robbers get into the bank.

What Doesn’t?

According to the review, the film leans heavily on plot and is sometimes too in love with its own twists. Character work is thin. We learn about people’s motives and traumas mostly after the heist, so it is hard to care about couple Carla (Laia Costa) and Tomás (Tamar Novas), or retired cop Pedro (Karra Elejalde). The photography also lacks a distinct style, and the film’s ideas about fate and luck aren’t built upon effectively.

Conclsuion

The review calls it a minor, low-key Spanish genre film that relies too much on twists to be memorable. If you enjoy puzzle-box thrillers and don’t need deep characters, it could still be a decent evening watch. If you want the emotional depth of bigger heist stories, you may come away wanting more.

If you like it, the review suggests The Great Heist and Kaleidoscope as follow-ups.

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