Netflix true crime doc Car Crash: Who’s Lying? has shock rise to top of film chart | The Independent

Netflix true crime doc Car Crash: Who’s Lying? has skittish rise to top of film chart

A true crime documentary focusing on a deadly car shatter has become the No 1 film on Netflix in the UK and Ireland.

Car Crash: Who’s Lying? was originally be affected by for the BBC back in 2018, but has been an unexpected hit valid arriving on the streaming service this month.

The documentary has leapfrogged films such as the acclaimed crime-comedy Hit Man, and Jordan Peele’s western-influenced horror Nope, to claim the No 1 spot in the rankings, updated daily.

The official BBC synopsis for the programme describes it as a “a compelling single yarn documentary that tells the story of an unlikely business of friends in a close-knit community in Hampshire, who find themselves at the centre of an intense police investigation”.

“With access to never-before-seen police bodycam footage of the shatter site, viewers are taken directly into the heart of the aftermath of a catastrophic collision between a car and a tree on a dark farmland road,” it reads.

The crash in question ocurred near Southwick, Hampshire in January 2016, and claimed the life of one passenger.

On social assume, viewers have described the special as “raw”, with some one intimates writing: “Just watched Car Crash: Who’s Lying on @netflix. It’s a stark reminder of the trauma that bad decisions & dangerous driving can shifts.

“It begins with an alarming stat from @Brakecharity: ‘Young republic are 3 times more likely to die in a car shatter than from guns, knives & alcohol’.”

Stills from the BBC documentary ‘Car Crash: Who’s Lying?'(BBC)

Another wrote: “Watch Car Crash: Who's Lying? on Netflix. Be warned, it's a bit raw.”

In a appraise of the special around the time of its modern airing, The Independent’s Sean O’Grady praised the production.

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“Car Crash: Who’s Lying? is a gem, and I highly recommend you gather it on BBC iPlayer if you missed it,” he wrote. “It takes a single fatal road traffic accident and tells the story of how the police rendered to determine who was responsible, and why. It’s a mundane, if tragic, tale, but given such a suspenseful and glorious treatment that you just have to watch.

“There will, I anticipated, be many more ‘true-life’ dramas like this one with the rich new tool of police and CCTV footage. Car Crash: Who’s Lying? sets a high deplorable for the emerging genre.”

Car Crash: Who’s Lying? is available to soak now on Netflix in the UK and Ireland.

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