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tom sloan I was pleasantly surprised how good this movie was. It was suspenseful, entertaining, and had very good twists. Jennifer, Clive, and Vincent were all excellent. It is one of those movies that still holds my interest even though I had seen it before and know what happens.

blumdeluxe Derailed is a movie I didn't hear of before watching it and likewise my expectations weren't too high.It tells the story of two married strangers that meet in a train, get attracted to each other and end up victims of a crime. While one of them is being again and again threatened by the criminals, the other one turns out to be a bit more involved than first thought.All in all this is a basic thriller. It does have some plot twists and kind of a character development, so it is not really predictable but nonetheless somehow it's hard to really identify with either character. Not only that the way crimes are committed in the movie is rather obvious (No gloves, ever / Police even sees the corpse) or unbelievable (How did he get the knife into jail?), it is also irritating how he becomes a romantic hero, when all that prevented him from cheating was being knocked out.If you just want to watch something to let your mind wander this will do a decent job. If you hope for more, there are better titles.

rooprect I had assumed "Derailed" was going to be the 21st century's answer to all those 80s thrillers about rich family yuppies doing nasty things & getting in trouble. You know, like "Fatal Attraction", "Disclosure", "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" and such. If it is the answer to those flicks, then wow, what an answer it is."Derailed" takes all the brooding, suffocating, confused-morality issues of those 80s films and, in the 2nd half, adds some outrageously wild but fun plot twists to wake us from our gloom.The film begins slowly & solidly. The opening scene is in a prison, so we are teased with the notion that something went horribly wrong. Then we go to a flashback. We follow Charles (Clive Owen) on a typical morning, leaving his family and going off to work. No big surprises; the film sets up an atmosphere of total credibility. Even his involvement with Lucinda (Jennifer Anniston) is very delicately handled, and for the first 30 mins you lose yourself in a very calm drama about strangers meeting.Just when you start to get comfortable, everything turns upside down, and I mean hard. For the 2nd 30 minutes your heart is pumping overtime, but not with car chases and ridiculous action. It's the thickness of the atmosphere that does it, almost suffocating you with quiet desperation. This is the "awesome" part I mentioned in my title.Then, just as abruptly, around the 1 hr mark something pretty unexpected occurs that changes the atmosphere once again. Now it's no longer quiet desperation, but full out roller coaster crazy. At first I thought it was preposterous, and I almost tuned out, but I'm glad I didn't. This is the "ridiculous" part in my title. But that doesn't mean it's bad.Once again if you can shift with it, the film becomes jam packed with action and pure entertainment. We've left the calm emotional drama far behind. We've left the tense desperation behind. The remaining 45 minutes is just a wild ride of twists, turns, action, reaction and suspense. And if you decide to ride it out, I guarantee there's more than 1 good "gotcha" moment.In the end, it was the story's ability to surprise me and stay one step ahead of "predictable" that made me love it. Just when I was patting myself for figuring out one reveal, another one comes along. And in the end I was left totally satisfied simply because I didn't see it coming."Derailed" is a film that makes 1 demand on the viewer: that you go along for the ride. Be prepared for the extreme shifts in tone & atmosphere. Even if things get a tad unbelievable, just remind yourself that you spent your money and you're here to have a good time. Go along for the ride and you'll get exactly that.

wes-connors Chicago advertising executive Clive Owen (as Charles "Charlie" Schine) says good-bye to his beautiful, but busy schoolteacher wife and helps his diabetic daughter with her book report. "The author intrigues the reader by twisting the narrative," he explains, "so you never know what's coming next." On his way to work, Mr. Owen meets attractive financial adviser Jennifer Aniston (as Lucinda Harris), after checking out her sexy legs. Owen asks Ms. Aniston to lunch and the two contemplate copulation. In a trashy motel, their naughty foreplay is interrupted by nasty Vincent Cassel (as LaRoche)..."Derailed" is a nicely produced thriller, playing on the guilt associated with thoughts of infidelity. Director Mikael Hafstrom really keeps it moving. His seedy hotel and Chicago street sequences are a highlight. Even if you figure out what's going on, the story is engaging. Still, you've got to wonder why Owen seems willing to put his daughter's life in danger for a non-affair; most parents would go to the police, if their child was threatened with death. An expiration in prison is superfluous, also. More scenes involving suspicious detective Giancarlo Esposito (as Church) would have been welcome.****** Derailed (11/11/05) Mikael Hafstrom ~ Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Giancarlo Esposito