Derailed (Unrated Widescreen)
by Mikael H?fstr?m
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Actor: Addison Timlin, Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Melissa George, Vincent CasselDirector: Mikael H?fstr?m
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Cinematographer: Peter Biziou
Editor: Peter Boyle
Producer: Jonathan Gordon
Producer: Bob Weinstein
Producer: Harvey Weinstein
Writer: Stuart Beattie
Writer: James Siegel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Weinstein Company, The
Movie Reviews of Derailed (Unrated Widescreen)
Movie Review: good but kind of stupid
Summary: 2 Stars
The first obervation is that all of the blacks in this film were thugs, cons, ex-cons or related to an ex-con. This is pathetic. The film was made in 2005, but we are now living in a time when an African-American stands the best chance than ever of becoming the president.
Other than its portrayal of blacks, the film has a very simple plot and nothing comes as too much of a suprise. It has its moments but mostly on the level of a cheaply made TV police drama.
From the first scene on the train, it's easy to figure that Jennifer Anniston's character is up to something. The way she talks to the man on the train is indicative of a woman who is a practiced seductress. Then we wonder where she got her experience.
The robbery/rape scene seems strange from the beginning. My initial thoughts were: why is he doing that? What kind of criminal would do something so stupid?
Jennifer Anniston's character says somewhere in the film "we never appreciate or value what we have". I think this is basically what the gist of the film is all about. The main character in the film didn't appreciate what he had with his family, otherwise he would have never got tangled up in that mess which costed him so much more than just his bank account.
Summary of Derailed (Unrated Widescreen)
A clandestine love affair may claim a terrible price from two desperate people in this intelligent thriller. Charles Schine (Clive Owen) is an advertising executive who is happily married to Deana (Melissa George) and has a young daughter. However that begins to change when Charles meets Lucinda Harris (Jennifer Aniston) on a commuter train. Lucinda who is also married with a daughter keep bumping into Charles on the train and they strike up a friendship that soon grows into something deeper. Eventually Charles and Lucinda fall into infidelity but the consequences turn out to be greater than they imagined; Philippe Laroche (Vincent Cassel) is a dangerous criminal with a taste for violence who has learned about the affair. Laroche demands a substantial payment if he is to keep the word of Charles and Lucinda's relationship from their spouses but they become convinced that Laroche is not to be trusted and that he may mean to do greater harm to their loved ones that simply telling them they've been unfaithful. Derailed was the first American project for Swedish filmmaker Mikael Hafstrom.System Requirements:Running Time: 108 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS UPC: 796019786492 Manufacturer No: 78649With a nasty villain and a plot twist that will take many viewers by surprise, Derailed is the kind of potboiler that's enjoyable in spite of its flaws. It's basically two-thirds of a good movie, with a convincing set-up and a barely plausible payoff that... well, you've just got to see it and decide for yourself. Like Fatal Attraction, it's a good-enough thriller that turns infidelity into every man's nightmare, beginning when Charles (Clive Owen), a well-to-do Chicago advertising director with a sickly, diabetic daughter and a slightly troubled marriage, has a chance encounter with Lucinda (Jennifer Aniston), a lovely and quick-witted financial advisor who's also stuck in a marital rut. Their chemistry is instant (between both characters and stars), but their eventual hotel tryst is interrupted by a mugger (French actor Vincent Cassel at his vile, despicable best) who's out to milk Charles for every dollar he's got. Of course, one phone call to the police would solve everyone's problems, but as he did with Collateral (albeit more convincingly), screenwriter Stuart Beattie turns up the tension with such manipulative skill that you're willing to skate past the plot holes and go along for the ride. With lively supporting performances by rappers Xzibit and RZA, Derailed marks a commercially slick American debut for Swedish director Mikael H?fstr?m, whose 2003 thriller Evil was a Best Foreign Film Oscar?-nominee. --Jeff Shannon
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