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Derailed (Unrated Widescreen)

Derailed (Unrated Widescreen)

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Cleverly done and entertaining, if totally implausible

Rating: 4/5

OK, the plot is about as believable as your average Bruce Willis of Kurt Russell action/adventure/thriller, but this was fun to watch. Clive Owen is great in the lead role, Jennifer Aniston is completely believable in her supporting role of girl next door gone bad, Vincent Cassell is uniquely evil in his portrayal of the villain and the supporting cast give outstanding performances all around. I give it 4 stars instead of 3 because it was completely engaging and it had a happy ending for the good guy. The ridiculousness of the plot, though only a minor distraction from the flick's entertainment value, keeps it from getting a higher rating from me.

MIKAEL HAFSTRÖM, OPUS 4

Rating: 3/5

*** 2005. Based on James Siegel's Derailed and directed by Mikael Håfström. Two married people, Owen and Aniston, meet in a train and plan to start an affair but they are attacked by Vincent Cassel in their hotel room. Later, Cassel blackmails Owen. Between Hitchcock and FATAL ATTRACTION, the film is agreeable and belongs to the Hollywood paranoia and guiltiness sub-gender. Note among many, the reference to Psycho (Special Edition) (Universal Legacy Series) when Owen tries to make an incriminating car disappear. Already forgotten.

If only for Clive Owen and Vincent Cassel

Rating: 3/5

Okay, was this made before or after "Rumor Has It?" Jennifer Aniston continues to convince me that her acting is pedestrian. She [is] one of those actors who just don't work in the big screen. She may have been fine on televsion but....she wrecked this film. I was very glad that she (Lucinda Harris) got blown away in the big shootout; unfortunately, too late in the film. The big shootout was the highlight of the film.

Clive Owen as Charles Schine played his part very well. That being of the person victimized in a blackmail scheme by the sinister La Roche played by Vince Cassell and his convincingly scumbag accomplice Dexter, played by the one-dimensional Xzibit; whom I was also glad when he was blown away. I also enjoyed the final scene when La Roche gets it "stuck to him." After all the pain he put Schine and his family through. Yeah, even though it all because of Schine's attempted affair with Lucinda Harris.

Oh, the storyline? Please read one of the "long-winded reviews."

good but kind of stupid

Rating: 2/5

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.

IT'S ONLY ME, BUT:

Rating: 4/5

CLIVE OWEN IS MARRIED WITH A CHILD WHO NEEDS A TRANSPLANT REQUIRING BIG TIME MONEY. JENNIFER ANISTEN AND HE BOY FRIEND RUN A RING OF THUGS WHO SET UP MEN WITH MONEY TO FIRST GET THEM TO HOTEL RUMS WITH JEN, AND THEN BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THEM, ROB THEM, AND THEN WEEKS LATER COME BACK AND BLACKMAIL THEM. CLIVE WILL TURN THE SCEME BACK ON THEM. JM