Derailed (Unrated Widescreen) | 
| Director: Mikael Hafstroem
Actors: Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Addison Timlin, Melissa George
Studio: Weinstein Company, The
Category: DVD
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Rating:  191 reviews
Sales Rank: 11318
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: GEPDWEI78649D
UPC: 796019786492
EAN: 0796019786492
ASIN: B00005JOL4
Theatrical Release Date: November 11, 2005
Release Date: March 21, 2006
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Product Description
When two married business executives (Owen and Aniston) having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, the two must turn the tables on him to save their families.
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With 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 Hafstroem, whose 2003 thriller Evil was a Best Foreign Film Oscar -nominee. --Jeff Shannon
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 Pretty Good!!! April 25, 2009
PUMPKIN MAN
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I watched this last night for the 1st time, and I thought it was pretty good! Charles Schine meets Lucinda Harris on a train. It begins as harmless fun, but when he has an affair and takes her to a cheap hotel, they are robbed and Lucinda is raped by a guy named Philippe LaRoche. LaRoche starts blackmailing Charles and threatens to tell his wife, but he can't let that happen. There is a lot of suspense and a little plot twist! I highly recommend DERAILED!!!
 One of the greatest movies yet! January 6, 2009
Jaclyn (Pa)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love this movie! It's so surprising, you don't know what is going to happen. I never really liked Jennifer Aniston but in this movie, her acting really pops out!
Cleverly done and entertaining, if totally implausible January 2, 2009
Daniel B. Yoe (Marietta, GA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
OK, the plot is about as believable as your average Bruce Willis or 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 HAFSTROeM, OPUS 4 November 6, 2008
wdanthemanw (Geneva, Switzerland)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
*** 2005. Based on James Siegel's Derailed and directed by Mikael Hafstroem. 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 October 3, 2008
Patrick Nava (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
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."
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