2005   USA Derailed
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Director:Mikael Håfström
Studio:Weinstein Company
Writer:Stuart Beattie, James Siegel
IMDb Rating:6.5 (34,562 votes)
Genre:Drama, Thriller
Duration:112 min
Languages:English
IMDb:0398017
Amazon:B00005JOL4
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Mikael Håfström  ...  (Director)
Stuart Beattie, James Siegel  ...  (Writer)
 
Vincent Cassel  ...  LaRoche
Clive Owen  ...  Charles Schine
Addison Timlin  ...  Amy Schine
Melissa George  ...  Deanna Schine
Jennifer Aniston  ...  Lucinda Harris
Sandra Bee  ...  Train Conductor
RZA  ...  Winston Boyko
William Armstrong  ...  Accountant
Tom Conti  ...  Eliot Firth
Rachael Blake  ...  Susan Davis
Richard Leaf  ...  Night Clerk Ray
Xzibit  ...  Dexter
Catherine McCord  ...  Avery Price Receptionist
Denis O'Hare  ...  Jerry the Lawyer
Georgina Chapman  ...  Candy
Giancarlo Esposito  ...  Detective Church
Peter Biziou  ...  Cinematographer
Summary: 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 Håfström, whose 2003 thriller Evil was a Best Foreign Film Oscar®-nominee. --Jeff Shannon


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