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Advantages: Vincent Cassel is convincing
Disadvantages: The rest of the film isn't

When bored advertising executive Charles finds himself without a train ticket, he is helped out by attractive stranger Lucinda. Both are looking for distraction from their unfulfilling marriages. But their hotel room liaison turns into a nightmare when the brutish LaRoche breaks in. Charles is beaten to a pulp and forced to look on as the intruder attacks Lucinda. But the terror continues as the attacker then launches a campaign of blackmail against ... Read review

Advantages: Good Storyline and Pace
Disadvantages: Twist Was Never Fully Explained

This slick thriller was marketed as something of a watershed film for two of the stars. Clive Owen, the male lead Charles Schine, is a fast rising star in Hollywood and has had some prominent roles over the past few years (Sin City, Inside Man, King Arthur). Jennifer Aniston was going through her divorce and her role playing a sexy, more adult role, is a departure from the Rachel Green mould which made her famous - almost like her new beginning ... Read review

Advantages: Good Acting, Dark
Disadvantages: A Bit Predictable

Synopsis Clive Owen is a man with a good family, he has two daughters and a wife. One of his daughters has a medical condition and she needs a new unreleased and very expensive drug to stop her rejecting a kidney. Owen is bored with his life, a chance meeting with Jennifer Aniston on a train where she pays for his train ticket leads into dinner and they end up in a seedy hotel room, they are then attacked by a man who pistol whips Owen ... Read review

Advantages: Good Performances
Disadvantages: Predictable

When Charles (Clive Owen) forgets to bring money to pay for his train fare on the way to work, it leads to a chance encounter with the sexy and aloof Lucinda (Jennifer Aniston). Before they know it they are having lunch together and arranging to have a dirty night away in a hotel. Lucinda feels guilty about cheating on her possessive husband, whilst Charles' home life hasn't been altogether brilliant of late. His daughter is sick and will eventually ... Read review

Advantages: Good peformance from Clive Owen, not one of his best though
Disadvantages: Very predictable, really slow start

Derailed stars Jennifer Aniston as Lucinda Harris and Clive Owen as Charles Schine. The story starts with Charles not being able to afford his fare while on the train and Lucinda paying this for him. This is how they meet and the story develops from there. I had heard and read mixed reviews about this film so decided to watch it for myself so this is my opinion on the film: I found the beginning of the film very slow and I was watching the ... Read review

Advantages: Exciting twists and turns that will keep you in suspense!
Disadvantages: None!

The first thing I thought when I watched this film was how good Jennifer Aniston was. It was so different from things she normally does (there's no comedy in this film whatsoever! And she's nothing like Rachel her character from Friends). The film also starred Clive Owen and Vincent Cassel who were both excellent. Clive Owen plays a bored married man (Charlie) who plans on having a one night stand with Lucinda (Aniston) in a run down hotel, however ... Read review

Advantages: Good story, not too long, good cast
Disadvantages: Annoying bits of the story

When we first saw the cover to this I thought oh no not another love story. How wrong!! Clive Owen(Charles) is running late to catch his train in the morning and ends up boarding the later train- only to realise he forgot to buy a ticket and wih no money in his wallet is approached by the ticket inspector. Trying to explain why he hasnt any money ,Jennifer Aniston (Lucinda) speaks up and pays for his ticket. Charles then goes over and starts speaking ... Read review

Advantages: Great Cast, great Storyline
Disadvantages: None

saw the cast and expected it to be a rom com but read review and thought id give it a go, how glad am i did, great film keeps you woundering what is going to happen next right down to the end, then when you think you have it worked out something else happens that you didnt expect, Cast of Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassell and Melissa George are all excellent in the roles they play, Jennifer Aniston truly suprised me. Starts off ... Read review