Derailed

USA 2005, 103 minutes
Dir. Mikael Håfström
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Suspense/Crime

Feat. Clive Owen, Vincent Cassel, Jennifer Aniston

Aroview: Efficient direction and casting propel this familiarly-plotted blackmail thriller, with Clive Owen and Jennifer Anniston playing well-off Chicago commuters who succumb one evening to mutual attraction in a fleabag motel, only to find themselves extorted by a French-accented creep (Cassel).

With an edgy propulsion that rides over some rather average scripting, this achieves a cold-hearted nastiness, with Cassel providing a oily, twitchy villain and Owen, lending his usual compelling emotional ambiguities. Stylish, if a little underwhelming.

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3 stars (Good Enough) A cold and calculated suspense thriller, with some decent performances and interesting moments. Your satisfaction in watching this will likely depend on whether you see the major twist coming. ~Tom H
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2 stars (Good Try) It failed to hold my attention - the characters were uninteresting and the plot routine. ~Tubbs