Other Titles • Derailed • Terror Train (2002) • Death Train (2002)
Synopses for Derailed (2002)
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The ever-limber Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in the entertainingly over-the-top action flick Derailed. The plot has to do with a deadly virus on a runaway train, but that's hardly the point--what makes the movie fly along is the ridiculous yet entirely enjoyable escalation of plot devices: not only is Van Damme on the train to protect a beautiful high-tech thief (Laura Elena Harring, Mulholland Drive), not only is the train hijacked by terrorists, not only is the virus actually released into the train's ventilation system, not only is the engine on fire, but Van Damme's family came on board to surprise him on his birthday and are now being used as pawns by the terrorists. Derailed is also loaded with spectacle: car chases, shootouts, explosions, a train collision, hand-to-hand combat, and Van Damme riding a motorcycle on top of the train--you really couldn't ask for more. Sheer trashy fun. --Bret Fetzer
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Coming off the series finale of FRIENDS, Jennifer Aniston sets out to prove herself a serious actress with DERAILED, a tense thriller that is anything but funny. While the film gives most of its screen time to Clive Owen, Aniston proves, as in THE GOOD GIRL, that she is capable of pulling off a dramatic role. Meeting on a commuter train one morning in Chicago, ad executive Charles (Owen) and financial analyst Lucinda (Aniston) have an immediate connection. Worn down by his job, strained marriage, and a sick child, Charles finds himself drawn to the escape Lucinda can offer. A lunch meeting, followed by dinner and drinks, leads the way to a rendezvous in a sleazy motel, where no sooner have the adulterous lovebirds ripped each other's clothes off than a sadistic thief (Vincent Cassel) breaks into the room and puts them through hours of nightmarish horror. Because of their relationship's illicit nature, the two are unable to go to the cops, and are thus virtually powerless to their attacker's every whim, leaving themselves open to blackmail as he threatens their families and lives. Choosing momentary gratification and the excitement of the unknown over the values he generally holds dear, Charles more than pays the price for his indiscretion.
Playing off his audience's greatest fears, director Mikael Hafstrom creates some scenes so horrific they are sure to haunt viewers for hours after the credits roll. A morality tale of sorts, DERAILED explores the terrible effects of lying and infidelity, while the film's most powerful scenes leave viewers with the paranoid feeling that the only person you can trust is yourself.
(15 votes)
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Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in this international action thriller about a train carrying three vials of deadly viruses capable of fatally infecting millions of people. When a terrorist plot to derail the train and release the viruses is uncovered, he is the only thing that stands between safety and doom for those same millions.
(15 votes)
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A Deadly Virus... Only One Way to Stop It.
A train rockets across Eastern Europe. On board are agent Kristoff (international action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Galina (Laura Elena Harring, John Q.) a beautiful high-tech thief. Holding the passengers hostage are a band of terrorists who have come to steal the bioweapon hidden on board. With the train out of control and on a collision course for danger, Kristoff becomes a one-man army taking on the terrorists and trying to save the lives of everyone on board.
(15 votes)
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A deadly virus… Only one way to stop it.
NATO undercover operative Jack Logan (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has to cut a family vacation short when he is called away for a top secret assignment involving the recapture of a sexy & much "sought-after" international thief, Galina Konstantin (Laura Elena Harring), who wants to get past the Slovakian border and safely into Frankfurt. As Jack & Galina board the train as a "couple", things seem to be going smoothly until all hell breaks loose!
(15 votes)
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