Review of Derailed

Derailed (2002)
5/10
Action in a confined space is somewhat fun
2 September 2002
Warning: Spoilers
I like action movies in a closed space, like trains, boats, planes etc...if you like that, you might enjoy this. Certainly nothing special, hee! it's JC van D. so LOL, just switch your mind off and enjoy the baddies get it.

Jean Claude plays a, yes, what organisation does he work for anyway? Doesn't matter, a woman spy-like burglar steals a deadly virus for a contracter wich also happens to be JC's hirer. His job: get her on a train to safety running from Slovakia to Munich. There are lots of far better stuck-on-a-train movies but it wasn't that bad. Watch out: GIRLFRIEND SPOILER AHEAD ;).

Lots of things don't work, acting is bad and all that, and the thing that really annoyed me is his family coming on board early in the film to celebrate his birthday!! For Pete's sake! The man has a job to do. WHAT are they doing there! Well, this ensures you can watch this with a lady friend, but I think she will also find it just plain anoying.

Further more, lots of baddies very politely wait for JC to take his badass pose to kick their ass. Nobody seems to think about the AK-47 hanging 'round their neck. I know they can't kill the hero, hehe, but at least give hem a shot....or two ;).

Mostly for Jean Claude van Damme fans but not a very bad action movie. Just don't go to the cinema for it.
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