Derailed is a film that I have wanted to watch for some time now. I saw the trailer a couple of years ago and thought that it looked like a really interesting film. My expectations unfortunately weren't met, but there is still some enjoyment to be had from the film.
A quick summary without giving too much away. Clive Owen's Character starts an affair with Jennifer Aniston's character. Although things take a sinister turn leaving both characters having to pay money out, if they want their fling to remain a secret. This pushes Owen's character to the limit as he tries to get his life back to way it was by any means necessary.
The set up for the film is very intriguing and I was hooked from the first few minutes. The problems start to arrive in the middle of the film were it just runs out of steam, and the film does two things which we see in most thrillers these days. At every possible option add a twist until the film itself doesn't know which direction its heading, and turn our every day man who we have been following into an action hero. The film thinks its smart by adding in these twists and turns into the plot, and for one or two of the twists it works. By the time plot twist four and five arrive, it just looses all suspense that it had in the earlier parts of the film.
The performances in the film are fine, in particular Owen's. Some of the characters are not necessary, but all of the cast do their best with what they have. The director Mikael Håfström does a good job of making a solid thriller with some moments of suspense and some engrossing characters. The main problem is the script which fails at the midway point.
Not a train wreck by any means, just a disappointing thriller that leaves you saying, "I would like to get off now."
A quick summary without giving too much away. Clive Owen's Character starts an affair with Jennifer Aniston's character. Although things take a sinister turn leaving both characters having to pay money out, if they want their fling to remain a secret. This pushes Owen's character to the limit as he tries to get his life back to way it was by any means necessary.
The set up for the film is very intriguing and I was hooked from the first few minutes. The problems start to arrive in the middle of the film were it just runs out of steam, and the film does two things which we see in most thrillers these days. At every possible option add a twist until the film itself doesn't know which direction its heading, and turn our every day man who we have been following into an action hero. The film thinks its smart by adding in these twists and turns into the plot, and for one or two of the twists it works. By the time plot twist four and five arrive, it just looses all suspense that it had in the earlier parts of the film.
The performances in the film are fine, in particular Owen's. Some of the characters are not necessary, but all of the cast do their best with what they have. The director Mikael Håfström does a good job of making a solid thriller with some moments of suspense and some engrossing characters. The main problem is the script which fails at the midway point.
Not a train wreck by any means, just a disappointing thriller that leaves you saying, "I would like to get off now."