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Derailed
- Review Date: March 20, 2006
- R
- Genre: Drama
- 2005
Common Sense Media says
Unimaginative, dumb thriller is too much for kids.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie is premised on an adulterous affair. It includes frequent images of bloody violence: a shooting, several stabbings, fist fights, and the start of a rape. Characters smoke and drink, curse frequently ("f--k" in various forms, "s--t," slang for genitals). Characters lie to each other incessantly, and the hero's triumph is based in a lie that he agrees to keep secret with the detective. References are made to a daughter's illness, with images as well of her injections and a difficult-breathing episode.
What's the story?
Charles (Clive Owen) and his wife Deanna (Melissa George) share a dispassionate partnership looking after their diabetic, occasionally near-death daughter Amy (Addison Timlin). Charles' derailment begins on the commuter train he takes to work, where he meets Lucinda (Jennifer Aniston). Though he knows better, Charles sets up a lunch, they lie to their spouses, and get in a cab. When they meet at a seedy hotel, a thug named LaRoche (Vincent Cassel) busts in their room with a gun, goes through their wallets, beats Chuck, and looks about to rape Lucinda as Charles goes unconscious. Afterwards, Lucinda makes Charles promise not to tell the cops or his wife. He agrees, feeling guilty about the rape. Within hours, LaRoche calls with a blackmail demand. When La Roche asks for still more money, Charles asks ex-con Winston (RZA) to help.
Is it any good?
DERAILED is an unimaginative, ridiculously plotted thriller that begins with a long setup, then devolves even more feebly into silly-plotting. A scheme gone wrong leads to the introduction of a couple of other black guys, dogged and painfully named Detective Church (Giancarlo Esposito), who also happens to be related to Winston, and LaRoche's second, Dexter (Xzibit).
Charles finds his inner thug after he's made what appears to be a series of profoundly wrong decisions. His sudden ingenuity and action heroics hardly make up for the rest of his bad judgment, or the film's ancient moralizing (i.e., adultery is bad).
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the persistent costs of cheating, the ugliness of lying and blackmailing. How do the villains embody threats to the suburban ideal? How does the commuter train/the city represent a site of temptation?
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Very Suspenseful! I love these types of Thriller!
The overall movie was one of the best movies I had seen, probably in my top 10. However, even for a kid my age (15), this is not appropriate for minors under 16 or 17. There is a wide range of violence and gore including sexual violence (rape) but nothing is shown. Two married people commit adultery by having sex in a hotel room. Also the man must pay a man blackmailing him a large sum of money. This happens to be the money he and his wife were saving for years to pay for their cancerous daughters operation. There also is a lot of language including the MF-word as well as the f-word used in a sexual sense. Great movie. The end really made me hate the antagonist even more. Unfortunately, this movie contains adult material and should not be viewed by anyone under the age of 16 even with parental accompaniment.
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This movie shows WAY too much
This movie goes too far. There is just some things no one wants to see in a movie. Grant it, it does try to rectify the act toward the end, but the damage is done!
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good
good movie y did they make it one startr this was pretty good but at times it got a bit boring n language was a big issue
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Although I would not recommend this for young children and many seem to disagree with me, I absolutely LOVED this movie! I loved seeing Jennifer in such a different light and the twists and turns kept me insanely interested. I read a review that said it is not a memorable movie, but I can't stop thinking about it! I really like it even better the next day.
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| Studio: | Weinstein Co. |
| Director: | Mikael Hafstrom |
| Cast: | Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, RZA |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Run time: | 110 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | November 11, 2005 |
| DVD release date: | March 21, 2006 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | strong disturbing violence, language and some sexuality. |
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