Derailed (2005/I)

Director: Mikael Håfström

Cast: Clive Owen as Charles Schine, Jennifer Aniston as Lucinda Harris, Vincent Cassel as LaRoche, Melissa George as Deanna Schine, Addison Timlin as Amy Schine, RZA as Winston Boyko, Tom Conti as Eliot Firth, Denis O'Hare as Jerry the Lawyer, Richard Leaf as Night Clerk Ray, Xzibit as Dexter, Giancarlo Esposito as Detective Church, Sandra Bee as Train Conductor, William Armstrong as Accountant, Rachael Blake as Susan Davis (as Rachel Blake), Catherine McCord as Avery Price Receptionist

It starts so promisingly that thoughts of "Fatal Attraction" even
"Brief Encounter" came to mind but, unfortunately, it degenerates into
a rushed, thoughtless TV movie of the week. I can put up with nonsense
and suspend my disbelief like the next guy but you have to have all the
other elements in place for me to buy whatever it is you're selling.
Here the script gives up a wallop just a the right time and then
pretends to have accomplished its mission when the wallop should be the
beginning of the mission. Clive Owen is a phenomenal actor a true film
creature at a pair with the greatest and the best, although I think he
is overdoing it a bit. He's everywhere. No, Mr Owen, less is more.
Vincent Cassel is terrifying, brilliantly so. Pity that the script
doesn't allow him to become a real character and Jennifer Aniston, what
can I say? Whenever I mention she's not made for the big screen, her
defenders always shout: "Have you seen The Good Girl?" Well, yes, I
have and I was fooled like everyone else. She's not in tune with the
medium, her performances are just that, performances and not
particularly good. Did you see "Rumor Has It"? She's too much of a
personality and not enough of an actress. We'll be seeing re runs of
Friend for years to come. I think that will remain the Jennifer Aniston
that everyone knows and likes.