Review of Derailed

Derailed (I) (2005)
8/10
It had promise, but lied about its premise.
25 March 2006
Warning: Spoilers
This movie for me was an elaborate joke for the viewer. In the beginning we see a jail scene, with a convict writing the story of the movie, so we assume it was Clive Owens.

Throughout the movie we wonder how he ends up in jail, and we know it would not be fair since he is the victim. Then it turns out we were fooled in the beginning, since in the end he was not really in jail.

I found the plot of this movie ridiculous. He pays a total of $130,000 to a blackmailer because he is too spineless to tell his wife he had an affair, and he would rather spend the money they saved for their daughter's health-care than risk a stranger (Anniston) getting in trouble with her husband.

Clive Owens goes in a matter of months from a spineless sissy to a murderous assassin. I was very disappointed in this movie.
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