I've seen it twice, at a distance of ten years. Everything is of great quality, original script, impeccable actors play, very careful direction, professional image, in short, a very good film.

Corporate incompetent even messes up having an affair, and suddenly everyone is in danger.Can a decent script ever find Jennifer Aniston? A good actress, as is Melissa George, but they're both sidelined in this story.Problem I have is this assumes the audience will root for the guy with a parasitic corporate job who's just providing for his family. No - I want to see how and why the con-artists do what they do. Much more interesting. Instead the story creates an us-and-them world, where good people live in big shiny buildings, bad people live in smelly hovels, and the hero must have his implausible way.The twist is hidden, but only in the sense that you suspected it but forgot while the story meandered on for half an hour. The run time is probably ten minutes too long, and the story really does grope for direction after the excellent opening sequences.Really good dialogue, all the actors sparking, but then too much emphasis on the hero. And on and on ... until, "I've made a horrible mistake" - why not throw that line in at the end of the first act, instead of waiting for 80 mins? That way the other characters could have pitched in to the story, instead of having brief wrap-up scenes in the end.

Just writing this to add weight to the fact that this film is seriously underrated. As a couple that watch friends on a daily basis, we were eager to see a serious film with Jennifer Aniston in it. I can honestly say that I never once thought of her as Rachel, Her performance was very surprising for us and was excellent, as were all the rest of the cast, Vincent Cassel plays a Major part in setting the mood of the film, his performance is superb. The plot is great, some people said they knew what was going to happen but we didn't and we watch a lot of films of all types. I would highly recommend that you ignore the low score and give this film a chance, i'm sure you will find it as entertaining and powerful as we did.

Derailed is a psychological thriller that was based on the novel of the same name by James Siegel.It stars Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, Addison Timlin, Giancarlo Esposito, RZA and Xzibit. The film is directed by Mikael Håfström. The story is about Charles Schine,who is an advertising executive that is married to Deanna and has a young diabetic daughter whose third kidney operation has just failed. His life turns a most unexpected corner when he meets Lucinda Harris on a commuter train. Lucinda, who is also married with a daughter, keeps bumping into Charles on the train, and they strike up a friendship that soon grows into something deeper. Eventually Charles and Lucinda meet for lunch, then dinner, then check into a posh hotel, but the consequences turn out to be greater than they imagined; the dangerous criminal Philippe LaRoche breaks into the couple's hotel room, beats Charles nearly unconscious, and rapes Lucinda. The problem doesn't end there, however; LaRoche soon unveils both his certainty that the couple avoided calling the police, and more troubling is his possession of Charles' personal information. When he makes the ill-advised attempt to blackmail the couple, Charles turns to a rough-cut friend from his workplace, who offers to help out for a small commission.This movie is your typical thriller that offers nothing new.The plot is implausible and the twist can be seen way far before the movie ends.It also had miscast the leads as both are likable and unbelievable as capable of doing evil.The only good thing about it is it qualifies as a good Saturday night entertainment.