Derailed (2002)

Absolutely Fantastic

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Bad, bad, bad... This a movie with no story, no acting, no emotions and no sense! It is full of really bad and cheesy special f/x... Why do they insist on making something knowing that they do not have the budget to create them properly. It would have been much better to leave them out completely.In other, the story is nonsensical, we never get the whys and hows, the science is completely flawed, its just action for the sake of action... The viewer could not care less what will happen to the protagonists most of the time... In other words, a total waste of time. The only reason it gets three stars is that there are even worse movies out there.

Okay, I watched this movie just to see a motorcycle riding on top of a train, and I'm reviewing it only to say that J-C Van D did an impressive job of acting in the couple of scenes right after he loses his son. Other than that, the acting is second-rate, to be kind (and that includes the woman who plays his wife).I enjoy a movie mainly for plot and clever dialogue. This had none of that, but if action is your thing and acting is not important to you, you might enjoy the ride. The plot deals with biological weapons. Once again, the thugs' cronies have to be out of their minds to give their loyalty and trust. Does money really make you that stupid? These guys never worry that they will not be given the antidote to the germs.Typically, Van Damme is lured back into the spy business for an important job, and he is not convincing to his wife nor the audience why he "just has to." Everything else was just that typical as well.But...I stayed for the whole ride, and didn't end up angry over wasting 90 minutes of my life (but maybe that was just the mood I was in). I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but Van Damme fans, and all of them surely will have seen it.

Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. terrorists on a train with biological weapons figure into the worst film that Van Damme has ever been in. This movie has it all, atrocious acting, sub- par action scenes, crap special effects, a ridiculously awful story line. There is sincerely nothing that can be salvaged from this train wreck of a film. Fortunately, JCVD would rebound with some pretty good films later on, but that's little solace to the poor soul who has to suffer through this dreadful movie. There are truly not enough words in the English language that can properly convey how much I truly loathe this film. Hell, I'm surprised that The Asylum didn't put this one out (yes it's THAT bad)

Oh...yes, this is tragically bad.Every character is so typecast it's overly funny.Routine bad guys just because they have to look that way and act bad.CASTING WAS SO BAD IT'S GOOD.Action sequences and car chases that could have been copied from any other JCVD movie and a plot that is also cut and paste from hundreds before.Was it the fault of the writer? Was it the fault of the director? Was it the fault of the production company and producers? Was it the fault of the actors? Who takes blame for this being so horribly sad and just plain stupidly bad? I will take the blame....me Why? Because I choose to watch it and still excuse myself for doing so...it's my fault.But that's o..because I've watched so many badly made movies lately that I feel it's part of life to watch them.I know and realize that everybody is entitled to make really bad films - so that we can enjoy the really good ones.And this is bad...on so many levels......but there will be better ones to come...however this is one that will be entertaining for those days when you have little else to do.How I wish I was casting this movie...I would have hired even more villain baddies to make it look authentically typecast.