Derailed (2002)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Bob Misiorowski

Writers:

Boaz Davidson (story)
Jace Anderson (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 November 2002 (Russia)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

The deadliest disease ever discovered is about to be unleashed on the world

Plot:

On an out of control train holding hostages and high-tech bio-weapons agent Kristoff (Van Damme) becomes...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Virus | Terrorist | Hijack | Female Criminal

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Jacques Kristoff
Tomas Arana	...	Mason Cole
Laura Harring	...	Galina Konstantin (as Laura Elena Harring)
Susan Gibney	...	Madeline Kristoff
Lucy Jenner	...	Natasha
Jessica Bowman	...	Bailey Kristoff
Kristopher Van Varenberg	...	Ethan Kristoff
John Bishop	...	Bob Sterling
Binky van Bilderbeek	...	Angus Riley (as Bernard Van Bilderbeek)
Dayton Callie	...	Lars
Simone Levin	...	Catherine (as Simona Levin)
Sandra Vidal	...	Cynthia
Stefanos Miltsakakis	...	Stavros
Jimmy Jean-Louis	...	Henry
George Stanchev	...	William

Also Known As:

Death Train (USA) (working title)
Terror Train (Europe: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

89 min | USA:113 min

Country:

Aruba | USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bolshevik, Bulgaria

Company:

777 Films Corporation

Trivia:

Jean-Claude Van Damme broke a hand while getting knocked down by a stuntman on the set in the final fight scene.

Goofs:

Plot holes: General Zakev is talking to Jacques on the phone while being in Bonn, Germany. Minutes later he can be seen as being in the Railways Control Center which is in Linz, Austria (established earlier in the film). There is no way the General could have been there in a few minutes as the distance between Bonn and Linz is approximately 700 km.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Holiday (2006)

Title is apt description of Van Damme's career

While not the worst movie Van Damme has ever made, it is nothing more than a mediocre entry into the straight-to-video schlock-fest JC finds himself stuck in.

This is not so much a review of the movie, you can see from most of the other posts that this is an Under Seige 2 rip-off, with a little Outbreak thrown in for laughs. This is more a statement of the dreadful path this man's career has taken. This man was so close to becoming a major action star when he had a major brain fade and did Street Fighter. Every movie of his since has tanked at the box office, even the really good ones. After Universal Soldier 2 rolled around to stink up the box office, all his stuff has gone straight-to-video, good or bad. It is a sad testament. Maybe he should team up with a rap artist and make a movie. Hell, it worked for Seagal's career!

Rent it if you are a fan of JCVD, otherwise skip it.