Out of boredom in the holidays I watched the film Derailed, an american thriller. When the film first started I wondered why it was a thriller, as the first half hour of the film seemed like a Rom-Com with two charcters, Charlie and Lucinda falling for eachother after meeting on a train and planning to have an affair. I was truly shocked when the two characters went to a hotel to have their long awaited affair but were interrupted by a gun man who raped Lucinda. Charlie was beaten up and made to feel guilty, he since was blackmailed by the gun man LaRoche who called Charlie and appeared at his house blackmailing him to be given $20,000 and later in the film $100,000. Charlie is forced to give over the money as Lucinda is repeatedly threatened and Charlies good friend is shot by LaRoche, the result of this was Charlie having to clear his life savings that were meant to be saved in order to cure his sick daughter suffering from diabetes. After the money is handed over Charlie is finally able to get on with his life, he soon goes to Lucindas work to find her but to his suprise Lucinda is not who she claimed she was with her real name being Jane. Charlie follows her and learns she is with LaRoche and scams men just like Charlie every day.This was a massive twist in the film that really shocked me. The film grew into an action film as well as a thriller when Charlie follows Jane and an unsuspecting man like he once was to the same hotel. He knocks LaRoche out and confronts Jane but LaRoche wakes and there is a shooting match in the hotel room. Everybody ends up dead in the hotel room and Charlie makes a quick escape. The film ends on Charlie teaching a prison English class and to his horror finds a book written by LaRoche about the story of Charlie. Charlie finds LaRoche alive and finally kills him, the burden finally being dealt with.
I thorougly enjoyed this film as it had a massive twist that shocked the audience. The film was effective as the beginning of the film did not leave me thinking something bad was going to happen. I genuinally thought Lucinda was a genuine character and the fact she was in the scam with LaRoche was a big suprise. Charlie who was played by Clive Owen was a likeable character and the audience were rooting for him although he did alot of wrong doing in the film. Overall, I would definitely reccomend this film to anyone who likes thrillers.
Out of boredom in the holidays I watched the film Derailed, an american thriller. When the film first started I wondered why it was a thriller, as the first half hour of the film seemed like a Rom-Com with two charcters, Charlie and Lucinda falling for eachother after meeting on a train and planning to have an affair. I was truly shocked when the two characters went to a hotel to have their long awaited affair but were interrupted by a gun man who raped Lucinda. Charlie was beaten up and made to feel guilty, he since was blackmailed by the gun man LaRoche who called Charlie and appeared at his house blackmailing him to be given $20,000 and later in the film $100,000. Charlie is forced to give over the money as Lucinda is repeatedly threatened and Charlies good friend is shot by LaRoche, the result of this was Charlie having to clear his life savings that were meant to be saved in order to cure his sick daughter suffering from diabetes. After the money is handed over Charlie is finally able to get on with his life, he soon goes to Lucindas work to find her but to his suprise Lucinda is not who she claimed she was with her real name being Jane. Charlie follows her and learns she is with LaRoche and scams men just like Charlie every day.This was a massive twist in the film that really shocked me. The film grew into an action film as well as a thriller when Charlie follows Jane and an unsuspecting man like he once was to the same hotel. He knocks LaRoche out and confronts Jane but LaRoche wakes and there is a shooting match in the hotel room. Everybody ends up dead in the hotel room and Charlie makes a quick escape. The film ends on Charlie teaching a prison English class and to his horror finds a book written by LaRoche about the story of Charlie. Charlie finds LaRoche alive and finally kills him, the burden finally being dealt with.
I've always thought this film was brilliant, Alice! Yay - excellent analysis..
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