Derailed 2002 train movie

Derailed (2002, United States)

Running time: 90 minutes

Language: English

Jacques Kristoff lives a dangerous life taking part in the secret missions to keep the world a safer place. But this line of work leaves no space to have a normal family life. His wife and kids are always far away from him and he can’t spend much time with them. On his birthday he receives a phone call from one of his clients, who has another job for him - escorting vital transport from Bratislava in Slovakia to Munich. Reluctantly he leaves his family behind and sets out to start the mission, but it turns out there are few things he did not expected. For once his cargo is a female high-class burglar Galina, who stole something so important that it can’t be transported through airplane. He joins Galina aboard a train to Munich, but soon discovers that she is followed by very dangerous people. Also his wife planned to surprise him and together with their children she travel on the same train. Things get complicated when she finds Jacques in the middle of the night in one compartment with attractive Galina. But the big surprise is still to come - the cargo Galina is transporting is a deadly sample of biological warfare, so everyone onboard is in danger.

Typical Jean-Claude Van Damme movie full of action scenes, martial arts and not very impressive acting. This time we have the secret agent that deals with the dangerous people, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the biological warfare. The nice twist was to put the action on board of train from Bratislava to Munich, which gave th story a wider range of options, but unfortunately most of the scenes take place at night, so most probably they were shot on some siding tracks or inside the studio. As for the acting, plot and stunts it is very simple and unimpressive production.

Our rating

3.6

/ 10

Film value

/ 10

Train scenes

/ 5

Adventure

/ 5

Scenery

/ 5