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Derailed, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Derailed
Year: 2002
Director: Bob Misiorowski
Rating: R
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: Spanish

Stars:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Tomas Arana
Laura Elena Harring
Susan Gibney
Lucy Jenner
Jessica Bowman

Plot:
A train rockets across Eastern Europe. On board are agent Kristoff (internation action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Galina (Laura Elena Harring, John Q.), a beautiful high-tech thief. Holding the passengers hostage are a band of terrorists who have come to steal the bioweapon hidden on board. With the train out of control and on a collision course for danger, Kristoff becomes a one-man army taking on the terrorists and trying to save the ives of everyone on board.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
OK... I woke up this morning feeling a little down and missing my mother. It has been about 6 months since she passed away now. Because of this... this morning I felt like watching something I new she would have enjoyed watching. And one of her favorite movie genres was Martial Arts. So I went into her collection of movies (now mine)... and I picked this one. I picked it for two reasons. First because I never seen it before. And also because my mother absolutely loved Van Damme movies.

The first thing I noticed when I started this movie is that it was full framed.  I found this weird and looked at the case to see it says it has both. I knew it was only a single sided disc... so I thought I missed the selection. So I stopped it and restarted it. And it was hard to find... usually I see this either when I hit play or before the menu. But on this disc it is actually in the set-up menu. While this makes sense... I think it is actually the first time I seen it done this way.

The movie itself is OK... but definitely not one of his best I just didn't find the storyline all that interesting... and it seems pretty much like if you seen one Van Damme movie... you basically seen them all. I mean sure.. there is some exceptions of movies of his that I really enjoyed. But it seems a lot of his newer stuff has been sub-par lately. After watching this movie... I thought back to when my mother watched this one... and I now remember when I asked her what she thought of the movie... she kinda gave me a funny looking face and said "ehhhh, it was OK I guess". I wish I remembered that earlier... I would have picked something else I got from her collection.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on April 17th, 2010)

Chiko, a review by Silence_of_Lambs

Summary:My Thoughts:
This was nearly a blind-buy, never heard of this film until I saw the trailer. I bought it because it was shot in my hometown and the concept looked very promising.
The film is a classical Buddy-Thriller with not too much surprises, it still gives this genre some new perspectives.
What makes this film special is the extremely good and intense acting, which is virtuously supported by a highly ambitioned photography.
A great piece of German cinema, that shows that not all good flicks from here have to be comedies.
An enthralling movie which deserves much more attention.

My Rating: (out of possible 5)



(From Michael's random reviews on November 12th, 2010)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: The combined fleet attacks the Dominion. It's a brutal battle with many losses but the Dominion has made a fatal mistake. In retaliation for Damar's sabotages the Jem'Hadar destroyed an entire cardassian city and now the cardassian ships on the front switch sides. The Dominion has no choice but to retreat to Cardassia Prime but they are followed and they have nowhere else to go. On the ground the rebels around Damar, Kira and Garak decide to storm the Dominion Headquarters and after a bloody struggle they manage to capture the female Founder. But the ships in orbit will fight until the bitter end. Or they would if Odo wouldn't have made an offer the Founder couldn't resist. He offers the cure for an unconditional surrender. The war is over.
But not on all fronts. Winn and Dukat have managed to awake the Pah-Wraiths in the fire caves and they will bring destruction to the galaxy if Sisko doesn't stop them. And he will.

And that's the end of the story: Martok is the klingon chancellor. Rom is the Great Nagus. Damar has fallen in battle. Garak has killed the last Weyoun and has finally ended his exile. The Founder will stand trial for her crimes. Odo will return home and join and heal the Great Link. Worf will become the Federation ambassador on Qo'noS. O'Brien and his family return home to Earth where he will teach at Starfleet Academy. Julian and Ezri are finally a couple. Winn was killed by Dukat who in turn was sent to the Pah-Wraiths by Sisko. Sisko's journey is now over, he has joined the Prophets. And Morn? Morn sits at Quark's bar.

My Opinion: It is a good conclusion to the series although not perfect. There are some thing that bothered me. For example: Even though Weyoun sent out most of the guards, it should be impossible for half a dozen people to storm the headquarters of the Dominion in the Alpha Quadrant. And I wished that Damar would have survived. Cardassia has suffered so much (the Dominion killed 800 million Cardassians in retaliation for their betrayal on the front line) and they need a strong leader now who's willing to rebuild their society and bring change to it. I also didn't like that so many people left the station at the same time: O'Brien, Worf, Odo and Sisko. It really felt like an end and not like "life goes on...". What I really disliked was that Worf wasn't allowed to remember any moment with Jadzia when he recollected his memories about the past four years.
But enough complaining. It was still a good conclusion with many emotional moments (especially the flashbacks).

The Season - My Opinion: This season was not as good as the seasons before but it wasn't as bad as I remembered. One gets used to Ezri over time and the final arc was very thrilling. I just wish they had cut back on that entire Prophets storyline both on Sisko's and on Dukat's side. There should have been a better solution.

But it was fun to watch the entire show again. The characters and the story are great even though the special effects may not be up2date anymore. But the TV world has changed since the mid-90s. Story arc series aren't the exception anymore, they are the rule. Let's see what else is out there...


The End.

(From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon on March 7th, 2009)