2005 · drama · thriller · music
Derailed
Directed by Mikael Håfström1h 48m2005
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Our read: Derailed (2005) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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