Derailed is a 2002 American-Bulgarian action film directed by Bob Misiorowski, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tomas Arana and Laura Elena Harring.
NATO operative Jacques Kristoff (Van Damme) is called back from his vacation, on his birthday, to locate Classy Cat-Burglar Galina Konstantin (Harring), who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous container from the Slovak Government, and extract her to Munich by train. Jacques's physician wife Madeline isn't happy about this turn of events, but sees him off at the train station with the couple's teenage daughter Bailey and son Ethan. What Jacques does not know is that Galina's ill-gotten gain is three vials of SP-43, an ultra-virulent strain of smallpox. A group of terrorists, led by Mason Cole (Arana), intend to hijack the train and steal the virus for their own ends. But standing in their way is Jacques. The virus ends up getting loose in the train's ventilation system. Unfortunately, Jacques's family picked this moment to surprise him for his birthday by secretly joining the train. Jacques becomes a one-man army as he fights to protect his family and the other passengers, and stop Cole and his followers.
Derailed contains examples of:
- Artistic License – Geography: A road sign identifies a crossing of the German/Slovakian border. Germany and Slovakia do not have a common border.
- A Birthday, Not a Break: NATO operative Jacques Kristoff is called back from his vacation, on his birthday, to locate Classy Cat-Burglar Galina Konstantin, who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous container from the Slovak Government, and extract her to Munich by train.
- Camera Spoofing: Classy Cat-Burglar Galina Konstantin spoofs the camera of the research facility she breaks into by plugging her phone into the camera and having it show a loop of the empty corridor.
- Cell Phones Are Useless: The engine compartment is hijacked by two men who take control of the train. They install a cellphone jammer to prevent people from calling authorities.
- Chopper on Standby: Cole's escape plan involves having a helicopter pick him up off the train while it is still in motion. The plan is foiled when Kristoff attaches the chopper to the train and it is dragged into a mountain;turning it into a Hellish Copter.
- Classy Cat-Burglar: Galina Konstantin is a high-tech thief who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous container from the Slovak Government.
- Desperate Object Catch: Galina attempts to take the vials back after Cole opens the case, but the case goes flying. Natasha makes a desperate dive and manages to catch it, but the one of the vials breaks, exposing everyone on the train to the virus.
- "Die Hard" on an X: On a Runaway Train holding hostages and high-tech bio-weapons agent Kristoff becomes a One-Man Army to derail the terrorists and save the lives of everyone on board!
- Evil Is Petty: Cole, who has already hijacked a train in attempt to seize a bio-weapon, picks up a passenger's violin and curiously muses that it's a French model from around the 1800s and then smashes it on the table, for no reason than to show how evil he is.
- Faking Engine Trouble: Galina pretends to be having car troubles to give her an excuse to pull up at the guard hut at the research facility and ask the sentry if she can use a phone to call a tow-truck, before knocking him out while he is distracted. She really sells it by having smoke billowing out from he bonnet as she arrives.
- From Dress to Dressing: Angus rips up his shirt and uses the strips to make cold compresses for Madeline to bring the fever of those infected with the virus.
- Hellish Copter: When Cole tries to escape from the train by being picked up by a helicopter, Jacques clips the ladder from the helicopter to the roof of the train. Unable to disengage, the helicopter is dragged into the side of a mountain as the train passes through a tunnel; exploding in a fireball.
- Hero Stole My Bike: While extracting Galina from the theatre, Jacques pulls a cab driver out of his cab and steals it.
- High-Speed Hijack: Jacques rides up alongside the train on a motorbike and leaps from the bike on to the train.
- Hollywood Glasscutter: Classy Cat-Burglar Galina uses the pre-prepared version to cut a perfectly circular hole in the window of the research facility so she can reach in and connect her Password Slot Machine to the alarm system.
- Kick Chick: Action Girl Galina's fighting style seems to consist almost entirely of kicks.
- Killer Outfit: After separating the locomotive from the remainder of the train, Jacques kills Cole by knotting Cole's necktie to the door of the carriage; causing him to be beheaded as the locomotive accelerates away.
- Laser Cutter: Classy Cat-Burglar Galina uses a laser cutter to cut her way into the safe holding the bio-agent she is stealing.
- Lemming Cops: The soldiers who try to arrest Jacques and Galina at the theatre chase them when they escape, and wind up crashing into a gas station that explodes.
- Made of Explodium: When the bar car falls off the destroyed bridge, it explodes in a fireball. Why an empty train carriage should explode is never explained.
- Mistaken for Cheating: When Madeline discovers Galina in the bathroom of Jacques' cabin, she assumes Jacques is cheating on her and that Galina is an escort.
- Mistaken for Prostitute: When Madeline discovers Galina in the bathroom of Jacques' cabin, she assumes Jacques is cheating on her and that Galina is an escort.
- The Mole: Jacques' handler Lars is in league with Marcus Cole: knowing that what Galina was carrying was an ultra-virulent strain of smallpox, and supplying information to Cole, including what cabin they were in on the train.
- Murderous Thighs: During a fight against one of Cole's mooks, Galina gets knocked to the floor but manages to lock her legs around his throat and choke him until she manages to grab the dropped gun and shoot him.
- One-Word Title
- Password Slot Machine: After using a Hollywood Glasscutter to cut a perfectly circular hole in the window, Classy Cat-Burglar Galina clips one of these to the alarm system and uses it deactivate the alarms.
- Pistol-Whipping: When Jacques is wrestling with Henry, Cole knocks him out by cracking a pistol against the base of his skull.
- Pulled from Your Day Off: NATO operative Jacques Kristoff is called back from his vacation, on his birthday, to locate Classy Cat-Burglar Galina Konstantin, who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous container from the Slovak Government, and extract her to Munich by train.
- The Radio Dies First: After killing the engineer, the terrorists smash the radio in the train's cab.
- Runaway Train: Jacques neutralizes Cole's henchmen in charge of the train's controls. He disables the cell jammer, and puts the real conductor back at the controls. However, the brake lines have broken, preventing the train from stopping.
- Show Some Leg: Galina bends forward and flashes her cleavage to distract the sentry at the research facility before she kicks him and knocks him out.
- Synthetic Plague: Galina's ill-gotten gain is three vials of SP-43, an ultra-virulent strain of smallpox, cultured in fluorescent green serum that contains several other pathogens.
- Teetering on the Edge: After NATO helicopter blows up the bridge to stop the Runaway Train, the detached carriages roll up to bridge and stop with the bar car—where the hostages are located—teetering on the edge of the destroyed bridge.
- Terrorists Without a Cause: Marcus Cole and his gang. After seizing the train, Cole even announces to the hostages that he has no political or religious agenda.
- Thriller on the Express: On an out of control train holding hostages and high-tech bio-weapons agent Kristoff becomes a One-Man Army to derail the terrorists and save the lives of everyone on board!
- Traintop Battle: Jacques fights several battles against the terrorists on top of the train over the course of the movie.
- Underside Ride: After Jacques falls off the train during a Traintop Battle, he grabs hold of an exterior handle and makes his way back by clinging to the underside of the carriages and crawling along.
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