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Off the Rails

2017 · 87 min

A tense, slow-burning mystery that keeps you guessing as a woman pieces together her fractured past.

Directed by: David Jackson
Genres: Thriller, Tv movie
Starring: Hannah Barefoot, Thomas Beaudoin, Andreas Damm

Tagline: Piecing it together will tear her apart
Overview: A married woman loses her memory after a train accident. As her memory starts to return, she thinks she might have had an affair with a missing man.

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Directed by: David Jackson
Genres: Thriller, Tv movie
Starring: Hannah Barefoot, Thomas Beaudoin, Andreas Damm

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
betrayal
mystery
love
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller, tv movie
Directed by: David Jackson
Written by: Tracy Andreen
Starring: Hannah Barefoot, Thomas Beaudoin, Andreas Damm, Andrea Cirie, Vanessa Kai, Nicholas Baroudi, Campbell Dunsmore, David Anthony Buglione
Music: Aaron Symonds
Cinematography: Denis Maloney
Runtime: 87 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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