Red Eye Movie
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Fear Takes Flight
Red Eye tells the story of a young hotel manager Lisa Reisert who after attending the funeral of her grandmother is on her way back to Miami to make it in time for work the next day. She takes the much delayed Red Eye flight of Fresh Air where she meets Jack Ripner. Soon after take off she realizes that she is in fact kidnapped by Jack who needs her in order to assassinate William Keefe, head of Homeland Security. Jack threatens her with her fathers death if she refuses to co-operate. At 30000 feet and nowhere to run, what does she do?
| Rachel McAdams | Lisa Reisert |
| Cillian Murphy | Jackson Rippner |
| Brian Cox | Joe Reisert |
| Jayma Mays | Cynthia |
| Laura Johnson | Blonde Woman |
| Max Kasch | Headphone Kid |
| Angela Paton | Nice Lady |
| Suzie Plakson | Senior Flight Attendant |
| Jack Scalia | Charles Keefe |
| Terry Press | Marianne Taylor |
| Robert Pine | Bob Taylor |
| Carl Gilliard | Taxi Driver |
| Mary Kathleen Gordon | Airline Representative |
| Loren Lester | Irate Passenger |
| Philip Pavel | Dallas Ticket Agent |
| Wes Craven |
6.60 out of 10 (33294 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Get ready to board the Red Eye with master creep Cillian Murphy and "Scream" master Wes Craven
posted on 28 Aug 2009I really liked this film it felt like it had the right length for a thriller, it wasn't too short but it didn't drag on either. I think Cillian Murphy is a great actor this I knew already and I loved him in "28 days later" and he is now slowly creeping up my list of favorite actors. I knew he could play a bad guy because I saw him in "Batman Begins" but the villain he would play in Red Eye was on a whole different level. at the beginning of the film we see Cillian's character as this charming and funny guy, who seems to always help people and and has a very intelligent mind. however when him and Rachel McAdams's character are on the plane things take a very sharp turn for the worse and soon we see this charming lovable character turn into something ugly and he soon shows his true cover. when I first watched this film I really didn't want Cillian's character to turn out evil (even though I knew it was coming) I felt like shouting at the screen "NO CILLIAN DON'T DO IT!" its a nice little addition to the Thriller genre and Wes Craven does a great job directing this film. there are however a few bits in the film where you'll find yourself saying "why doesn't she just do this or that?" but some exceptions have to be made in thrillers. But thats no different to most horrors and thrillers, we always ask these questions and say we'll do things differently if it was in our case. If you enjoy Thrillers then this is a film you simply must see or add to your film collection. it has a simple plot that however as a few unexpected twists and turns that'll keep you switched on and will cause to to be anxious to see what happens next. Cillian Murphy's performance as a creepy mysterious character is done perfectly and Rachel McAdams's gives us the true face of FEAR. This great small thriller deserves 7/10
Kick ass
posted on 24 Aug 2009RED EYE is this year's best action flick, 85 minutes of non stop folderol as a gal (the delectable Rachel M. of "The Notebook") on her way home from a family funeral runs afoul of a guy (Cillian Murphy) who is actually a wet contractor who uses her to set up a government official for a hit. What he fails to count on is this seemingly demure young lady's ability to hold her own in the face of duress, and she gives him plenty of what-for before the knockdown, drag out climax. Details don't matter here. Character and dialog do, and this tight little film has oodles of both. Rachel M. and Cillian Murphy are more than up to the task of keeping us on the edge of our seats as they battle back and forth, with most of the film taking place aboard a plane, the camera tightly focused on the two leads. What initially looks like a poor man's remake of AIRPORT 95 actually takes us in an entirely different direction about halfway through, thanks to an intelligent script and devious, masterful direction by Wes Craven, who many years ago gave us "A Nightmare on Elm Street," followed over the years by mostly junk. You are unlikely to believe one minute of what is going on, especially when Rachel M. finally decides to fight back. But by then it won't matter. The film will have crept up on you and completely taken hold of your senses. This is a no holds barred actioner, stylishly put together, and deceptive on the face of it. This is one ride you can definitely go along with, believe you me. If Rachel M. wasn't already a star, she is now. And Murphy, an Irish bloke in real life, is appropriately creepy as the sleepy eyed, unshaven villain. I suspect we will be seeing more of him in the future as well.
Rather oversimplified, but good enough
posted on 24 Aug 2009"Red Eye" is a sort of movie that one can watch and enjoy on DVD at home on a lazy winter evening with nothing else to do. The plot is simplicity itself, but the acting is adequate and there is enough action to keep one interested throughout. It will not strain anyone's grey cells, but neither do several other movies of the genre.Some of the scenes on the plane are far-fetched. It is highly unlikely that in this post 9/11 ear none of the other passengers (except the little girl, of course) or crew notice the heroine's predicament - even when the nasty guy physically assaults her. By the same token, hardly anyone understands what happened when she manages to turn tables on him by stabbing him with a biro(!) and hurries off the plane. But despite these glitches, it is an OK film and worth watching once.
Simple-minded, female chauvinist, pot-boiling crap.
posted on 24 Aug 2009What the hell has happened to Wes Craven? The man who went straight for the raw nerve with Last House on the Left and The Hills have Eyes has seriously gone downhill in the rotten, PC-driven, PG-13 driven Hollywood of today. Studios are afraid to make R-rated movies these days. Not that Red Eye really needs it. But an injection of breathtaking suspense would have really helped this movie along and help us forget the silliness of the plot. If his last movie Cursed wasn't bad enough he continues a downward spiral with this very childish quickie with about as much intelligence as a typical episode of The A-Team (no offence to that great show).The plot is thin excuse for the preposterous events in the film to happen and the political sub-plot is so vague and transparent it almost isn't even there. See if you can swallow this. Some hit-man (Cillian Murphy), part of a larger group, wants to convince a hotel manager (Rachel McAdams) to have a VIP move to another suite so he can fire a rocket at him from the ocean that the suite faces. He does this by cornering her on a late night flight (the 'Red Eye') with the threat of one of his henchmen parked outside her unaware dad's (the brilliant Brian Cox) house waiting to kill him if she does not comply. It's very pointlessly contrived. Why do they not just aim at the VIP from a different position and take him out from his original room rather than stalking and planning to scare a hotel manager for 8 weeks? Sixty minutes of this eighty-five minute film is spent on so-called 'mind games' with McAdams and Murphy trying to outwit each other on the plane. It's not thrilling and Craven fails to add any sense of hard edge or unbearable tension to it. Marco Beltrami's intrusive score never lets any scene speak for itself. McAdams and Murphy give half-hearted performances, totally aware that they are starring in a generic, mundane film. Brian Cox is completely and utterly wasted in a thankless role that requires him to do no more than sit around in a living room speaking single-word lines of dialogue. I can only assume he had a credit card bill to pay off that starring in this bore would settle.The subtext of the oppressed McAdams fighting back against Male tormentors is obvious and actually quite labored. How many more movies must we sit through where females face great (male-driven) opposition and pull through by relying on sheer women-only courage. In the last twenty-minutes McAdams does nothing but beat-down and mutilate Murphy. Fair enough he head-butted her and choked her a bit, but this part is played down and forgotten quickly while Craven makes a point out of Murphy's pain and suffering. I understand that women are easy to feel sorry for in movies (a bit sexist and narrow-minded if you ask me-but hey...I hate PC) but I would like to see a film where a man fights back at a woman who has made his life hell. It does happen in real life you know. But men are worthless according to films like this. And I'm not being homophobic but am I registering some subliminal gay relationship at the end? Red Eye pretty much fails at everything it sets out to do simply by having a weak script and tepid direction. The teeny-bopper crowd, that this film was undeniably made for, may get a kick out of it but us older and wiser viewers who have been around long enough to appreciate Craven's stronger work will be seriously disappointed. It's worth pretty much none of your attention or hard-earned cash, but at least it's better than Cursed.
Nothing there
posted on 24 Aug 2009This movie doesn't do anything. The plot is incomplete (who are the villains who want to kill the one homeland security guy and why exactly do they want to do it), unrealistic (why would these high-tech assassins base their plans on one woman being able to change the room, and why would the homeland security guy trust in a twenty-something hotel manager and not check into the room switch any further), and predictable. We knew that Lisa would a some point turn into Superwoman, and cleverly escape the clutches of the evil Jack. We knew that there would be a showdown between Lisa and Jack, ending with Lisa's victory, and Jack's violent demise. We could assume that the family of the homeland security guy would be safe. We knew that in the midst of severe trauma the ordinary people would come up with "witty" remarks. There were no surprises in this movie. The characters are as deep as a pool of rain water. The actors do a decent job. They just have nothing with which to work. The action is predictable and ridiculous. I am not sure why this movie was made. It did nothing.
The Red-Eye to Thrills and Chills (Yuk, Yuk, Yuk)
posted on 20 Aug 2009Red Eye is a completely preposterous film, but at least it doesn't let on. Wes Craven, the man who pounded the last nail into the coffin of the slasher genre with his self-referential, sarcastic Scream movies, has returned cheerfully to the arena of the straight thriller, and demonstrates that, even in this era of winking knowingness, it's possible to unspool a hopelessly implausible, silly yarn in an honest way, to put across a load of hooey without feeling the need to let the audience in on the "joke". Red Eye is another variation on that tried-and-true movie formula of the imperiled woman discovering her survivalist onions. Cute, plucky Rachel McAdams plays Lisa, a hotel concierge, who's on her way home to Miami after attending her grandmother's funeral in Texas. While waiting for her delayed flight to finally take off, Lisa meets the vaguely creepy Rippner (Cillian Murphy), who buys her a drink at a Tex-Mex place at the airport and talks her up a bit, never letting on that he's actually an international assassin hired to kill a controversial U.S. Senator, and that his convoluted plan requires Lisa to pull strings at her hotel and get the Senator put in a different room. This all comes to light later on when the two are seated together on the plane; Rippner lets Lisa know that her father will have something nasty done to him should she fail to co-operate with the evil plan, and that he wouldn't appreciate any attempt on her part to weasel out of the affair. This is an ungainly set-up to be sure, but Craven has developed considerable chops since his days as a rank exploitation man, and handles it all pretty smoothly. Craven understands that the essence of suspense is character; the more we identify with the lead, the more we'll be drawn into the story, and the more effective the suspense routines will be. He's lucky, then, to be blessed with Rachel McAdams, who is instantaneously engaging, and gives off no movie-star vibes or anything else that might get in the way of our rooting for her. What makes Lisa so likable is her proficiency; we know right off the bat that this is no one to be trifled with, that even a heartless manipulator like Rippner is going to have his hands full. Some may take issue with the idea that a simple hotel concierge could engage in a successful battle of wits with a guy who makes a living carrying out highly sophisticated assassination plots and other nefarious deeds, but I say why not? Lisa is clearly used to thinking on her feet, handling complicated logistics, and dealing with people who may or may not be psychotic (she works at a swanky hotel after all). The movie works because it doesn't expect you to take all this very seriously; it's not a hard-sell movie, all jacked up on stylistic steroids, but a goofy thrill-ride where half the fun is in recognizing how improbable the whole thing is. A lot of today's young, hot-shot directors could take a lesson in how to lighten up and enjoy oneself from Craven, who not only knows every trick in the book, but knows how to whip them out without stumbling all over himself.
Stupid hunk of Hollywood garbage
posted on 20 Aug 2009Spoilers in this review, but trust me, this review is probably more entertaining than the movie.This movie is so incredibly stupid and makes so little sense you will find yourself smacking yourself in the head at how ridiculous it is! 1) Why the hell does cillian murphy's character take the most ridiculous way possible to go about this? He has to assinate this government official, so what does he do? He says he trails Rachael McAdams character for 8 weeks to learn her patterns and what she does - why? Becuz she manages the hotel the government official is staying at and he can use her to change the government guys room to enable the assignation to go forth. Does this make ANY sense!??!?!?! Why the hell didn't he just do the assignation is that 8 week period?? And how would he know her grandma was going to die, for her to be on a plane so he could arrange himself sitting next to her, so he could blackmail her into changing the gov't guys room!?!?!?! Its so convulsing stupid! Why couldn't he just find her on the street or something, put a gun to her head, and make her change the room arrangement?? OR any of a MILLION more believable plausible possibilities.2) When they get off the plain, WHY THE HELL does't she run TO security instead of AWAY from security? She has NO motivation for this behavior, its insane!! Then, at the end, why the hell would she go to the hotel after all that? Wouldn't the cops want to talk to her??? And she would be in such a good mood she could literally laugh everything off????? I know Hollywood is trying to put women into strong roles, and thats great, but the problem is all movies like this and 'flight plan' (which was actually worse) prove is that women can be incredible stupid action stars just like men. Yes, 'suspension of disbelief' is fine for movies, but there are limits!! And 'Red Eye' wipes its anus on those limits.
A Pleasant surprise - a jewel compared to the normal Hollywood garbage
posted on 18 Aug 2009I rented Red Eye because I had three free movies coming. Two for the Money was pretty darn good.. Shooting Gallery sucks.. but Red Eye was a terrific movie.. It shows what a little class can accomplish. It is a totally entertaining movie, has great moments and good moments and better still, for the most part, it keeps the viewer interested. Cillian Murphy as a bad guy did not fit because he does not "look" the part, but as it progressed he convinced me. Rachel McAdams was great. Okay, so I do not buy the little woman beating up on the bad guy and almost winning bit, but then Murphy should not be that hard to beat up on. Sorry, that wasn't nice. This is probably one of Wes Craven's best and I'm sure it will not get the recognition it deserves from the pseudo-intellectuals, read that elitist snobs, but I'll recommend to everyone I know. Great job guys.. thank you for keeping the language as clean as you did.
Ummmm......
posted on 18 Aug 2009I wanted to like this. I generally love Wes Craven. I generally love suspense. And while this was (as many others here are calling it) "an action packed thrill ride". It was a very flawed movie.I did enjoy it. It's not by any means unwatchable, but it is implausible to the point where I couldn't stop laughing at the insane twists by the end of the film. Unfortunately, since the first 2/3 or so of the film were set up so well - very gritty, realistic, suspenseful, and very evocative of helplessness, that made the last part of the movie that much stupider. Suddenly we've gone from a creditable Hitchcock pastiche to a Warner Brothers cartoon. If it had been goofy all the way through, it would have been better than switching styles in mid-stream.Also, while I like Wes Craven, he's got some serious issues - for one thing, the main two characters look AND ACT almost exactly like Sydney and Billy from Scream, and the dichotomy (she good/he bad) is identical, it just becomes clear a lot earlier. Wes needs to play with his own stereotypes and make a BAD brunette GIRL for a change.SPOILERS BEGIN Again, the first two-thirds of the movie is a reasonably good thriller - he says he has a man ready to kill her dad unless she calls the hotel she manages and moves the head of homeland security to more assassinatable suite. That's quite a good plot. There are even some excellent twists as she tries to get a message to SOMEONE that there is something wrong.But once the plane lands, she suddenly turns butch, escapes, steals a car, makes phone calls, saves the head of homeland security, gets home, saves dad, runs over killer. OK, that part was even interesting, but not very believable. This is when Hitchcock suddenly turned into THE TRANSPORTER.And, of course, "Jackson Rippner", the guy from the plane, shows up at her house. (I can sort of buy that, he's checking to see if his guy succeeded...) EXCEPT that she stuck a pen in his throat on the plane (apparently hitting the exact tracheotomy place, not a vein - bummer). And now it's PERSONAL. This is when the movie turns into TOM & JERRY.Suddenly it's the standard Nightmare on Scream Street chase through the house, blah blah blah, knocking him on the head with vases, blah blah blah, and he just keeps coming. He's NOT a supernatural creature or two guys who trade off and can rest between getting kicked in the head! They should have SHOWN a point where he took some PCP - that would have made it a teensy bit more believable. How many people do YOU know who would even get up again with a pulled muscle and chase after an ice cream truck when they were starving, let alone be seriously injured and continue going after the person who injured them? Not to mention, if he's a professional terrorist/ assassin/ whatever - he wouldn't come after her, to her house, while injured - it's not plausible in ANY world. He would come to her house three months later, after he healed up and she got lazy, and he would kill her AND her dad in the middle of the night. That's "assassin personal". Happily Ever After, blah blah blah...
Entertaining if unlikely thriller
posted on 16 Aug 2009"Red Eye" is about a young woman named Lisa (played by Rachel McAdams) who boards a flight and finds herself seated next to a charming man named Jack Rippner (Cillian Murphy).I knew little about the movie from its original trailer, which passed itself off as a supernatural horror film (with the glowing red eyes and title and Wes Craven being attached to it), however the movie is a surprisingly human and down-to-earth thriller - a bit like an old Hitchcock movie, it doesn't take itself too seriously, is well-directed, intelligent and really zips along at breakneck speed.The performances are all good and Murphy (fresh off Batman Begins) plays yet another eerie, creepy bad guy. Rachel McAdams (Wedding Crashers) is a revelation and manages to do exactly what so many actresses fail at in thrillers these days - come across as realistic.The movie is not brilliant by any means, but isn't pretentious or cloying. It's quick, it's clever, and it's never insulting. It is classy, has good-direction and really surprising performances. I wouldn't want to watch it all the time but it was a nice distraction from the noise of this year's blockbusters, being the rare, timid - but equally exciting - white-knuckle thriller.
Implausible does not describe; stupid would be a compliment.
posted on 12 Aug 2009THE PLOT: Hottie needs to make a phone call or her dad gets whacked.While I love watching this leading lady on screen(She's hot) nothing is going to make up for this ridiculous script. We all know that with the hyperactive level of "homeland security" that none of the airport scenes are even slightly believable. More true to life would be both of them being shot dead by air marshalls while they were running around inside the airport.I also found the entire premise to be idiotic and found myself wondering why I should care what happened next to these 1-D characters. The various plot twists flew directly in the face of any logic. The level of creativity was par with a 12 year old girl.This is a good movie for what I call the Cosmopolitan crowd- girls who read Cosmo without enough brain cells to separate implausible and stupid plot developments from the real thing.The villain looks as dangerous as one of the Beatles and usually seems like he is wandering around trying to find a barber because his hair keeps falling in his eyes.This is schlock, it's the chick flick version of an action movie and is just super stupid on all counts.
A must see.
posted on 10 Aug 2009I saw an advanced screening for this movie tonight. I absolutely loved it. The movie kept me on the edge of my seat all night. Cillian Murphy is extremely creepy as the villain. For those of you who have seen Batman Begins, his character was much scarier in this film. He played his character very well. The scariest "bad guy," I have seen in awhile. Rachel McAdams was great. Everyone in the audience laughed, gasped and cheered at the same time, as if we were on cue. The suspense is held through out the movie. THe amazing part is that the end was not anti-climatic. I was not disappointed in the end. I felt satisfied. The trailer does not do the movie justice. The movie is much better than the trailer indicated. Do not wait for this movie to come out on video. Go see it. Although, I did not have to pay to see this movie, I would have gladly given 10.75 to see it. Enjoy!
Well-honed flight into fear . . .
posted on 06 Aug 2009Director Wes Craven, of Scream and Nightmare on Elm Street fame, takes a break from the horror genre to make a straightforward thriller – and keeps us on the edge of our seats for the 85 minute ride.Red Eye hinges on a late night flight and in particular two passengers, who seemingly meet by coincidence but in reality are part of a deadly agenda. The film starts with a dizzying sequence of events – a stolen wallet, a case of frozen fish being dumped, irate customers at a top hotel, and a hotel supervisor (Lisa) hurrying to the airport whilst juggling calls between a panicked receptionist on one line and an overprotective father on another.It comes as a welcome deep breath when the much delayed flight is sorted out and Lisa is being relaxed and charmed by a nice guy she keeps bumping into during the wait. By the time they take their seats and, surprise surprise, she's been allocated a seat next to nice guy Jackson, we are starting to think he's a bit too good to be true. He even calms her fears of flying during take-off, but at 35,000 feet his deadly game of menace and blackmail is revealed as more than just banter. Lisa has to use every ounce of her trammelled courage and well-parried wits to prevent horrible endings on both a personal and a public level.From a remarkably simple premise, Craven keeps in suspense for the whole flight, and we sympathise with Lisa's impossible moral dilemma. Only when we get to the last scene do we recognise that Craven is on more familiar territory with a predictable cat-and-mouse, but it's been such a thumpingly good knuckle-biter, who cares? Red Eye is a well delivered suspense story, unpretentious and engaging. It will hardly go down in history, but makes for a good evening's entertainment.
Wes Craven's...
posted on 04 Aug 2009Many people have lost faith in Wes Craven. There are directors at his age or more who are able to carry along very good or even great films, but not him. Considering that his strong point has always been terror and suspense, anyone can assure that there won't be another "Nightmare on Elm Street" and that "Scream" is now in the past."Red Eye" is the latest example that shows us the man still calls the shots; even if these aren't good at all (which isn't the case either). First of all, it's not the same putting the brilliant but not contemporary Christina Ricci in the title role of a film ("Cursed", last year) than putting the recently Golden Globe Nominated Cillian Murphy and the rising young and beautiful talent Rachel McAdams; both of the actors who make "Red Eye" work.I wonder if it had been the same with another couple of actors and I also wonder how the filmmakers did to get to a conclusion that made them hire these two. Anyway, you know how I feel about McAdams; she can be great in great movies ("The Notebook") and great in not so great movies ("The Family Stone"). With a measured and controlled performance in "Red Eye", McAdams achieves a very unusual level of versatility for an actress with less than 10 films.Cillian Murphy maybe older and more experienced on the other hand, but he has also been growing over the last few years. He portrayed the main role in my personally hated "28 Days Later", but he did it with mystery and stile; he played a minimum role in "Cold Mountain" and he did it with conviction; he blew out my mind as the best villain in the last "Batman"; and he amazed me again here.This is not a movie that leaves an impression in people; that's a negative factor. The factor doesn't matter for the people that made "Red Eye" one of the best 100 movies in the Box Office last year; but the truth is that the film has some big problems that prevented it from being a good piece. Its duration ends at 85 minutes, and the picture feels too short.The thing is that it seems short, but forcibly short. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes I say a movie does a lot to get to one hour and a half or a little less; "Red Eye" is obviously a film with a weak premise and it obviously would have lasted less but an event after the main flight makes it longer, and sadly also makes it more boring.Even with all of this taken into account, I watched the film while I was sleepy, and I was hoping to fall asleep, but it managed to keep me awake; fact that proves "Red Eye" it is an entertaining ride. The chemistry between the two leads is the main factor, because there's hardly anyone else in the film (Brian Cox doesn't even count); and the only full-length screenplay by Charles Ellsworth and Dan Foos is the other factor, proposing intelligent conversations and keeping up the timing of the film.Finally, I don't want to bring Mr. Wes Craven down; there used to be a time when people saw a movie like "Wes Craven's something", you know? The man hasn't lost the touch; I know it because I liked "Scream 3" and because "Red Eye" has the suspense and it is simple. The mistake is that is too simple and it seems to have been finished in a hurry.But if Craven sticks to simplicity and reality (not those cheap and lame visual effects), he could be back on track for the sake of suspense and horror lovers.
Craven
posted on 04 Aug 2009Red Eye (2005) *** (out of 4) Intense thriller from Wes Craven about a woman (Rachel McAdams) who boards a plan and soon finds herself in the middle of a political assassination. There's no doubt the film is paying homage to Hitchcock and for the most part is works really well. McAdams is very good in her role as is Cillian Murphy as the bad guy. Running a fast paced 85-minutes also works in the film's favor as Craven uses most of the time to build up suspense throughout. The only problem is the final fifteen minutes when the film stops using its brain and goes for mindless action. Still, this is Craven's best work in years.
Not predictable
posted on 02 Aug 2009I was looking forward to seeing this movie based on the trailers. I figured it would be a good summer film, something light yet full of suspense. Sure enough, it was. But the movie was better than what I expected.There were three aspects to the film that I found made it work really well. First, the setting of the movie was done so well. In the context of airlines cutting back on expenses, and service not being what it used to be, and passengers disgruntled, the movie portrayed current air travel in an almost farcical manner, and it was quite entertaining. Secondly, the casting of the villain was a key factor in the film's success. He looked like a wholesome pretty boy, or the boy next door. That worked better than if he had been made to look evil, since often in the news, serial killers or rapists, etc., are like the boy next door. This character's wholesome looks made the scenario on the plane really creepy. The one other thing in this movie that lifted it from being simply a thriller to being a really good thriller is that I did not know how the heroine was going to save the day. In the movie trailers, the movie is set up as having a female on board a plane being told that unless she cooperated with the villain, her father would be killed. I therefore went to the film figuring the movie would be about how the girl got herself out of that situation. Throughout the film, I did not find her efforts to be predictable. And when she did try to escape from the situation, I did not immediately guess how the villain was going to spoil her efforts. That made the film so much more enjoyable than if it was predictable. It made it a thrilling ride.I came out of the movie feeling satisfied. I think the box office receipts will be boosted by word of mouth promoting of this film by people who have seen it.
To see it but still missing something
posted on 02 Aug 2009The movie have a good plot but no action that it would suppose to have the actors have more than that to make or to perform it should had more than the freaking looks if Jackson(Cillian Murphy)i don't know but there is something missing in this part of Jackson (Cillian Murphy) there was more thrill and horror than that.Rachael McAdams was doing good she was doing her home work she studied very well for that part but the movie drama didn't gave her much of a choice to help her outcome.I think this movie is missing something that could made it a really great movie that may deserve more credit than that.
not that great
posted on 25 Jul 2009i had high hopes for this movie because of cillian and rachel as actors, but this movie was neither of their best, mostly because the dialogue and plot. although it captivates on the two's chemistry early on, this quickly fizzles out and alas, the sexual tension is hardly relieved. despite close-ups on their reactions, the camera fails to connect with the muti-dimensionality of the characters. what is up with movies that are so great conceptually and start out strong, but then keep going in order to justify (agonizingly slowly) the foreshadowing in the beginning. it does a lucklaster job in finishing on the suspense, and despite a few good fights between our two leading stars, there is little else to recall in the last hour.
its like citizen kane.. on a plane, without the sled
posted on 19 Jul 2009well let me start off with it wasn't the worst movie i have seen... but it comes certainly close.i had such high hopes for this movie- when a movie is supposed to be a thriller with political overtones, unless it has anyone playing "Jack Ryan" it is going to suck- goodness me had i not seen this movie on a free pass, i would have asked for my money back.wes craven has really lost the edge he had back with uh... nightmare on elm st... the first one...oh this movie was so cliché i like cillian Murphy, but his accent REALLY needed some help- it did place a "i cant tell where the hell he's from"-eire about him...Rachel McAdams, though hot, id never seen in any movies or anything before, she had a twitch, that... I'm sure was part of her character, til the climax of the second act and all throughout the 3rd act, she turned into J.Lo from 'Enough' stereotypical take no guff chick and the best actor in the entire movie, Brian Cox, is credited as "DAD" and the only scene you see him with another person was the VERY END!!!!! granted his talent eclipses everyone else, but he's lost a lot of weight and i heard murmurings in the theatre of "isnt that the actor's studio guy?" this movie saddened me wes should have made it creepier, ir would have worked MUCH more if it were a Dark Castle movie, think of that... a guy with the name of Jack Ripner, on a plane... movie called red eye, and for a while i thought he had psychic powers, i was all "YIPPIE SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT!!" then it was dashed to hell...avoid please save yourself MAYBE watch it if your friend netflix's it
Red Eye is Red Hot
posted on 30 Aug 2009Wes Craven doesn't recall high-class directing as much as basic, by-the-number slasher movies in which all notion of suspense is lost and the killer is a uber-bad guy who can't seem to be stopped. However, every so often there comes a little screenplay that someone of this caliber can turn into gold. A red-eye flight that Lisa Reisert and a terrorist with murder and Lisa on his mind both embark on is the basis of this airtight plot that wastes no time in kicking into high gear once the Meet Cute part -- roughly 30 minutes of the movie -- is over. No explosions here. The action, three parts taking place on a plane, relies on the two actors' performance. Rachel MacAdams (THE FAMILY STONE) and Cillian Murphy (28 DAYS LATER) lock horns into a battle of wills and are on screen for pretty much the entire film. What a wonder it was for me to watch them play into their roles, then get into the meat of the predicament, and face-off in a way that didn't once seem overblown Hollywood-style but had me on the edge of my seat and my right hand curled into a fist all the time. And what a great thing that Craven winks at the audience by playing not only into the fear of flying or the close proximity to such a dangerous character but the little innuendos that recall Alfred Hitchcock at his blackest. RED EYE is sharp, deliciously tense, has the right dose of humor thrown here and there, and packs a wallop of a watch for its compact duration. This is how solid suspense stories are made from.