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Red Eye (2005)

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Reviews Counted:176

Fresh:138

Rotten:38

Average Rating:6.6/10

Consensus: With solid performances and tight direction from Wes Craven, Red Eye is a brisk, economic thriller.

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Thriller

Synopsis: From director Wes Craven (the "Scream" franchise) comes "Red Eye," a suspense thriller at 30,000 feet, starring Rachel McAdams ("The Notebook," "Wedding Crashers") and Cillian Murphy ("Batman... From director Wes Craven (the "Scream" franchise) comes "Red Eye," a suspense thriller at 30,000 feet, starring Rachel McAdams ("The Notebook," "Wedding Crashers") and Cillian Murphy ("Batman Begins," "28 Days Later"). Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) hates to fly, but the terror that awaits her on the night flight to Miami has nothing to do with a fear of flying. Upon boarding the plane, Lisa is pleasantly surprised to find that she is seated next to Jackson (Cillian Murphy), the seemingly charming man with whom she had shared a drink—and perhaps even a brief flirtation—in the airport terminal. But moments after takeoff, Jackson drops his façade and menacingly reveals the real reason he's on board: He is an operative in a plot to kill the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security...and Lisa is the key to its success. If she refuses to cooperate, her own father will be killed by an assassin awaiting a call from Jackson. Trapped within the confines of a jet at 30,000 feet, Lisa has nowhere to run and no way to summon help without endangering her father, her fellow passengers and her own life. As the miles tick by, Lisa knows she is running out of time as she desperately looks for a way to thwart her ruthless captor and stop a terrible murder. "Red Eye" is directed by Wes Craven and produced by Chris Bender and Marianne Maddalena. The executive producers are Bonnie Curtis, Jim Lemley, JC Spink and Mason Novick. The screenplay was written by Carl Ellsworth from a story by Ellsworth and Dan Foos. --© Dreamworks [More]

Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy

Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy

Director: Wes Craven

Director: Wes Craven
Screenwriter: Carl Ellsworth
Story: Dan Foos
Producer: Chris Bender, Marianne Maddalena, Bonnie Curtis
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC

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Leave it to director Wes Craven... Red Eye is a nail biting, edge of your seat experience, and he does it all in under 90 minutes.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
08/19/05
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
08/19/05
Boston Phoenix
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Book your seat for this one now.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/19/05
E! Online
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It falls apart near the end, but does so in such a fun way that it’s still every bit as exciting and entertaining.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
08/19/05
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

Wes Craven weaves a masterful staging, right up until Lisa and Jackson get off of the plane.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
08/19/05
Jeff Otto
Jeff Otto
IGN Movies

For one tense, nail-biting half hour, it's up there with Craven's best.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
08/18/05
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

The film’s contained setting and solid performances drag it over the top and make it a flight to book and enjoy if not necessarily forever remember.

Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | comment Comment
08/18/05
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Now Playing Magazine

Fanatically intense.

Full Review Source: Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) | comment Comment
08/18/05
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

Begins as a tense, well-written and brilliantly directed psychological thriller.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
08/18/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Almost too happy to be your standard, paranoid, woman-in-peril, audience participation thriller.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
08/18/05
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

A rock-em, sock-em, deliriously fantastic wedge of pop thriller, Red Eye cleanses Craven’s past sins away, at least for the time being.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
08/18/05
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

Most rollercoasters last less than two minutes and you have to wait an hour to ride them. For that I consider Red Eye one helluva bargain.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/18/05
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

McAdams does a wonderful job pulling all of this together to be equal parts scared, vulnerable and tough enough to kick some booty.

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
08/18/05
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

doesn’t fully mine the modern fear of post-9/11 air travel

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/18/05
David Thomas
David Thomas
Filmcritic.com

A single hour episode of the TV show '24' contains more of the kind of suspense Craven was trying for.

Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com | comment Comment
08/18/05
Eric Melin
Eric Melin
Scene-Stealers.com

Wes Craven banishes the memory of Cursed to bring us a lean thriller that's just right for armrest-gripping.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
08/18/05
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

That all-too-rare Hollywood creation: a tightly wound, intelligent, and gimmick-free suspense film.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
08/18/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

There isn't a bit of the plot that is not predictable, but there's always a giddy thrill in seeing someone pop out from behind something where you had not expected him to be.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
08/18/05
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

A relentless heaping of masterfully created full-throttle suspense in a thriller that is as time and story-efficient as it is good, old-fashioned fun.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
08/18/05
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

A movie that, like its heroine, is lithe, limber and quick-thinking. Like a triple latte from the airport Starbucks, Red Eye will keep you awake, jittery and perched on the edge of your seat for pretty much the entire flight.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/18/05
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
 
 
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