In a controversial case where a hotel manager was implicated in a horrific murder plot by a terrorist while on a flight to Miami. Over time, the hotel manager is threatened with the possible murder of her father, as the criminals have drawn her into a conspiracy to help her captors remove a political man from office.
I'm not claiming masterpiece stature for Red Eye, just a solid professionalism in the acting, writing and direction that seems inextricably related to the modesty of its intentions.
If constructing a thriller could be likened to building a house, then Wes Craven's Red Eye is a perfect piece of architecture: It's clean-lined and soundly structured, without a foot of wasted space or any materials left unused.
It took forever, but the best thriller of summer 2005 has finally arrived. The gripping, seat- clutching suspense in this baby will pin you to your seat.
Film and Felt
September 26, 2009
Works extremely well as a fast-paced adrenaline rush, but not so well as an allegory on today's government and security issues.
The movie turns into a complicated duel that depends on precise observation of physical detail and moment-by-moment continuity so closely calibrated that it's impossible to find a wasted shot or an exaggerated emotion.
The psychological mind-games are played to the hilt, the pressurised cabin air increases the edge-of-the-seat tension and the 85-minute flight time is gratifyingly short.