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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some intense sequences of violence, and language

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Thriller

Theatrical Release:Aug 19, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $57,859,105

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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Until he moves into action territory, Wes Craven keeps the tension tight and mostly avoids big plot holes.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment Comment
08/19/05
Boo Allen
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Strictly B-grade fare, but it has a playful wit and enough genuine tension to make it worth your time and money.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
10/06/05
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International

Taut. Tense. Gripping. Suspenseful. This reviewer hasn't used those words in so long I think I heard the keyboard cough. Nevertheless, they all apply to Wes Craven's Red Eye.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
08/18/05
John Anderson
John Anderson
Christian Science Monitor

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

A classy thriller that scoots along at breakneck speed.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
09/03/05
Paul Arendt
Paul Arendt
BBC

[The film] goes painfully traditional in its last act, but until then it's an extraordinary exercise in claustrophobia: a movie Hitchcock might have made about our 9/11 paranoia.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/18/05
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Establishes a mood and manages to keep it edgy and claustrophobic throughout.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
08/16/05
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Tight and tense. "Red-Eye" delivers the thrills.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
08/25/05
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

Just when you thought that Wes Craven was washed-up, back up he comes like one of the killers in his films, teeth bared and meat cleaver grasped firmly in hand.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Film Threat

Reminds us that moviegoers and air travelers both pack themselves into tight rows of padded seats where they may experience turbulence and even white-knuckled terror...

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
08/25/05
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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

There are enough thrills during the final third to give Red Eye viewers a few of Craven's patented jolts near the end. But it requires forbearance for both a silly script and uneven pacing to get to that point.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
08/18/05
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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This is a sophisticated genre movie, and it's effective on many levels.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
08/19/05
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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this mid-air thriller sees the director not so much soaring to the heavens as merely coasting along on auto-pilot.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
08/06/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film

Wes Craven tries his hand at Hitchcockian suspense in Red-Eye, and turns in a modest B-movie thriller that's just as invigorating as it is easy to pick apart.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
08/15/05
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Wes Craven turns in a tightly wound roller-coaster ride. Intellectually, you know it's improbable, but you can't help but raise your hands when the big drop comes.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
08/19/05
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

Craven pulls off what George Romero couldn't with his "Land of the Dead," namely, successfully widen the scope of his subject matter and patented style.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
08/28/05
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

A terrorist tale with a far-fetched storyline and finale.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/21/05
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

... slick and unpretentious, it wants nothing more than to be this year's Cellular -- and for maybe an hour or so it succeeds.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
08/16/05
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Smart performances (by up-and-comers Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy) highlight Wes Craven's overnight fright.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
08/27/05
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
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