juanmuscle 101 things I learned from Red Eye (2005) - Cynthia does not really like to move provisions from one room to the next. If you want someone dead, make sure to contemplate the most incredibly difficult blueprint on your next journey around the world in 80 days insofar as to make sure to fill it up with the lamest plot devices ever. Bombs live underwater. 11 year old girls riding alone in planes make exceedingly good detectives. Rachel is the most baddass loner loser ever! Windshields stop bullets at a very close range. Cars vs guns , cars win every single time! If you are a baddass hit-man or whatever, cute milf scarfs go well with pen holes in the throat. Cillian Murphy, although an incredibly gifted thespian, suffers from stumbling a lot. In Terminator Arnold the robot takes leave to repair his broken robot parts, however Cillian can lumber about bearing moribund wounds whilst trying to seek petty revenge in a suburban home with the cops on the way. Cynthia had a good night save for the incredibly bad movie she just happened to accidentally be in.

one-nine-eighty I caught this film late one night on terrestrial TV and it wasn't actually that bad, it kept me entertained at least and I was curious how it would pan out - even if the stars of the film were ignoring my drunken shouted recommendations for a better escape/resolution ;)A resourceful hotel coordinator (I think that was her job??) played by Rachel McAdams is taking a red-eye (all night) flight, before boarding the flight she meets a young charming man (Cillian Murphy) who seems to be interesting enough to talk to, less annoying than the other passengers at least. To me, it seemed like the man was a bit creepy stalker weirdo (which Cillian Murphy plays really well FTR) but but despite lots of strange coincidences between them, this doesn't alarm McAdam's character, Lisa. As the voyeur it's my job to get more information from the situation for my journey, so of course McAdams shouldn't be clever enough to pick up on the threat and there is a threat. It's not until they are both stuck on the plane that the truth comes and the truth of the matter has far hitting consequences. A quaint and harmless little suspense movie which is date night friendly. Not an out and out original plot but Wes Craven delivers a Hitchcock-esque suspense filled with clichés that you can just sit back and leave you brain at the door for.

Tweekums Protagonist Lisa Reisert is a hotel manager who is returning to Miami after attending her grandmother's funeral in Texas. As she waits for her flight she gets chatting to Jack Rippner, they share a drink then she is pleasantly surprised when she finds they have adjoining seats on the plane. She isn't pleased for long; as the plane takes off he tells her that their meeting was no coincidence; he had been monitoring her for some time because of her job. He needs her to contact her hotel to change the room allocation for one of their guests; the director of Homeland Security, who is visiting Miami with his family. He makes no secret of the fact that he is an assassin and tells Lisa that she has a choice; she does exactly what he says or an associate of his will kill her father. She delays as long as she can but eventually makes the call and has the room changed… now she will have to find a way to save both her father and the Director of Homeland Security and his family.Too often a film like this would be stretched to two hours and have a variety of unnecessary twists; director Wes Craven didn't do that; he kept it short and once we have learnt what Jack is doing there are no real surprises. He doesn't even waste time trying to explain why the Director of Homeland Security is being targeted… Lisa doesn't need to know so neither do we; all anybody needs to know is that if she doesn't do as she is told her father will die; it's that simple. Rachel McAdams does a solid job as Lisa making the character believable and Cillian Murphy is suitably disturbing as the apparently charming Jack; the rest of the cast, which includes Brian Cox and Jayma Mays, are pretty good too. Clichés of the genre are nicely avoided; I was sure Jack would kill at least one person on the plane but the worst thing he did to any of the other passengers was steal a book. There are of course some rather unrealistic details… at one point Jack head-butts Lisa hard enough to knock her out for half an hour but when she wakes she merely has a mild headache rather than a serious concussion! As the story approaches its conclusion the action is increased and we get explosions and finally a taut final confrontation between Lisa and Jack. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to anybody looking for a decent, but not overly long, thriller which is tense without containing any really disturbing material.

Cean E. Lumbaca I've known Wes Craven through his iconic films such as Scream and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Red Eye for me came as a surprise. Although shallow, the film had me at the edge of my seat. The last few moments of the movie were thrilling. It was a breath of fresh air for Craven to direct a film like Red Eye. I also like the movie set inside an airplane, at the airport, and in the hotel - I come from the hospitality sector and this film is somewhat a good vibe to me seeing those places.Cillian Murphy's acting is great and intimidating. He's mysterious and manipulative. On the other hand, Rachel McAdams is also okay but I think she needs more practice when it comes to thrillers because she's known for comedies and chick-flicks. Overall, the movie is terrific.