Red Eye

Pros: Suspenseful, entertaining movie with good cast.
Cons: Brian Cox was underused. Few unbelievable things. Slow in a few spots.

I first saw a short preview for Red Eye during an entertainment show on television over the summer. I thought that the movie looked interesting and I’ve been waiting for it to open so I could see it. Lisa Reisert was trying ...

Pros: McAdams and Murphy show their star quality, simple story, some dramatic moments
Cons: simple story, an ending some might be unhappy with, too short

Recently, both Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy have been taking foot-holds in an industry that is not always kind to up-and-coming actors. But with McAdam's success in The Notebook, and Murphy doing a great job in Batman Begins, these two look like ...

Pros: Solid acting from Murphy and McAdams; great heroine, creepy villain; fun premise...
Cons: Some of the humor at the end seemed out of place...

There are times you're just in the mood for a quick scare--a fast-paced scary movie to help you sleep a little sounder at night knowing that psycho's nowhere near you. If you're looking for one of those 85-minute frights, "Red Eye" is the movie for you. ...

Pros: Lots of good action.
Cons: Few slow spots at the intro.

Red Eye (2005) is a action drama thriller based on the premise of a young dedicated but lonely hotel manager named Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams), learning that hit man Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy) wants to use her to switch Deputy Secretary of ...

Pros: McAdams and Murphy are great, cool story
Cons: Not all that believable, the third act is too long

Red Eye is an excellent new thriller from famed director Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm Street) and starring Rachel McAdams (The Notebook) and Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later). The previews might have you believe that this is a ...

Pros: When it finally turns into an action/thriller, it performs like an athlete.
Cons: Until it gets there, it's as thin as Vin Diesel's hairline.

Movie genres are as interesting to me as gems to a hassidic diamond merchant, and probably for the same reason: It's not just the material that matters; it's how you cut it. A few years ago, the thriller genre saw the comeback of bare-to-the-bone ...

Pros: Two hot female characters, the movie stays inside the plane mostly.
Cons: Silly third act

You know what they say, less is more. That's how such classics as Duel and Rear Window came to be as celebrated as they are. They are smart movies, but made in such a ...

Pros: simple, clever, suspenseful, taut.
Cons: third act is a bit disappointing, considering what came before it.

Wes Craven's latest film, Red Eye, is a short and sweet genre thriller that succeeds largely on the strength of two strong lead performances and tight, intelligent direction. In a summer full of bloated movies - that fewer and fewer turned out to ...

Pros: Pacing. Dynamics of conflicting themes. Excellent tone.
Cons: Conventionality.

Let's face it: this has been a bad summer for cinema, even for popcorn movies. Granted, I've seen fewer flicks this summer as well, but that blame can largely be pinned on the lack of creative concepts and intriguing trailers. Flying in the face of ...

Pros: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, good acting
Cons: Common thriller movie inconsistincies, why'd they have to smash the jeep?

My husband and I rented Red Eye for our date night movie, and honestly it wasn’t a movie I was hyped up to see when it was in theatres, but is one that is okay for a rental. Hotty Rachel McAdams (Wedding Crashers) plays Lisa Reisert, a ...

Pros: McAdams and Murphy. Genuine suspense.
Cons: Crashes and burns in the final act.

The plane's a Macguffin. That's the thought that was going through my mind after seeing Red Eye. The trailer tries to sell it as being about the airplane. Actually, the airplane is a Macguffin. It's only a prop, a setting for the story. A story ...

Pros: Rachel McAdams; Cillian Murphy; tense face off sequences on the plane
Cons: Some contrived incidents and characters; ending sucks!

"Just when I thought there were no more gentlemen left," a female passenger who looks like Nicolette Sheridan on a red eye flight to Miami says. She's referring to Jack Rippner (Cillian Murphy), who has just helped her store her bag in the overhead ...

Pros: Directing, acting, script.
Cons: ...

Plot Details: This opinion reveals major details about the movie''s plot. It's been awhile since I've seen a good thriller, too. It's time for another classic Tom-Speaker-I-remember-seeing- the-trailer moment. I remember seeing the trailer for Red ...

Pros: performances, screenplay, pacing, set design
Cons: less-than-solid climax

Note: My grade for "Red Eye" stands at 4.5/5, but has been rounded up on the Epinions scale for I feel four stars alone fails to serve it justice. . Here we have a lovely summer gem by Wes Craven, whose earlier film this year Curse was exactly ...

Pros: The Chemistry between McAdams and Murphy, Intriguing Plot, Suspenseful
Cons: The First 15 Minutes

When "the master of horror", Wes Craven, released Cursed last year I was really disappointed. The movie was so bad, I began to think that the genius Craven once was, has died. But I got brand new hope after watching and enjoying Red ...