Red Eye

Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy
Director: Wes Craven


This is prolly the shortest review I've written.

Girl is a hotel manager.
Girl takes the last flight out - the Red Eye – and meets interesting dude.
Romance possibly afoot.
Turns out interesting dude is actually sinister-type-with-hidden-agenda-specifically-involving-hotel-manager-girl dude.

Ten minutes in, it's looking good.
I'm thinking hey, it's Panic Room, but on a plane. (Related aside: Panic Room star Jodie Foster is starring in Flight Plan which is about a woman looking for her kid who goes missing on a plane).
Nice, inventive touches. Lotsa scenes that prove my long-held belief that a resourceful person under duress (or a good writer) can turn anything – anything – can be used as a weapon. I mean, a fucking band aid could be used as a weapon. We're just not thinking hard enough.

Anyway.
It's all very exciting.
Then the plane lands.

This is prolly what happened in the writer's Malibu beach house as he typed away at his 17" G4 Powerbook :

"Shit. It's not a closed space anymore. There's no more time-critical event. Whadda we do now?"

Yup.
You could go through what I did (which wasn't unpleasant).
Or you could save ten bucks.
Your call.



In an attempt to provide added value to my three loyal readers:

• Wes Craven created some of the most memorable horror icons of our time: Freddy Kreuger and the Ghost Face murderer from the Scream Trilogy. He's also written a book named The Fountain Society which I regret buying.
• Cillian Murphy was last seen in Batman Begins as Dr Jonathan Crane aka The Scarecrow. My Art Director hates him. HATES.
• Rachel McAdams starred in Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan. Girlfriend can really run in high heels.