Wes Craven has been hailed as the 'master of horror', being the director who brought us nightmares from Freddy Krueger in the 'Elm Street' series, and the horror movie ABOUT horror movies 'Scream'. Although his movies usually carry an R rating from loads of gore and violence, RED EYE is a harmless exercise in natural terror.

Rachel McAdams plays Lisa Reisert, a put together yet guarded hotel executive who's flight to Miami has been delayed due to weather. While waiting in line at the check-in, she shows off her people skills in front of the interesting, yet eerier-named Jackson Rippner (the smooth talking Cillian Murphy). They talk. They have a drink together. And it just so happens that they've been sat next to each other on the same flight. Huh. What Lisa soon finds out about Jackson and his plans calls all her emotions into question, and her general actions that have led her to that window seat. What's a girl to do ?
Hold on to your armrest- there's a lot of intense turbulence ahead, as Lisa plays into Jackson's game, and eventually faces her fears.

RED EYE is predictable, enjoyable, slightly cheesy, and thrilling.
McAdam's Lisa is smart, while Murphy's Jackson is equally talented AND unnerving. If these two characters never had inital chemistry, the movie would have been a - well, can't say it on an airplane (bomb !).
But thankfully, the movie is a short 85 minutes of near simplistic b-movie perfection.
Fasten your seat belt and watch this movie take off.

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