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Red EyeWes Craven Does It Again
2005-09-14
Article Written by: Sami Jo
Believe it or not, the latest film from Wes Craven won't leave you afraid of those late night flights. It won't even leave you afraid of flying. No, Mr. Craven taps into a fear that goes much deeper. Who are the people around us? Who's paying attention to you when you are unaware? How can you tell whether or not the nice person you just ran into has been watching you for weeks or even months? What makes people do the psychotic things they do? Yes, Mr. Craven makes you afraid of the strangers around you: the person standing next to you in line, the person on the other side of the bar, the person sitting next to you on the Red Eye flight.
As Lisa (Rachel McAdams) travels home from her grandmother's funeral, she runs into a seemingly nice man named Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy). They share a conversation, a drink, then find out they are sitting next to each other on their flight to Miami. What a coincidence! Of course anyone nicknamed Jack the Ripper can't be all that friendly. He quickly reveals to Lisa his plot to have a man on the US Security Counsel and his family killed - or Lisa's father will die. While the suspense film is in fact suspenseful, it's not one that leaves you at the edge of your seat.
For Cillian Murphy, it's his second creepy role to come to theaters this summer and he plays it well. This may have been just the right film to come out after "Batman Begins" to bring him further audience attention. However, for Rachel McAdams, this may have not been the blockbuster follow up to her roles in other films such as "Mean Girls" and "The Notebook."
