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MOVIE REVIEW
r ‘Red Eye offers mile-high thrills, stellar acting skills
“Red Eye”
Wes Craven
★★★★ out of ☆☆☆☆☆
James Hickson
THE GAMECOCK
It is truly unfortunate that
whoever put together the trailer
for “Red Eye” would have us
believe the film is a frightening
horror flick, because Wes
Craven’s latest film is actually a
rather fun suspense thriller much
like Alfred Hitchcock’s work. In
fact, it’s not hard to see the film as
a twisted-mirror version of
Hitchcock’s “Notorious” —
35,000 feet in the air.
The film stars Rachel
McAdams as Lisa Reisert, a high
class Miami hotel worker, and
Cillian Murphy (late of “Batman
Begins” fame) as the charming
Jackson Rippner (yes, the pun is
intentional). The two are
passengers who meet on the red
eye flight from Dallas to Miami.
They form a mutual attraction,
and it begins to look like the
audience is in for a dull romantic
comedy on wings.
Fortunately for the audience,
first impressions can be
deceiving, as Jackson soon reveals
himself to be an assassin who
wishes to use Lisa as an
instrument in the murder of a
high-profile U.S official.
Murphy, who has been getting
increased attention from
Hollywood as well as from
audiences, truly shines in this
film. Fans might have some
worries about the young actor
becoming a victim of type
casting, however, as this is the
third film in recent memory in
which Murphy’s character is
reduced to a psychotic state.
McAdams’ character,
unfortunately, seems to be little
more than a cardboard cutout of
the typical smart heroine for
much of the film before its
slightly formulaic finale, not
giving McAdams the opportunity
to show off her talent.
Craven takes full advantage of
the sometimes overlooked,
isolated and claustrophobic
nature of air travel. The film also
confines itself to a somewhat
small cast for this day and age,
escalating the isolated,
claustrophobic feel.
The film does have its flaws, as
the tension-filled flight scenes
eventually give way to the
standard Wes Craven finale of the
heroine being chased through a
house by a psychopath with a
knife. The film also seems to jam
its ~ finale with all the
requirements characteristic of
more mundane fare, including a
big gun and a bigger explosion.
Despite its faults, “Red Eye” is
a. fun popcorn thriller worth
seeing for Cillian Murphy’s
performance alone.
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Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy star in the thriller “Red Eye.”
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