Red Eye (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Actors: Tina Anderson, Brian Cox, Carl Gilliard, Mary Kathleen Gordon, Laura Johnson
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $12.98
Buy Used: $0.01
You Save: $12.97 (100%)
New (95) Used (303) Collectible (4) from $0.01
Rating:  298 reviews
Sales Rank: 11932
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: DRWD94472D
ISBN: 1417065869
UPC: 678149447224
EAN: 9781417065868
ASIN: B000BVM1S2
Theatrical Release Date: August 19, 2005
Release Date: January 10, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Veteran horror director Wes Craven lends his proven talent to the non-horror thriller Red-Eye, turning it into an above-average potboiler that makes the most of its 85 tension-packed minutes. That's a perfect running time for a movie like this, in which a resourceful heroine Lisa (Rachel McAdams, the breakout star of 2005) is trapped on a red-eye flight with creepy villain Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy, even more menacing than he was as the Scarecrow in Batman Begins) who's playing middle-man in the plot to assassinate a Homeland Security official. He's got her father pinned down by a would-be killer, using that advantage to coerce Lisa into phoning the luxury resort where she works and arranging to move the target into a pre-set position. It's a situation from which there is seemingly no escape, but of course Craven and screenwriter Carl Ellsworth find a way to milk the suspenseful dilemma for all it's worth, even managing to wedge in a few intriguing character details to enhance the fast-moving plot. It's still a B-movie, but it's tightly constructed and well-executed by Craven, whose previous films made him a perfect choice to maximize all that Red-Eye has to offer. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
A WOMAN IS KIDNAPPED BY A STRANGER ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT. THREATENED BY THE POTENTIAL MURDER OF HER FATHER, SHE IS PULLED INTO A PLOT TO ASSIST HER CAPTOR IN OFFING A POLITICIAN.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 293 more reviews...
 Tense Psychological Thriller April 23, 2009
Zagethe
SOME SPOILERS INCLUDED.
In this taut suspense-thriller, Murphy plays a charming stranger that our protagonist, Lisa, meets on a Red Eye flight to Miami. Their chemistry is immediate and she finds herself drawn to the attractive guy with the intense blue eyes. The first part of the movie misleads the viewer into letting down their guard and joining in their flirtation.
But their meeting was not happenstance instead it's part of a larger plot involving a political assassination that Murphy's character "Jackson Rippner" (yes, even Jackson is in on the joke) has orchestrated as a "manager" of government overthrows and high profile assassinations.
What follows in the second half is an intense mind game/power struggle between Lisa and her tormentor, all on-board an airplane. This claustrophobic scene plays particularly well and both actors should be commended on their performances. They are so real that the instances of violence really shock. (particularly the knock-out scene)
The last part of the movie amps up the action and pushes our characters into a showdown. While at this point it becomes less realistic, it does offer some fun action including an explosion thrown in for good measure.
While I fully expected Murphy's suave, arrogant character to get the beat-down that he so deserved, I did find the shift from the ultra-controlled, condesending assassin to the less than effective killer to be a bit "off" but I was the only one in my family that noted it so it just must be me. (yeah, yeah, he was stabbed and shot, that will put anyone off their game)
Don't let the PG13 rating put you off.. it's tense. The violence isn't over-the-top gore but it is effective. The film's short running time keeps everything in motion. And I liked Rippner's ambiguous end. Perhaps they had a sequel in mind?
Also, just for fun note Cillian's character (Jackson) states that he never lies.. if that's true then check out the subtle way he side-steps Lisa's question when she asks him if he is a hitman...
 FRIGHTPLAN... January 14, 2009
Bindy Sue Fronkuenschtein (under the rubble)
Hotel manager Lisa (Rachel McAdams) is on the red eye flight home after attending her grandmother's funeral. She is seated next to a young man named Jackson (Cillian Murphy from 28 Days Later and Sunshine) whom she had met earlier in the terminal. The two get along famously, until Jackson reveals his secret. Lisa is now part of a plot involving political assassination and the life of her own father (Brian Cox from Manhunter and The Ring)! Surrounded by a plane-full of clueless passengers, Lisa must figure out a way to stop Jackson's plan and save several lives. RED EYE is horror director Wes Craven's shot at a straight-out thriller, and he comes through just fine. The tension mounts while Lisa and Jackson are in the air, and culminates in a wham-bam finale on the ground! Well worth seeing and owning...
 2 stars out of 4 December 18, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
Though it begins inventively and features a creepy Cillian Murphy, Red Eye quickly degrades into just about the most formulaic thriller you can imagine; look elsewhere if you want a movie that has something of interest beyond a laughably bad final shot.
Cool! Rachel McAdams can save me any day September 30, 2008
Patrick Nava (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The plot leads one to think that McAdams as Lisa can't handle the pressure or control the situation brought upon by the smooth-talking terrorist Jack Rippner (played by Cillian Murphy). You get the feeling she's going to be one of those hysterical female types, intimidated by a terrorist. Rippner uses both mental and physical abuse during the flight back home, to get Lisa to switch hotel rooms of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (using her Management Power and Authority) so that his cohorts get a good target to hit. Brian Cox plays Lisa's Dad, who is the unsuspecting hostage that will be killed unless Lisa complies to Rippner's demands.
Ah.. but, Lisa ends up kicking butt. She first performs an unscheduled "trachaeotomy" on Rippner with a pen (i.e. stabs him in the throat), and then escapes just as the plane lands. She then proceeds to steal an SUV from the "Departing Flights" drop-off area and uses it to smash into and send the would-be assassin of her Dad through the front doors of the house. And finally, as Rippner catches up to her at the house; takes him for a tour of the house (a la hide-and-seek) before she and daddy put a couple of holes in him.
Jayma Mays plays Cynthia, Lisa's co-worker and front desk agent at the hotel. She lacks confidence, is not very well organized and space-out to a point of being annoying. But she, like Lisa is able to "keep cool" when the chips are down, and ends up being a life-saver in the end. She really turns out to be quite cute with her lines. Especially her ending line in the movie. SURPRISINGLY GOOD MOVIE.
 Snake On A Plane September 21, 2008
zooni (long beach ,ca)
I didn't know what this movie was all about befroe I watched it. I thought it was a supernatural thriller of some sort. I was actually intrigued when the plot started unfolding, I was thinking wow what an original concept. I will admit the story was original and fresh, the acting was fantastic. I think Cillian Murpghy is one of a kind. His look is so unusual and androgenous, he is hot isn't he? Once the plane landed and she stuck him with the pen, the movie started to take another direction of textbook run and chase, good guy vs. bad guy. You could pretty much write the ending yourself. Heroin saves the day and everyone goes home happy. I would have liked one more twist in the plot at the end, to give the movie and edge over your standard thriller.
|
|
|
