Red Eye

Red Eye (2005)

  • 79% of critics liked it
    (186 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (412,959 ratings)

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.

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Carl Ellsworth
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Aug 19, 2005 Wide
Dreamworks Distribution LLC

Critic Reviews

  • Nigel Floyd, Time Out

    The psychological mind-games are played to the hilt, the pressurised cabin air increases the edge-of-the-seat tension and the 85-minute flight time is gratifyingly short.

  • Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

    I'm not claiming masterpiece stature for Red Eye, just a solid professionalism in the acting, writing and direction that seems inextricably related to the modesty of its intentions.

  • David Denby, New Yorker

    The movie turns into a complicated duel that depends on precise observation of physical detail and moment-by-moment continuity so closely calibrated that it's impossible to find a wasted shot or an exaggerated emotion.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    For Wes Craven, who I like a lot as a slasher director, he really goes into a different direction with this.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    It took forever, but the best thriller of summer 2005 has finally arrived. The gripping, seat- clutching suspense in this baby will pin you to your seat.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Tyler C


    A hugely underrated character-driven thriller that highly thrives off of the lead performances of Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. Additionally, it's an amusing change of style for director Wes Craven, who manages to pack this film with lots of tight moments of tension and… More

  • Dan S


    A tightly-paced, efficiently directed and acted slice of horror concerning a hotel manager (Rachel McAdams) whose father's (Brian Cox) life is threatened while on a "red eye" flight by a first-charming individual (Cillian Murphy), who demands that she switches the room… More

  • Eric A


    Good thriller, I liked it. Different type of movie for Wes Craven, but he delivered.

  • Emil K


    What begins as a fairly interesting basic thriller soon spirals out of control and goes into the absurd heights. For me Wes Craven has always been a overrated director among horror-buffs. He lacks style and is actually more concerned in shocking audiences than building a tension.… More

  • Bethany M


    Weird and scary. I liked it! A must see!

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