Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Vincent Deniard
Antoine and Helene drive to South France to return their kids from a holiday camp. The traffic is dense and the atmosphere growingly tense; he is an alcoholic and becomes increasingly drunk the more o...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005
Stats: 72 reviews
8/10
This film has more on its agenda than mere thrills and supense, although those are plentiful. A Hitchcockian thriller in this sense, they don't make them like this any more (at least not in Hollywood), Red Lights relates the troubles of an overly domesticated man trying to ...( read more)
After watching RL, I checked out some other reviews that mostly described this film as Hitchcockian. Here is the difference: Hitchcock would build tension and suspense throughout the film to the point that you were moved closer to the edge of your seat as the film progressed. ...( read more)
A very tense thriller that mostly works very well. Jean Pierre Darroussin is very chilling as the husband, the sort of man you hate at first but slowly begin to like. I just felt that there were some pacing problems in the first half hour. I think it needed ten minutes or so ...( read more)
Jean-Pierre Darroussin's character was such a jerk to his wife, especially when the wife is played by the gorgeous Carole Bouquet. Red Lights, with it's mysterious plot and steady pace, shows the common male paranoia. I don't know if the end brought justice or if it made me happy...( read more)
Like Hitchcock, Kahn uses dry humor and keen observation of human character (and character flaws) to spin a compelling brand of menace. full review
Is it a memorable cinematic experience? Oddly, no. full review
Take a bickering couple, put them in a car, get the driver drunk, add some terrible traffic and an escaped killer, and you've got "Red Lights," a movie I recommend to no one. full review
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