Red Eye (2005)

Directed by

Wes Craven

Genre

drama film, mystery film, thriller film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 2,557 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hotel manager gets on a red-eye flight to Miami and finds herself trapped in a seat next to a terrorist who involves her in an assassination plot. She must outsmart him while under the pressure of a confined airplane cabin.

tensesuspensefulclaustrophobicfast-pacedurgentanxiouscerebral

What happens

Red Eye is a 2005 American psychological thriller film directed by Wes Craven and written by Carl Ellsworth, based on a story by Ellsworth and Dan Foos. It stars Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, and Brian Cox. The story follows a hotel manager ensnared in an assassination plot by a terrorist while aboard a red-eye flight to Miami. The film score was composed and conducted by Marco Beltrami. It was distributed by DreamWorks Pictures and released on August 19, 2005. The film received positive reviews and has since been retrospectively regarded by many as one of Wes Craven's best films. An extended version of the film, which added previously unused footage to increase the running time, was broadcast on the ABC television network several times. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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