Review of Red Eye (2005) by Dg J — 29 Jun 2014
After attending her grandmother's funeral in Dallas, Texas, Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) takes a red-eye flight to Miami, Florida. While in the check-in line she meets Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy), who is boarding her plane. After their flight is delayed due to weather, Lisa meets Jackson again in an airport bar. When boarding, Lisa discovers to her surprise that Jackson is seated beside her.
After take off, Jackson reveals that he is a terrorist operative working for a group who intends to assassinate the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Charles Keefe (Jack Scalia) and his family. Lisa is instrumental in their plans because of her job as Acting Manager at the Lux Atlantic Hotel where the Keefe family is staying. The assassination plan is to use a portable missile launcher from a boat in a nearby harbor and fire it at the hotel. In order for this to work, Jackson must force Lisa to make a phone call from the in-flight phone and order the hotel staff to change Keefe's reservation to a suite facing the harbor. If she refuses to cooperate, he will deploy a hitman to kill her father, Joe (Brian Cox), at his home in Miami.
This review of Red Eye (2005) was written by Dg J on 29 Jun 2014.
Red Eye has generally received positive reviews.
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