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Red Eye (2005)
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Rachel McAdams finds terror at 30,000 feet in this airborne thriller from director Wes Craven. There's hardly a plane journey cliché left unexploited as nervous flyer McAdams discovers she's the key element in a political assassination plot engineered by fellow passenger Cillian Murphy and his ground crew. Though hitman Murphy informs her that her father Brian Cox's life is at stake, the quick-thinking heroine does everything she can to avoid co-operating with his demands. The predictable cat-and-mouse game that unfolds is efficiently taut, skilfully building on the existing claustrophobia of a turbulent night-flight. However the best scenes inadvertently follow when the action shifts to solid ground. Events become so ludicrous that they're a scream to watch, particularly when Murphy drops his reptilian cool in favour of pantomime villain-style theatrics. Shifting from high tension to high camp without missing a beat, this is an absurd but deliciously entertaining ride. SF
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Running time
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81min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Suspense Thriller
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Carl Ellsworth, from a story by Ellsworth, Dan Foos
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Theatrical distributor
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UIP
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UK cinema certificate
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12A
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UK cinema release date
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September 2005
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