RED EYE
Towards the end of this Wes Craven thriller I realised I had seen it before, which speaks to how forgettable it is. The setup is similar to that of the disappointing 'Drop': a woman is suddenly thrown into a nightmarish situation in which she has to carry out orders to avoid a loved one being killed. In 'Drop' there is a mystery as to who is sending the orders and why. Here everything is very clear. Rachel McAdams is the manager of a luxury hotel in Miami, and Cillian Murphy wants her to move some guests to a different suite, or otherwise her dad (Brian Cox) will be done away with. The guests are a prominent politician (and his family), and it's evident that the reason to move them is so that he can be assassinated. McAdams and Murphy are on a plane back to Miami, which makes things all the more dramatic. There's some good cut-and-thrust between them as she tries to find ways not to carry out his instruction whilst trying to save her dad. Once the plane lands ...