Red Eye (2005)
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A hotel manager becomes entangled in a dangerous assassination plot while traveling on a red-eye flight to Miami.
The story
After attending her grandmother's funeral in Texas, Lisa Reisert boards a red-eye flight to Miami. She finds herself seated next to a man named Jackson Rippner. While the flight is in progress, Jack's demeanor shifts, and he reveals he is part of a terrorist organization. He informs Lisa that her role as a hotel manager in Miami is vital to their plot to assassinate the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. Lisa is forced to navigate a high-stakes confrontation on the plane as she tries to resist his demands while ensuring the safety of the high-profile guests at her hotel.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Lisa Reisert, a hotel manager, is traveling to Miami after a funeral when she meets Jackson Rippner on a red-eye flight. Jackson reveals he is a terrorist and demands that Lisa move the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Charles Keefe, to a specific hotel suite to be targeted by a missile. Lisa attempts to stall for time, but eventually, she manages to get the Keefe family moved to the target zone. After landing, she stabs Jackson and flees the plane, eventually reaching her father's house. She manages to alert her coworkers to evacuate the hotel just before a missile strikes the target suite. At her home, she faces a hitman and later a final confrontation with Jackson. She eventually manages to wound him, and her father, Joe, arrives to shoot him. Lisa returns to the hotel where she is praised by Keefe for saving his family.
- First release year
- 2005
- Runtime (minutes)
- 85
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English; Russian
- Directors
- Wes Craven
- Writers
- Carl Ellsworth · screenplay; Carl Ellsworth · story; Dan Foos · story
- Cast and characters
- Rachel McAdams · Lisa Reisert; Cillian Murphy · Jackson Rippner; Brian Cox · Joe Reisert, Lisa's father; Jayma Mays · Cynthia, Lisa's friend and co-worker; Jack Scalia · Charles Keefe, the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; Robert Pine · Bob Taylor; Teresa Press-Marx · Marianne Taylor; Angela Paton · nice lady
- Genres
- psychological thriller; mystery; action
- Themes
- terrorism; survival; bravery
- Tone and mood
- tense; suspenseful
- Premise and plot tags
- assassination; terrorism; aviation
- Source material / true-story basis
- a script written by Carl Ellsworth described by trades as Phone Booth on a plane
- Reception
- The film received positive reviews and has since been retrospectively regarded by many as one of Wes Craven's best films.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 71 · scale: 100 · review count: 36
- Awards and nominations
- Teen Choice Award · winning films · win
- Production trivia
- The film was described as 'Phone Booth on a plane'.; Cillian Murphy's enthusiasm for the role was noted by Wes Craven.
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