Don't blame an excellent cast for this story told by idiots.
Rachel McAdams, as the heroine and Cillian Murphy, as the creepy, oily villian, are both standouts.
It's the crazy script and direction by horror master Wes Craven that turn this cat-and-mouse thriller into hysteria.
I've always been a fervid Craven fan and his Nightmare on Elm Street movies are among my favorites.
But something went wrong here. Although the idea is original, it quickly deteriorates into a gooey mess.
McAdams is trapped on a plane by the creepy monster who sits next to her--played deliciously evil Murphy. She has to obey his every wish or else her father will be killed. This is where the plot falls apart. Even after Murphy head-butts her and knocks her out, she never fights back.
One would think that she could scream: "Man with a bomb!" After all, the plane is packed with plane staff workers and many others. Only after the plane lands does she finally injure her captor but then she acts even more illogically. Instead of trying to get help, she races from the plane and through the terminal without ever calling 911 or asking any of the many security guards for help.
Her enemy follows her home. Never does she run screaming into the streets. She runs all over the house, passing by open doors to the outside. When the killer is hot on her trail, she runs through the den--but instead of heading outside, she runs up the stairs to the second floor! If she had just stopped one secrurity officer at the airport, she could have avoided all this danger.
If she could have just called 911, she would have saved herself, her father and the homeland security officer who is the object of the terrorist wrath.
But, of course, if McAdams had done any of these logical actions that most of us would have done, there would be no movie and I wouldn't be muttering here about the idiot actions of characters who wuuld never make it for one second in the real world.Get more detail about Red Eye [UMD for PSP].
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