"Red Eye" is a sort of movie that one can watch and enjoy on DVD at home on a lazy winter evening with nothing else to do. The plot is simplicity itself, but the acting is adequate and there is enough action to keep one interested throughout. It will not strain anyone's grey cells, but neither do several other movies of the genre.
Some of the scenes on the plane are far-fetched. It is highly unlikely that in this post 9/11 ear none of the other passengers (except the little girl, of course) or crew notice the heroine's predicament - even when the nasty guy physically assaults her. By the same token, hardly anyone understands what happened when she manages to turn tables on him by stabbing him with a biro(!) and hurries off the plane. But despite these glitches, it is an OK film and worth watching once.
Some of the scenes on the plane are far-fetched. It is highly unlikely that in this post 9/11 ear none of the other passengers (except the little girl, of course) or crew notice the heroine's predicament - even when the nasty guy physically assaults her. By the same token, hardly anyone understands what happened when she manages to turn tables on him by stabbing him with a biro(!) and hurries off the plane. But despite these glitches, it is an OK film and worth watching once.