When taking place at the airport and on a plane, “Red Eye” is pitch perfect. The cloistered space and confined quarters ratchets up the suspense, often to uncomfortable (but welcomed) levels.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 6, 2023

[H]orror pop-meister Wes Craven proves to be a good hand at crafting a simple, straightforward, surprisingly effective thriller with a minimum of gimmickry.

| Sep 8, 2023

Craven shows he still knows how to ratchet up the tension - chiefly using claustrophobic camera angles - and conjure up images and scenarios that are the stuff of nightmares.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 12, 2021

I just think it's a really fun thriller.

| Original Score: B | Oct 21, 2019

The psychological mind-games are played to the hilt and the flight time is gratifyingly short.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 26, 2019

Red Eye is the best Hollywood can do: a nifty flick about nothing.

| Feb 2, 2018

The plot device of "woman in trouble meets woman triumphant" has grown a little long in the tooth lately but that doesn't mean it doesn't work.

| Aug 24, 2017

The movie gains an effective footing by, basically, thoroughly exploiting one's fear of being blackmailed into something dangerous.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 26, 2016

While not particularly original, Red Eye is immensely entertaining and a fine example of the classic suspense-thriller.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 25, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 29, 2011

Works extremely well as a fast-paced adrenaline rush, but not so well as an allegory on today's government and security issues.

| Original Score: 62/100 | Sep 26, 2009

Quick but satisfying.

| Oct 18, 2008

Hitchcock, of course, got lots of mileage out of just such absurd plots. But Wes Craven, whatever other strengths he has, isn't Hitchcock.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 13, 2007

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 14, 2007

Terrific casting can work wonders for a movie. If the stars are good enough, logic gaps as deep as the Marianas Trench disappear in the performers' glow.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 18, 2007

Fans of the thriller genre will probably be scared and entertained, but seeing Red Eye is more like watching a good television show than a good movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 1, 2006

The psychological mind-games are played to the hilt, the pressurised cabin air increases the edge-of-the-seat tension and the 85-minute flight time is gratifyingly short.

| Jun 3, 2006

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 13, 2006

This is a screenplay so unbelievably bad that not even two very fine young actors and a director known for his knack for suspense can salvage it.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 7, 2006

Not the most sophisticated psychological thriller, yet slick fun deftly handled by Craven and his leads.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 7, 2006