I just think it's a really fun thriller.

| Original Score: B | Oct 21, 2019

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

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

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

Sure, it isn't the most original cookie in the jar, but that doesn't make it any less tasty, this slick B-movie thrill-ride breaking out as one of the summer's most white-knuckled surprises.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 14, 2005

If constructing a thriller could be likened to building a house, then Wes Craven's Red Eye is a perfect piece of architecture: It's clean-lined and soundly structured, without a foot of wasted space or any materials left unused.

Full Review | Sep 26, 2005

I'm not claiming masterpiece stature for Red Eye, just a solid professionalism in the acting, writing and direction that seems inextricably related to the modesty of its intentions.

| Sep 7, 2005

The movie turns into a complicated duel that depends on precise observation of physical detail and moment-by-moment continuity so closely calibrated that it's impossible to find a wasted shot or an exaggerated emotion.

| Sep 6, 2005

A classy thriller that scoots along at breakneck speed.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 3, 2005

Rare these days is the thriller that takes its time, allowing us to get comfortable with the characters before starting the chase or inducing the shocks.

| Sep 2, 2005

For Wes Craven, who I like a lot as a slasher director, he really goes into a different direction with this.

Full Review | Aug 29, 2005

It took forever, but the best thriller of summer 2005 has finally arrived. The gripping, seat- clutching suspense in this baby will pin you to your seat.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 27, 2005

After a summer of crashes, bangs, endless chase scenes and special effects that belittle the actors standing in front of them, what a pleasure to see characters in a thriller doing what people like themselves possibly could do.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2005

A perfect grace note to an exceptionally action-packed summer movie season.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 21, 2005

Given that Red Eye runs less than 80 minutes without credits, the utter failure of its final act is damning.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 20, 2005

Fast and furious and tightly focused and blessedly short at 85 minutes, it recalls not so much today's bloated, computer-crazed films, but tighter melodramas of the '50s.

| Aug 19, 2005

Red Eye doesn't just stick to the basics -- it reminds us why they still matter.

| Aug 19, 2005

[Craven finds] another new way to stoke our apprehensions of being caught vulnerable and helpless.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2005

The movie is a pleasant surprise at the end of summer, and an exciting detour from one of the most influential directors of horror films.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 19, 2005

An airborne suspense thriller that terrifies with a smile.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2005

Once the plane touches land, things go downhill. The movie devolves into a by-the-book action flick.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 19, 2005