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08-17-2005, 02:05 PM
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 2 hours, 1 minute ago
Today's in-flight movie is "Red Eye," with horror-meister Wes Craven departing from the garish gore of his "A Nightmare on Elm Street" days yet essentially sticking to the formula of his "Scream" flicks, minus the laughs.
"Scream" and its sequels featured Neve Campbell as a passive-aggressive heroine who rises to the occasion and beats up on masked weenies preying on her. "Red Eye" stars Rachel McAdams as a passive-aggressive heroine who rises to the occasion and beats up on a masquerading weenie ( Cillian Murphy) preying on her during an overnight plane flight.
Unlike the "Scream" movies, "Red Eye" is not meant as parody, yet it comes unintentionally close in its repetitive closing climax, with Murphy's supposedly deadly character bumbling through attempts to catch his quarry.
An overlong set-up in freshman screenwriter Carl Ellsworth's script also holds the action at bay, leaving only the fitfully suspenseful midsection to provide a few decent twists and exchanges between victim and tormentor.
more (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050817/ap_en_mo/film_review_red_eye;_ylt=AjwS1S_e1V6k8fEVfVN9xKBxF b8C;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)
Today's in-flight movie is "Red Eye," with horror-meister Wes Craven departing from the garish gore of his "A Nightmare on Elm Street" days yet essentially sticking to the formula of his "Scream" flicks, minus the laughs.
"Scream" and its sequels featured Neve Campbell as a passive-aggressive heroine who rises to the occasion and beats up on masked weenies preying on her. "Red Eye" stars Rachel McAdams as a passive-aggressive heroine who rises to the occasion and beats up on a masquerading weenie ( Cillian Murphy) preying on her during an overnight plane flight.
Unlike the "Scream" movies, "Red Eye" is not meant as parody, yet it comes unintentionally close in its repetitive closing climax, with Murphy's supposedly deadly character bumbling through attempts to catch his quarry.
An overlong set-up in freshman screenwriter Carl Ellsworth's script also holds the action at bay, leaving only the fitfully suspenseful midsection to provide a few decent twists and exchanges between victim and tormentor.
more (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050817/ap_en_mo/film_review_red_eye;_ylt=AjwS1S_e1V6k8fEVfVN9xKBxF b8C;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)