Red Eye tells the story of a young hotel manager Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) who after attending the funeral of her grandmother is on her way back to Miami to make it in time for work the next day. She takes the much delayed Red Eye flight of Fresh Air where she meets Jack Ripner (Cillian Murphy). Soon after take off she realizes that she is infact kidnapped by Jack who needs her in order to assassinate William Keefe (Jack Scalia), head of Homeland Security. Jack threatens her with her fathers death if she refuses to co-operate. At 30000 feet and nowhere to run, what does she do?

Jag tycker inte Wes Craven har gjort någon bra film sedan Scream. Var länge sedan jag hade så roligt åt en “sräckfilm”. Så hade inte så stora förhoppningar på denna filmen, men den var klart bättre än förväntat. En bra blandning av rysare och action.