Wednesday, August 24, 2005

A View From Mars:

Red Eye (C). Don't let Wes Craven's attachment to this movie sway you into thinking this might turn out to be some scare fest movie. This movie isn't scary! This movie isn't particularly good, but neither is it particularly bad, it's best described as painstakingly predictable. The movie starts off with Rachel McAdams (The Notebook), a Miami hotel manager of sorts, stuck at our very own DFW airport due to flight delay. She meets Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later, Batman Begins) in line and strikes up a conversation that soon leads to more conversation at a Tex Mex restaurant. (Let me tell you, having been stuck just recently at DFW airport for 12 hours, I can assure you that there is no Tex Mex restaurant, Chili's doesn't count.) I digress, so anyway, they finally board the plane only for her to find out that he's not what he seems...surprise, surprise. She must follow his orders or her dad will die. The movie progresses and attempts suspense in places where the outcome is already noticeable. I give Wes Craven credit for trying somehting a little more subtle, but in the end, this movie was just a tad worse than average.

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