Review of Red Eye

Red Eye (2005)
4/10
Nothing there
27 February 2006
Warning: Spoilers
This movie doesn't do anything. The plot is incomplete (who are the villains who want to kill the one homeland security guy and why exactly do they want to do it), unrealistic (why would these high-tech assassins base their plans on one woman being able to change the room, and why would the homeland security guy trust in a twenty-something hotel manager and not check into the room switch any further), and predictable. We knew that Lisa would a some point turn into Superwoman, and cleverly escape the clutches of the evil Jack. We knew that there would be a showdown between Lisa and Jack, ending with Lisa's victory, and Jack's violent demise. We could assume that the family of the homeland security guy would be safe. We knew that in the midst of severe trauma the ordinary people would come up with "witty" remarks. There were no surprises in this movie. The characters are as deep as a pool of rain water. The actors do a decent job. They just have nothing with which to work. The action is predictable and ridiculous. I am not sure why this movie was made. It did nothing.
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