Thursday, 29 September 2005

Arts

Film: Red Eye

I must stop describing thrillers as "perfectly acceptable". Either that, or the studios should put out something a little less routine.

[Emergency exit sign in the Riverside]

I expected more from Wes Craven but since Red Eye is the first film of his I've seen my expectations could have been set simply by hype.

With the exception of one third-reel decision which belies his horror-genre roots, everything here is rather straightforward. There are no twists of note, the good guys live and the bad guys die.

It's a tense, gripping hour and a half. It's just not that special.

Posted by pab at 21:29 | Comments will be back later in the year. Please email me instead!