cillian murphy movie marathon - Day Three

Red Eye

What I immediately noticed while watching Red Eye for the second time was the quality of the first Act. The conversation was very quick and well-paced. The characters were introduced to us naturally and we picked up on personalities naturally, without having it force-fed to us. Most notable was the quality of the dialog and the chemistry between Cillian and McAdams (before he revealed himself as the psycho).



Usually the set up in a horror suspense film is labored and you are just waiting for the plot to kick in (killing time before the killing starts). This was just the opposite, I was totally engrossed in the characters and it wasn't until the suspense plot was sprung that things started to feel labored and formulaic

• the obligatory gutsy-yet-ill-advised attempt to get a message to another passenger
• the frantic-minutes-alone-in-an-airplane-bathroom after the kidnapper inexplicable falls for the 'but it's an emergency' line that always ends with the killer bursting in and snuffing out any escape attempt anyway. and of course
  
• the finally-escaped-but-oh-shit-the-cell-phone-is-dead/ out of range scenes
• the trapped-in-the-house-running-upstairs scene and ending with
  
• the final shooting of the wounded-yet-undeterred villain just before help can arrive as he once again springs to attack after being knocked down/out for a final scare.
  

Cillian was the man, R-Mac was quality, and the movie played out better then expected upon second viewing. It could have had the plot of Before Sunrise (and may have been a better movie for it). This is why an actor gets a movie marathon.