Meeting strangers can be fun. It can be the beginning of a life-long friendship. And at the end of a long day how nice it is to talk about sweet nothings on the red eye special. But not this time. Beware of the man who buys you a drink. He'll want something in return.
Wes Craven exploits these ideas in his remarkably gripping tale of drama at 30,000 feet. Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is the somewhat naïve hotel employee who becomes the target of Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy) a hired killer whose job is to ensure that the party to be murdered at a seaside hotel occupies a certain room number. Lisa who is in charge of room reservations is the one who can arrange it. Jackson threatens to kill Lisa's father if she refuses to call the hotel from the plane to make the room change.
Rachel is lovely to look at. She portrays Lisa as a sweet young girl who turns into a raging tiger in her moments of self-preservation. Cillian uses his eyes to maximum advantageous as the determined villain Jackson. The two make an interesting pair as the conversation proceeds. Apparently he has been stalking her for several months. Lisa is becoming decidedly uneasy as the facts are revealed, but hemmed in on a window seat there's not much she can do.
Wes Craven keeps up the pace throughout. This gives you little time to seriously analyse some of the situations. There must be easier and less expensive ways of eliminating a man than shelling his hotel room from a boat anchored off-shore.
The film ends with a high speed chase as Lisa is pursued. She aims well with chairs and vases and walking sticks. She's not bad with a gun too although her best effort is a swift plunge with a pen to the throat. Jackson becomes extremely croaky after that. In the end everyone is happy including the audience. This time they get their money's worth.
Wes Craven exploits these ideas in his remarkably gripping tale of drama at 30,000 feet. Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is the somewhat naïve hotel employee who becomes the target of Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy) a hired killer whose job is to ensure that the party to be murdered at a seaside hotel occupies a certain room number. Lisa who is in charge of room reservations is the one who can arrange it. Jackson threatens to kill Lisa's father if she refuses to call the hotel from the plane to make the room change.
Rachel is lovely to look at. She portrays Lisa as a sweet young girl who turns into a raging tiger in her moments of self-preservation. Cillian uses his eyes to maximum advantageous as the determined villain Jackson. The two make an interesting pair as the conversation proceeds. Apparently he has been stalking her for several months. Lisa is becoming decidedly uneasy as the facts are revealed, but hemmed in on a window seat there's not much she can do.
Wes Craven keeps up the pace throughout. This gives you little time to seriously analyse some of the situations. There must be easier and less expensive ways of eliminating a man than shelling his hotel room from a boat anchored off-shore.
The film ends with a high speed chase as Lisa is pursued. She aims well with chairs and vases and walking sticks. She's not bad with a gun too although her best effort is a swift plunge with a pen to the throat. Jackson becomes extremely croaky after that. In the end everyone is happy including the audience. This time they get their money's worth.