wes craven

"I had only one thought (as he held a knife to my throat the whole time)."

"You thought," he replied, "It was all beyond your control."

"No, that I would never let it happen again."

And then she plunges a ball-point pen into his thorax (or is that a part of a bug)? Red Eye, good freakin' edge of your seat movie, and refreshingly under an hour and a half.

UPDATE:

I wonder if half the attraction of this film for me was that the characters meshed so well, specifically Cillian and Rachel. The whole time there was an underlying sexual tension, even after he reveals himself to be a cold-blooded terrorist. **SPOILER ALERT*** The look they give eachother at the end of the movie does not seem to be one of hate. Rachel's character almost looks at Cillian's like, "Man, why did you have to go and be such a homicidal freak?? We could've been perfect together." And its seems they could have since the strength of her character is a match for his. ***End of Spoiler***

At the same time I'm disturbed by the trend of overt graphic sexual situations being turned into graphic misogynistic violent situations to bring down the rating. Entertainment Weekly did an article on how the new drama sitcoms involve more violence against women, to attract viewership and avoid jeopardizing networks fearing FCC wrath in the wake of Janet Jackson's nipple exposure. Hmm, what's better? Violence against women or sexual situations/nudity?