If thrillers and Cillian Murphy are your thing, then we'd strongly recommend catching his 2005 movie Red Eye this evening. Directed by slasher legend Wes Craven, the story focuses on hotel manager Lisa Reisert, who is flying back home in the wake of her grandmother's funeral.
At the check-in, she meets a seemingly charming man called Jackson Rippner, before they are seated next to each other on a plane. However, she quickly learns that this is more than coincidence, as things take a sinister turn when Jackson reveals he is planning to assassinate the head of Homeland Security. Lisa forms a key part of the plot, as he needs her to reassign the target's hotel room number – and he has kidnapped her father for insurance.
Red Eye was written by Disturbia's Carl Ellsworth, based on a story by him and Dan Foos – read on to find out more about the film.
Who's in Red Eye?
• Rachel McAdams is Lisa Reisert
• Cillian Murphy is Jackson Rippner
• Brian Cox is Joe Reisert
• Jayma Mays is Cynthia
• Jack Scalia is Charles Keefe
• Robert Pine is Bob Taylor
• Teresa Press-Marx is Marianne Taylor
• Beth Toussaint is Lydia Keefe
What did the critics say about Red Eye?
Red Eye was well-received by critics, earning an impressive 80% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 194 reviews.
ComingSoon.net called it "immensely entertaining and a fine example of the classic suspense-thriller", while Epoch Times suggested it was "pitch perfect".
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"The psychological mind-games are played to the hilt, the pressurised cabin air increases the edge-of-the-seat tension and the 85-minute flight time is gratifyingly short," wrote Time Out.
The Hollywood Reporter added: "It pulls just about every nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat trick imaginable, yet gets away with it through what is, admittedly, a clever and original gimmick."
Where can I watch Red Eye?
If you want to catch Red Eye, it is available to watch on BBC iPlayer in the UK. Fans can also catch it on Paramount+, which can be added as a Prime Video channel for £2.99 for one month, then £7.99 per month afterwards.
Other Cillian Murphy movies you can stream now
There are plenty of great Cillian Murphy movies you can catch right now across streaming, including on Netflix, which has his acclaimed Irish drama Small Things Like These. Based on a 2021 novel, the film focuses on the dark topic of the Magdalene Laundries, as the actor's character Bill Furlong discovers the disturbing truth about his local convent.
The streamer also has his 2025 drama Steve, another collaboration with Small Things Like These director Tim Mielants, in which he plays a headmaster of a school for troubled boys that is battling for its future. Recent Peaky Blinders movie The Immortal Man is on Netflix too, in which Murphy reprises his iconic role as gangster Tommy Shelby, while Batman Begins – where he plays the villainous Scarecrow – is also on the streamer.
Meanwhile, over on Disney+ and Prime Video you can catch the actor's 2007 sci-fi epic Sunshine, which is directed by Danny Boyle and follows a team of future scientists sent to reignite a dying sun.
Red Eye is streaming now on BBC iPlayer and Paramount+.
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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies, TV and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME and Screen International. Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings to Love Is Blind, and is equally in his element crossing every 't' and dotting every 'i' as a sub-editor.
