Mar 23, 2010

RED EYE

IN 1995, JOHNNY DEPP MADE A MOVIE CALLED THE NICK OF TIME. THIS IS BASICALLY AN UPDATING OF THAT MOVIE.
TERRORISTS WANT TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL FIGURE AND HOLD A FAMILY MEMBER OF AN INNOCENT PAWN HOSTAGE; IN ORDER TO FORCE THE PAWN TO HELP THEM COMMIT THE MURDER.
JOHNNY DEPP HAD CHARLES S. DUTTON AND CHRIS WALKEN TO PLAY OFF HIS INNOCENT PAWN ROLE. YOU WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE ACTORS IN THIS MOVIE - EVEN THE GREAT BRIAN COX IS NOT A NAME TO AMERICAN AUDIENCES, UNLESS THEY REALLY KNOW THEIR MOVIES.
I THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS A SORT OF DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY - TERROR IN THE SKY - FEAR OF FLYING, MOVIE -- I DIDN'T PICK UP THE POLITICAL ANGLE FROM THE TRAILERS I SAW.
THERE IS SUSPENSE AND SOME INTERESTING MIND GAMES. I THINK THIS WAS A DECENT ENOUGH PICTURE, BUT ALSO ONE THAT COULD WAIT FOR DVD OR TELEVISION - A WAIT THAT GETS SHORTER AND SHORTER EACH YEAR.
THE RUNNING TIME IS ONE HOUR AND 25 MINUTES -- THAT HELPS -- THEY DID NOT TRY TO STRETCH THIS OUT ANY LONGER AND THAT WAS A GOOD DECISION.
THIS IS NOT A BIG WINNER, BUT ITHINK IT WAS DECENT - OF COURSE, A MOVIE HERE IS SIX DOLLARS --- THAT HELPS IMPROVE A FILM TREMENDOUSLY.

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