Thriller fans, prepare to board.
He vaults over barriers like the kid inLove Actuallyand implores the crowd to film his testimony.
Is Nolan (Richard Armitage) guilty, or on the level?
The opposite of so many other shows like it,Red Eyetightens as it goes.
Instead of unravelling at the end, its threads are neatly tied up with some bonus emotional closure.
But before all that: the silliness.
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357 is no ordinary flight; its a jet-propelled country house from anAgatha Christienovel.
(Thats metaphor, but also an unwrittenDoctor Whoepisode I would watch).
The murderer is among them but who are they, and what is their game?
dead bodies verges on farce.
After thats done with, the real intrigue can begin.
The real intrigue is the investigation, or more properly, investigations.
The split of revelations for each of the three is handled well and importantly, happens fast.
Red Eyes fast pace is all to its credit.
One revelation has barely sunk in before were onto the next and the next and the next.
In essence, planes: easier to hide in than youd think!
All in all, a good time had.
Red Eye is streaming onITVX.
Rating:
4 out of 5
