Rachel McAdams (Wedding Crashers, The Notebook) and Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later, Batman Begins) are two of the younger actors currently on the scene who deserve some attention. They can actually act, as opposed to say… Jessica Alba or Hillary Duff. Unfortunately very little of that talent is allowed to shine through in Red Eye, a movie so full of holes that one can hear sucking sounds coming from the screen.

Lisa (Rachel) meets Jackson (Cillian) while waiting for her delayed flight back to Miami after her grandmother’s funeral. At first, this handsome stranger who says all the right things and just happens to be seated beside her on the plane intrigues her. But, as the plane ascends, Lisa discovers that this is no chance meeting. Jackson is going to use her to help him and his partners assassinate the Head of Homeland Security, Charles Keefe (Jack). As Lisa is a high-level hotel employee at the hotel where Keefe and his family will be staying the next day, she has the power to put them in a vulnerable position for the assassins. As collateral, Lisa’s dad, John (Brian), is under watch and will be killed if the plans fail.

Since much of the story takes place at 35,000 feet in a very confined area, the level of suspense should be nearly unbearable. It’s quite bearable and with the exception of a couple of jumpy moments, I was just this side of being bored. It is regrettable that these talented, developing actors simply do not have the experience under their belts to carry this weak, leaky plot.