Pur non considerandolo il miglior regista del mondo, avevo riposto una certa speranza in
Wes Craven e nel suo
Red Eye. Dico subito che le mie speranze sono andate deluse.
La trama è in realtà abbastanza convenzionale: lui che sembra un perfetto estraneo tanto simpatico si rivela una carogna che ha rapito babbo/mamma/figli per costringere Il Buono Di Turno® a commettere una qualche azione empia.
Nel caso specifico lui (che non capisco come mai non si trasformi nello
spaventapasseri) sequestra lei (
gran topina!), direttrice di un albergo dove alloggerà un importante politico (l'implausibile
Jack Scalia!!!), durante un volo aereo e - grazie ad un complice che minaccia il padre di lei - cercherà di convincerla a collaborare all'omicidio del pezzo grosso.
Non essere originali non è reato: basta far le cose fatte bene.
La prima parte, sull'aereo, tutto sommato funziona anche: non che ci sia un solo momento originale, ma ci accontenterebbe anche.
Poi si scende dall'aeroplano e - vuoi che erano finiti i soldi per far le cose fatte bene, vuoi che eran finite le idee (che non pullulavano già prima) - inizia la parte ridicola del film, con inseguimenti, esplosioni, ripicche personali (
mii, che terrorista professionale 
) e nessuno che si sogna di chiamare la polizia. Taciamo sulle battutine per allentare la tensione, che riescono solo ad annientare totalmente quel poco che ne rimaneva.
Da tenere d'occhio
Cillian Murphy, che si sforza molto per entrare nella classifica dei peggiori attori del momento.
Tra l'altro non capisco gli scrupoli morali della protagonista nel contribuire ad un attentato ai danni di
Jack Scalia! Avanti... chi non avrebbe pagato di tasca propria per farlo?
Voto: 5.
Nome di battesimo: Rachel MacAdams
Data di nascita: 7 October 1976
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Biografia:Rachel McAdams was raised in St. Thomas, Ontario. Starting at the age of four, she competed in figure skating. By the age of 13, she was performing in Shakespearean productions in summer theater camp.In high school, McAdams intended to apply to college to study cultural studies, because studying theater would be "a bit of a joke". At the last minute, a drama teacher encouraged her to audition to be a drama major. She eventually majored in theater at York University and graduated with honors and a B.F.A. degree.She began her professional on-screen career with an appearance on the Disney series "The Famous Jett Jackson" (1998) followed by a pilot for MTV. After a few more films, she hit it big after her appearance in the hits Mean Girls (2004) and The Notebook (2004).
Trivia random: Formerly a vegetarian.
Regista: Wes Craven
Scrittore: Carl Ellsworth, Carl Ellsworth
Genere: Thriller
Valutazione: 6.7/10 (7243 voti)
Durata: 85 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:Red Eye tells the story of a young hotel manager Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) who after attending the funeral of her grandmother is on her way back to Miami to make it in time for work the next day. She takes the much delayed Red Eye flight of Fresh Air where she meets Jack Ripner (Cillian Murphy). Soon after take off she realizes that she is infact kidnapped by Jack who needs her in order to assassinate William Keefe (Jack Scalia), head of Homeland Security. Jack threatens her with her fathers death if she refuses to co-operate. At 30000 feet and nowhere to run, what does she do?
Nome di battesimo: Wesley Earl Craven
Data di nascita: 2 August 1939
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Iya Labunka::(27 November 2004 - present), Mimi Craven::(1984 - 1987) (divorced), Bonnie Broecker::(1964 - 1969) (divorced) 2 children
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Biografia:Wes was born in Cleveland in 1939. After an unhappy childhood (he was raised in a Baptist family) he left Cleveland to study for a degree in English Literature, at Wheaton College, Illinois. But after illness, he left the school for one year before returning to study psychology. In 1963 he took a degree in writing and psychology and in 1964 he took a Masters from J. Hopkins University. While he was a humanities college teacher, Wes married Bonnie Broecker, mother of both his children, Jonathan and Jessica. But after few years, they separated and the children stayed with Bonnie.Wes left his job as a teacher and after employment as taxi driver he became a sound editor for a post-production company in New York. And after the co-direction of Together (1971) with Sean S. Cunningham, Wes made the horror movie, The Last House on the Left (1972). The movie, released in August 1972, was a big success as was his second movie, The Hills Have Eyes (1977), winning the critic's prize at the Sitges Film Festival.Wes has gone onto win many more awards, including one for the best movie at the Avoriaz Film Festival for A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984). More recently he directed Music of the Heart (1999), a change of direction from the horror genre for which he is known.
Trivia random: In 1976 he acted in "Tales That Will Tear Your Heart Out," a project being made under the supervision of friend Roy Frumkes, who was teaching at a state university at that time. Shortly after the filming, the raw stock was mistakingly re-exposed by another student, so both days' shooting were lost.
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Yvonne McGuinness::(2004 - present)
Trivia random: His mother is a French teacher.
Data di nascita: 10 November 1951
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Karen Baldwin::(? - 1996) (divorced) 2 children, Joan Rankin::(? - ?) (divorced)
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Biografia:Actor hunk Jack Scalia, a Brooklyn native, was an All-American athlete in high school, playing three sports through college, while participating in four triathlons and six marathons. He decided to attempt Hollywood stardom as an actor after an injury ended a pro-baseball career. In 1975, he took advantage of his muscular build and macho good looks by modeling with Armani, later joining the Ford Modeling Agency and signing on as the "Jordache Jeans Man." In January 1980, Scalia made the transition into acting which led to his first film role in the mini-movie "The Star Maker" starring the late Rock Hudson. Scalia got his first taste of series stardom as an unshaven, rough-and-tough detective who joins forces with his slick and debonair father (Hudson again) in the TV series "The Devlin Connection." Though the series had a short life, Scalia received scads of attention. His more popular telefilm credits included "I'll Take Manhattan" (1987), "Ring of Scorpio" (1991), "Lady Boss" (1992), and "Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story" (1993) playing infamous tabloid newsmaker Joey Buttafuoco, with Alyssa Milano as his teenage object of desire. Though Scalia never scaled to the heights of a Tom Selleck or Pierce Brosnan with that one smash series, he would headline a near record eleven TV shows that kept him constantly in the running. In 2001 he joined the cast of "All My Children" for a time and won a daytime Emmy nomination in the process. He's also been an active hero and villain in lowbudget thrillers such as Endless Descent (1986), T-Force (1995), Act of War (1998), and Ground Zero. More recently he returned from living in Rome, Italy while filming a remake of his American TV series "Tequila and Bonetti." He made his stage debut as the lead in the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play "Red River Rats" in Los Angeles. The tall, dark and hirsutely handsome Scalia has remained a durable "ladies' man" and "man's man" for over two decades.
Trivia random: Modeled briefs in newspaper and magazine ads for Eminence Underwear in the late 1970s.
3 commenti:
Mah.
Anche se non ho visto questo Red Eye, considero Craven un regista enormemente sopravvalutato. In realtà campa e ha campato solo, per come la vedo io, su il successo di nightmare, che era effettivamente un ottimo film (specie per quegli anni). Il resto, eventualmente con qualche micro eccezione (che cmq non fa giradare al miracolo, ma solo al mediocre), mi sembra proprio perdibile.
In sintesi: mi aspetto un film modesto da un regista modesto, che una volta (per caso?) ne ha presa una dritta, e che da allora, gli ha fatto fare di tutto (pure lo scrittore di Freddy vs Ghostbuster, il produttore di robetta come Wishmaster... e via cosi).
Non credo che lo vedrò. :)
Film evitabile; al più da recuperare a noleggio, perché alla fin fine fa anche abbastanza ridere, tanto è improbabile.
E poi c'è il valore aggiunto dell'attentato a Jack Scalia (purtroppo nessuna violenza su quella palla di bava di Tequila ;-)
Beh, questo aggiunge una piccola nota positiva... :)
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