What is the plot summary behind the movie “Red Eye”?”
This is the story of a young resourceful heroine woman named Lisa Reisert who hates to fly, but the terror that awaits her on the night flight to Miami has nothing to do with a fear of flying! Upon boarding the plane, Lisa is trapped on a red-eye flight with a creepy villainous handsome and charming man by the name of Jackson Rippner, who’s playing middle-man in the plot to assassinate a Homeland Security official. He’s got her father pinned down by a would-be killer, using that advantage to coerce Lisa into phoning the luxury resort where she works and arranging to move the target into a pre-set position.
Here’s the plot summary as provided by the Internet Movie Database: Lisa Reisert (played by Rachel McAdams) has a fear of flying, and after attending her grandmother’s funeral in Dallas, Texas, she has to take a night flight (called a red-eye flight; hence the movie title) to Miami, Florida. While in the check-in line she meets an old lady who is interested in Lisa’s Dr. Phil book. She tells her she’s a fan, Lisa gives the old lady her book saying she has already read it. She then meets Jackson Rippner (played by Cillian Murphy) whom she initially finds charming and ends up having a drink with him while they wait to board their delayed flight. When boarding, Lisa is pleasantly surprised to find that her seat is next to Jackson’s. After the plane takes off, Rippner reveals that he is a terrorist operative working for a group who intends to assassinate the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Charles Keefe (played by Jack Scalia) and his family, and Lisa is instrumental in their plans b
