Julie Tang-Evans

It's just not very good. Nothing new in this story - so much reworked from the original films with Sigourney Weaver. The mediocre acting made me care very little about whether the characters died or not. Poor diction (that really annoys me - especially when the actors are British). Really, what was the point of making this film - other than to extract more money from an exhausted franchise ...

Why is this drama even called Red Eye - it takes place on a long-haul flight to Beijing? I know it's a catchy title but it bears no relation to the plot. Ah - the holey plot - full of implausible scenarios and even the wrong kind of custard tarts in Ep.1 (Hana - the DC - brings her Chinese father's 'favourite' custard tarts from a Chinatown cake shop but they're Portuguese not Chinese tarts. How I hate poor continuity.) The poor vegan who oddly forgot to pre-book his in-flight meals (unless he'd just decided to become vegan!) dies in the aisle - Matt (the 'suspect') only bothers to shock him with the defib one time. Then they leave his body shrouded in a blanket in front of his seat - just in front of the woman with the dog! So the other passengers will see his corpse every time they visit the loo. The 'research doctors' from the cardio conference apparently don't know any basic first aid. Matt manages to stagger, wounded and drugged from a nightclub, locate his car right outside and zoom away in the pouring rain ... mind you, he did crash! And why does Lesley Sharp's character (Delaney) need to be having an extra-marital affair just because her husband appears to be on his deathbed? It adds nothing to the story. It is very good to see some British/Chinese actors on TV for a change and I'll probably keep watching and wait for the snakes to turn up - or just the one that's hiding in the hold but the ITV drama department do need to up their game.

The film is essentially a documentary with some dramatized scenes. It's an interesting and quite shocking story of deception but Misha's motivation for lying could have been explored more thoroughly. The real holocaust survivor who investigates Misha's story and exposes the lie is the only person to speculate about her reasons. I'd say wait for this to be screened on TV - it's not really worth a cinema ticket.

Started off well with an interesting premise. But so many plot 'holes'. Why would anyone choose to kidnap a child that age then stay living in the same area as the parents? Why couldn't Tanner simply explain his wife's death? How could anyone (Jodie) behave so badly to their friend and business partner? I don't wish to spoil the ending for any viewer committed to watching all 4 episodes but really - Jodie's brother and mother!!! And the annual anniversary ritual that includes Kate of all people! So much of this holds no water (pardon the pun).

It started well and looked as if the story might follow through on Luke's guilt regarding the death of his friend and how it affects him psychologically. Some very obvious horror devices in the story - injured member of the party slowing down the others, ill-advised shortcut through a deep dark wood, even a creepy cabin in the woods. But the story deteriorates and just becomes rather silly in the last 30 minutes or so. Disappointing as I expect better from a British horror movie.