Red Eye (2005)
Cillian isn’t short of having some impressive directors to call on if he’s in need of work, which included the late, legendary horror director Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream). He recruited Murphy him for Red Eye – which sits just outside his comfort zone as a more mainstream thriller – following Lisa (Rachel McAdams), who is kidnapped by a him on a routine flight home. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in killing a politician. The film is at its most gripping and tense when our man is showing his truly sinister side, reading Lisa’s various escape attempts at every turn. One tip: if you see Mr. Murphy in line to board your holiday flight… run!
