ITV’s preposterous Red Eye is a bargain-basement Snakes on a Plane
This jumbo-jet thriller has a just-add-boiling-water feel, as though made from the dried remains of other dramas.
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Rachel Cooke is a writer at the Observer. In the 2006 British Press Awards, she was named Interviewer of the Year.
This jumbo-jet thriller has a just-add-boiling-water feel, as though made from the dried remains of other dramas.
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