An overnight flight to Miami quickly becomes a battle for survival when Lisa realizes her seatmate plans to use her as part of a chilling assassination plot against the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. If she refuses to cooperate, her own father will be killed. As the miles tick by, she's in a race against time to find a way to warn the potential victims before it's too late.
Acting
McAdams and Murphy's suffocating chemistry
Direction
Craven tightens screws in real-time
Editing
Ruthless 85-minute efficiency
Director
Wes Craven
Rachel McAdams
Lisa Reisert
Cillian Murphy
Jackson Rippner
Brian Cox
Joe Reisert
Jayma Mays
Cynthia
Jack Scalia
Dep. Sec. Charles Keefe
Robert Pine
Bob Taylor
Brittany Oaks
Rebecca
Laura Johnson
Blonde Woman
Max Kasch
Headphone Kid
Kyle Gallner
Headphone Kid's Brother
Angela Paton
Nice Lady
Loren Lester
Irate Passenger
Suzie Plakson
Senior Flight Attendant
Monica McSwain
Junior Flight Attendant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wes Craven made this between Scream sequels to prove he could do Hitchcockian suspense without meta-horror.
The 2005 release capitalized on fresh post-9/11 air travel anxieties—homeland security in the title wasn't accidental.
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