Director Wes Craven, demonstrating that the move from horror to suspense is just a matter of crossing the street, increases the tension with each passing moment, thanks in large measure to an airtight script by Carl Ellsworth (based on a story by Ellsworth & Dan Foos). The film feels like a throwback to the days of taut television dramas or B-movies made by ambitious directors. First you meet the heroine, Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams), a Miami luxury hotel manager, as she rushes to make a Dallas-to-Miami red-eye flight while talking her flustered assistant manager (Jayma Mays) through a minor crisis on her cell phone.

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