While "Red Eye" (aka "Redeu-ai") is labeled as a horror movie, it isn't particularly scary in any way, which was somewhat of a disappointment. This is more of a supernatural mystery, if a label has to be put on the movie.The story is about a train which is embarking on its final ride between Seoul and Yeosu. But some of the coaches bear a tie to a dark tragic train accident in the past, and people believe that the train is haunted."Red Eye" is slow paced and never really managed to kick off the dust and get up in gear. A shame really, if you ask me, because the movie had potential. It had an interesting setting and some adequate acting performances.There were no jumpy scary moments, nor were there any real creepy moments, which ultimately left the movie in a mediocre spiral.The most impressive part in "Red Eye" was where a woman came up from a pool of blood on the floor. Everything else was just bland or downright unimpressive.If you enjoy South Korean horror films, then there are far better choices available than "Red Eye" I paused this movie twice for 10-15 minutes each time to go do something else, and then returned to the movie, hoping it would improve. Which it didn't. I admit that I was starting to seriously lose interest in the movie at around midway through it.

Having lost her father in a train accident at a young age, "Oh Mi-sun" (Shin-yeong Jang) grows up and volunteers to work on the very same train her father served on previously. As it so happens her first job occurs on her birthday and also on the last run for this particular train before it is deactivated. Essentially, what Oh Mi-sun needs is closure and she believes this is her one and only chance for it. However, things don't quite go as planned because mysterious events begin to occur which only Oh Mi-sun and a young female passenger named "So-hee" (Ji-min Kwak) are able to partially discern. Not long afterward people begin to die in mysterious circumstances. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was an interesting film which was hampered by its ambiguous direction. That said, perhaps some of this confusion could have been resolved had more time been spent providing greater background detail. In any case, although the movie lacked sufficient clarity it was still entertaining to a certain degree. Additionally, the presence of several pretty actresses like the aforementioned Ji-min Kwak certainly didn't hurt either. Be that as it may, and despite its rather obvious faults, I rate this movie as about average and recommend it to those who enjoy horror movies of this type.

A tragedy involving a train collision which killed 250 people is at the heart of Dong-bin Kim's South Korean ghost story "Red Eye". Shin-yeong Jang is Mi-sun, the daughter of the train conductor killed during the aforementioned collision. Mi-sun's father has gained a notoriety for the crash, his inability to stop the disaster questioned by a bereaved public. She decides, on her birthday no less, to take the graveyard shift on a train, on its "maiden voyage" as it will be "put out to pasture" after one final night of carrying passengers from one city to another on a 6-hour schedule. What happens during this schedule makes up the bulk of the film (only once does the train actually stop, with a few passengers exiting, including one young man who split from his girlfriend after a spat between the two) as Mi-sun "sees dead people". Her train actually has cars belonging to the disaster, salvaged from the wreckage. Perhaps these cars brought along the presence of those restless souls who have yet to find their peace from this world? An important plot point involves two children who survived the crash which killed their parents (and, especially, how their parents were responsible for the crash) and might be on the train 15 years after the disaster. Anyway, bodies are possessed and Mi-sun, because she knows too much, might be in danger. Dong-kyu Lee is an employee on the train, Jin-kyu, who befriends the nervous Mi-sun, new and inexperienced, offering advice and support. Ji-min Kwak is So-hee, who claims to see ghosts, feeling presences on their train. When the possessed decide to repeat the terrible tragedy from years back, Mi-sun will try to stop them—but can she? The result of this extremely slow-moving, and basically uneventful story, stays stuck in first gear and never really takes off. "Red Eye" recycles "ghost girl" clichés such as black hair coiling around the face of a victim and the contorting bodies of ghouls charging towards people. My favorite scene involves a specter appearing from a puddle of blood, looking to possess Mi-sun, her plans thwarted by Jin-kyu who was her lover (he was also on the train, but survived), appealing to her. A lot of the cinematography is too dark, but the train itself is a nice setting for a ghost story. If only "Red Eye" had more genuine chills, it might have been more successful. The filmmakers hold back a bit too much and it simply takes too long to get to the horror which is unforgivable. Some decent characterizations help, though. Wish I could say this was a pleasurable experience, but I'd be lying—it was quite a chore to get through. The ending does tie loose ends, and allows certain characters (and spirits) to find closure, so if you enjoy the developing story you might find it rewarding.

BOne of the best Korean horror? ... Are you kidding? Let's disassemble this train. Acting was so poor and naive, like one in a B-class 60-s, say, Chinese communist comedy about countryside life. Camera panning was weird and again naive... Looked like the only editor they could afford had taken a lifetime vacation so they just cut the film with kitchen scissors without any idea of transitions. Sound is fine... if only one can live with a full-silent background in cabin of a high-speed train on the move. Naivety of the script was shining bright in the climax full of pathetic (around 15-minutes) dialogs sort of "Oh, daughter, forgive me" "Oh, father, we will stay together forever". Oh, man, it was so damn romantic.The other thing I liked about this train except decorations and the only somehow impressive scene with a girl out of the pool of blood were weak exploitations of claustrophobic fears with shots in dark tunnel, classic trick with lights turning off one by one and so on. I would rate this as a B-class Asian horror, nothing in common with higher-class Ju-on, Ringu and more representative genre specimens from Korea like A Tale of Two Sisters or Doll Master.