A great Cillian Murphy thriller movie is on TV tonight

The Oscar-winner has said he 'doesn't think it's a good movie'. We disagree.

In the film, Oscar-nominee Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) plays Lisa, a hotel manager waiting to take a red-eye flight from Dallas, Texas, back to her home in Miami, Florida. At the airport, she is charmed by a stranger named Jackson (Murphy) and later thinks it must be luck that they are seated together on the plane.

This is not the case, however. It turns out that Jackson isn't so nice and is actually part of a terrorist plot to assassinate a politician. Because the politician is staying at Lisa's hotel, he needs his plane seatmate to help pull off the plan.

Also starring Brian Cox (Succession) and Jayma Mays (Glee), Red Eye marked Cillian Murphy's first lead role in a US movie.

The film was a box office hit and earned very positive reviews. That said, the Irish actor doesn't rank it as being among his best works.

In a GQ interview with Murphy last year, the topic of Red Eye was raised, particularly how Americans of a certain age still associate the Oppenheimer star with the 2005 thriller.

Responding, the actor said: "Oh, I know, it’s crazy! I think it’s the duality of it. It’s why I wanted to play it. That two thing. The nice guy and the bad guy in one.

"The only reason it appealed to me is you could do... that turn, you know?

“I love Rachel McAdams and we had fun making it," he also told GQ, before adding: “But I don’t think it’s a good movie. It’s a good B movie.”

In our view, however, there is nothing wrong with a B movie and Red Eye is a great one, thanks to Murphy's sinister villain, McAdams' likeable hero and a consistently tense and tight story that plays out in less than 77 minutes.

Red Eye is airing on TV tonight on BBC One at 12.10am.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

RoboCop 2 - ITV4 - 9pm/10.10pm

1990 sci-fi thriller sequel, starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Tom Noonan and Belinda Bauer.

Lethal Weapon - Sky One- 9pm

A Vietnam veteran cop and an LA detective uncover a deadly cartel behind a wealthy heiress’s apparent suicide.

The Rhythm Section - Film4 - 11.40pm

After her family dies in a plane crash, Stephanie discovers it wasn’t an accident and seeks revenge with help from a former CIA operative.

Double Team - Legend - 1.40am

A CIA agent escapes a secret facility to save his pregnant wife from a terrorist, teaming up with a flamboyant arms dealer.

Bad Lieutenant  - Legend Xtra - 11.25pm

Abel Ferrara's 1992 drama, starring Harvey Keitel, Frankie Thorn, Brian McElroy and Peggy Gormley.