the premise be simple . this movie start out look like your average lame chick flick about two attractive young people meet each other in an airport and then thing take a 180 degree turn . i for one and really dislike the kind of mind numb love story nonsense that pollute the average movie theater . and it be my humble opinion that wes craven and base on his previous meta horror film ( sceam ) do too . follow this logic and it not surprise to find that craven sardonically take his time to build up a nauseatingly sweet ependipity love story and only to have an awesome cillian murphy wreck that whole sugar coat dreamworld . the scope of his character jackson ripner ( jack the ripper and get it . lame and right . ) in this film be impressive and he go from be utterly charming to be a twist nihilistic sicko and which be a plus in my book . a he proceed to freak out his victim ( jennifer garner lookalike rachel mcadams and who i find pretty annoy by the way ) and you can not help but sympathize with the guy . this be wes craven and embody in jackson ripner and through cillian murphy and bash all brainless chick flick . mr. craven and i salute you . best quote representjackson ripner ( after beat the snot out of rachel mcadams in the airplane toilet ) represent thanks for the quickie .