Question: This just interests me, but how on earth did Jackson manage to get a ticket right next to Lisa on the plane so quickly, considering that Keefe changed his plans at the last minute, and they didn't know Lisa's grandma was going to die, and she'd be taking the last plane back to Florida?
raywest
6th Jun 2011
Red Eye (2005)
6th Jun 2011
Red Eye (2005)
Question: Is it actually revealed why Jackson wants Keefe dead? Did I miss something?
Answer: It's a political assassination plot. Jackson is an operative working for the terrorist organization that was hired to kill Keefe, the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. It's nothing personal or of interest to Jackson, just another job. He even mentioned to Lisa that it was only business when she asks why he's doing it.
Answer: These are tech-savvy terrorists. Not only were they closely watching Keefe, but also Lisa, who is integral to their assassination plot. The assassins were monitoring their every move, intercepting cell phone calls, probably hacking into the hotel's and the airline's computers, and so on. It is unknown how Jackson got a seat right next to Lisa, but as it's a late-night Red Eye flight, there would likely be fewer passengers and he could have managed to be seated next to her or somehow got the airline to switch him with another passenger.
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