Red Eye review: Richard Armitage is yet another mysterious stranger in this ridiculous ITV thriller

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Chinese-British police officer Hana Li is ordered to escort Nolan back on the “red eye” flight. Following hot on the heels of Idris Elba’s Hijack, a fun but preposterous thriller on Apple TV+, Red Eye takes a similar approach. Red Eye is anchored by some rather vapid geopolitics – China is negotiating to build nuclear power plants on British soil, so the craven government consents to Nolan’s ad hoc extradition – but really exists only to get an unlikely duo to start fighting crime at 30,000 feet. ‘Red Eye’ is on Sundays at 9pm on ITV If you’re travelling abroad and want to watch ‘Red Eye’ then you might need a VPN to unblock your streaming app.