Flight Risk

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Flight Risk

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Released Jan 24

1h 31m

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Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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In this high-stakes suspense thriller, Academy Award® nominee Mark Wahlberg (Actor in a Supporting Role, 2006 -- The Departed) plays a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery) accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.

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While there's a place for high-octane dumb fun, Flight Risk dives straight into unpleasant camp without a parachute.

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Kat Sachs

Chicago Reader

The plot and runtime had me hoping it’d be a throwaway of the Edgar G. Ulmer variety, but alas, it’s kind of a mess, made worse by the Mark Wahlberg character’s indiscriminate sadism.

Feb 13, 2025

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

A really cool idea, but the dialogue is terrible. I hate this script so much... There's a crassness that is really unnecessary.

Feb 11, 2025

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

It won’t win any awards for originality but Flight Risk is a fun, unpretentious, tight 91 minutes — especially if you’ve always jonesed to see Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary cream someone with a fire extinguisher.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 4, 2025

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Allison Rose

FlickDirect

Flight Risk had potential, but early reveals and predictable characters lessen its overall impact.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 14, 2025

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Mel Gibson’s sadistic bent as a filmmaker is well established by now, so it’s not surprising to see him drawn to this script. But beyond that, it’s hard to imagine what he thought he could bring to such a threadbare story.

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 8, 2025

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Pete Vonder Haar

Houston Press

Wahlberg and Gibson have starred twice together (Daddy's Home 2 and Father Stu). There's a joke to be made here about Catholicism and paternal issues but laughing off anti-Semitism and violence against women doesn't seem so funny now, for some reason.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 5, 2025

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Susan

Sorry Mark, it was hard to like this one.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/07/25

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Laura L

It was okay, relatively intense. Decently acted. Hardly any change of scene.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/23/25

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Paulette

Great job as always by Mark! Great movie with some humor.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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raymond

Liked the Scenery .. I lived in Rocky Mountains for a 1yr period of time in my 20s.. liked the plot and was suprised to see mark wahlbergs character be a bad guy and get killed in end ..

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/25

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Ndmand

A bit over the top, but entertaining. This movie might have been better without the gruesomeness angle. Why tell viewers about how gruesome the bad is if you don't show it. It's just hearsay, and this bad guy was bad enough.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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Allan

We left the theater saying, "This was clearly a Mel Gibson movie!" It was funny in place, thrilling in places and just fun to watch,.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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Synopsis

In this high-stakes suspense thriller, Academy Award® nominee Mark Wahlberg (Actor in a Supporting Role, 2006 -- The Departed) plays a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery) accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.

Director: Mel Gibson
Producer: John Davis, John Fox, Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson
Screenwriter: Jared Rosenberg
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Media Capital Technologies, Davis Entertainment, Hammerstone Studios, Icon Productions
Rating: R (Violence and Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 24, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 14, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.7M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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