Flight Risk

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Flight Risk

R

Released Jan 24

1h 31m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

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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Critics Consensus

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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Maxance Vincent

FlickSided

For a good chunk of [Flight Risk's] lean 91-minute runtime, no frame feels like Mel Gibson directed it, but rather a journeyman who kowtows to the studio’s demands with little to no personal flair behind the camera.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jul 25, 2025

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Awais Irfan

The Hollywood News

But the direction is bland and with a script that doesn’t offer much, Flight Risk is perhaps not the successful takeoff Mel Gibson was looking for. It’s a pretty disastrous crash landing.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 23, 2025

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Cris Parker

3C Films (YouTube)

Flight Risk is one of those film you watch and ask yourself “Who thought any of this was a good idea .”

Rated: 4/10

Jun 24, 2025

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Colton

Great movie! Had me on the edge of my seat.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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David G

Not bad. Fun 90s Throwback feel

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Matthew

I would watch it again but I hated that the ending came to a quick close.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/25/25

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JP

Didn’t care for the movie. Stalls at times, predictable and not a very good plot.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/24/25

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Derrick R

Not enough action it’s ok

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/12/25

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Shane F

Was a very good movie, acting was very good.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/10/25

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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: Mystery & Thriller, Action, 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