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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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 (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

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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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

If you're willing to go along with it in the spirit in which it was meant to be seen, you just might find that these quick 90 minutes offer a fair amount of amusement, entertainment, and even a thrill or two as it proceeds on its intentionally-campy ride.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 1, 2025

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Christian Toto

HollywoodInToto.com

Mel Gibson's genre entry offers blast of airborne thrills, chills.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 24, 2025

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Nicholas Bell

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

Executive Decisions are made on Mel Gibson's Non-Stop airplane thriller with a Flightplan elevated by a shrewdly appealing Michelle Dockery and Mark Wahlberg as a strange, primordial goon - but there are no surprises in its Final Destination.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 20, 2025

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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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David

I really wasn’t sure if I was going to like this movie or not- But this movie was another surprise! Without telling you about the movie, there was plenty of action in its 1.5 hour run time, enough to always keep you pleasantly entertained. Great job directing Mel Gibson! You done well. 😊

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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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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