In "Flight Risk," Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace star in what Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy calls a truly forgettable thriller-comedy.
Flight Risk” is not “plane” awful, it just never gains enough “attitude” to make it interesting. This high-flying tale of an Air Marshall (Michelle Dockery), a captured fugitive (Topher Grace) and a maniacal killer (Mark Wahlberg) has the kind of action and unrealistic banter that would be good enough for an
Before you accuse me of spoiling the movie, did you really not see any of this coming? I think you will be surprised that Mel Gibson directs this film. It’s almost like he’s sharpening his directing skills (since Heartbreak Ridge) in preparation for a much bigger film.
The action thriller Flight Risk was released on January 24, 2025. Mel Gibson returned to the director's chair after 2016's Hacksaw Ridge.
Director Mel Gibson probably made Flight Risk with Netflix’s “90-minute movies” slot in mind (in fact he overshot – it lasts 91 minutes). It hits the spot of “escapist no-brainer action flick” by being lean,
Michelle Dockery is much too regal to let this come in her way. But given the thin ground that controversy-prone Gibson is on, he could have avoided this.
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Flight Risk Review
Mark Wahlberg's assassin attempts to bump off Topher Grace's informant mid-flight in Mel Gibson's thriller. Read the Empire review.
What do you get when you put a U.S. Marshal, a fugitive and an unhinged pilot in a small plane? We don’t know but get out your barf bag. Mark Wahlberg,
What do you get when you put a U.S. Marshal, a fugitive and an unhinged pilot in a small plane? We don't know but get out your barf bag.Mark Wahlberg,Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace star in this tru
Zero stars “Flight Risk” sounds like the setup for a joke: What do you get when you put a U.S. Marshal, a fugitive and an unhinged pilot in a small plane? We don't know
Despite seemingly giving away the entire movie in the trailer, the action thriller managed to keep a few things up its sleeve.
The door slams open, and two hefty officers with a US Marshall, Madelyn (Michelle Dockery), walk in ... Madelyn charters a plane to fly Winston to Anchorage and, further on, to New York and ...