Mel Gibson's 'Flight Risk' is No. 1

Mark Wahlberg talks shocking transformation for Mel Gibson’s new action flick ‘Flight Risk’: ‘We just shaved it’
Wahlberg plays a pilot flying a federal agent (Michelle Dockery) and a fugitive (Topher Grace) across Alaska in the thrilling flick. Wahlberg and his wife Durham, who tied the knot in 2009, share four kids: Ella, 20, Michael, 18, Brendan, 15 and Grace, 14, who all found their dad’s new do rather funny.
Mel Gibson’s Flight Risk fails to land the plane
Performances aside, Flight Risk commits the nearly unforgivable sin of turning a great thriller premise into laughably convoluted potboiler fare.
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Alissa Wilkinson of The New York Times agrees, noting “Where “Flight Risk” fails as a film is not really Gibson’s fault. He knows how to shoot action sequences. The screenplay is instead all over the place, in a way that feels tired and halfhearted.”
Flight Risk review: Mark Wahlberg fully commits to turbulent Mel Gibson airplane thriller
After watching Mel Gibson's latest movie, Flight Risk, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace, it makes sense why Lionsgate moved it to a January 2025 release.
Box Office: Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg's ‘Flight Risk' Flies to No. 1 With $12 Million in Yet Another Glacial Weekend
Flight Risk,” an action thriller directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg as a balding, unhinged pilot, landed in first place with $12 million from 3,161 North American theaters in its opening weekend.
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New in theaters, Flight Risk marks Gibson’s first turn as a director since 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge, which earned Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Directing for Gibson and Best Actor for Andrew Garfield. As such, Wahlberg knew going into the film that he was in great hands before the action thriller took flight.
Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg Fly Off the Handle in Flight Risk
Mel Gibson challenges himself to just make a normal potboiler with the Hitchcockian premise of Flight Risk. He's not up to it.
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The Mel Gibson-directed thriller “Flight Risk” opens in theaters Friday. The airplane drama takes thrills to new heights as Mark Wahlberg — who partially shaved his head for the role — stars as a pilot who’s transporting an Air Marshal and her fugitive but reveals his secret agenda mid-flight.
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Mark Wahlberg gives one of the craziest performances of his career in Mel Gibson's gripping thriller 'Flight Risk.' Read our review.
Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ Is No. 1 at Box Office, ‘The Brutalist’ Expands
But despite the turbulence, Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk” managed to open No. 1 at the box office with a modest $12 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. On a quiet weekend, even for the typically frigid movie-going month of January,
Mel Gibson's “Flight Risk” takes off at No. 1 during sluggish weekend box office
Elsewhere, "Mufasa" holds strong at second, "Presence" makes its box office debut, and "The Brutalist" expands to maintain its footing in the top 10.
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