Directed by Mel Gibson, “Flight Risk” bears all the cliches of the past. For far too long, the film and the story are on autopilot.

Flight Risk”—director Mel Gibson’s airplane thriller starring Mark Wahlberg—is apparently already on its way to digital streaming. Find out when and where it is expected to debut.

There are certain films that look incredible — on paper. Those films are often put on the “Black List,” a register of the most-loved unproduced screenplays in Hollywood as determined by a survey of Hollywood machers.

A marketing campaign that splashes Gibson's earlier acclaimed earlier films — but not his name — holds an unflattering mirror to this uninspiring action thriller.

Director Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk,” starring Mark Wahlberg, is new in theaters. Does the airplane thriller have a smooth or bumpy landing with critics?

Ninety minutes in a confined space with Wahlberg screaming threats of sexual violence? Hard pass It’s weird to find an animal outside of its natural habitat. A penguin floating around the International Space Station instead of waddling through the Antarctic.

The premise is simple: Michelle Dockery plays U.S. Marshal Madolyn, tasked with transporting wiseass accountant Winston (Topher Grace) on a prop plane from Alaska to Seattle. Daryl (Mark Wahlberg), their shady pilot, is secretly working for the bad guys and tasked with killing Winston before he can testify. That’s it. That’s the setup.

Critics lambasted it and audiences didn’t grade it much better. 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.

Here at FandomWire, we review the new action thriller Flight Risk, from Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Dockery!

Mark Wahlberg gives one of the craziest performances of his career in Mel Gibson's gripping thriller 'Flight Risk.' Read our review.