Flight Risk
Published 2025-05-10
Film info
- Title Flight Risk
- Director Mel Gibson
- Year 2025
- Run time 1hr 31m
- Genres Action, Thriller
- Tagline Y'all need a pilot?
- Cast Mark Wahlberg, Topher Grace
A U.S. Marshal escorts a government witness to trial after he’s accused of getting involved with a mob boss, only to discover that the pilot who is transporting them is also a hitman sent to assassinate the informant. After they subdue him, they’re forced to fly together after discovering that there are others attempting to eliminate them.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:33 | That really is a terrible microwave. |
| 5:16 | "This isn't a plane, this is a kite with seatbelts." |
| 13:47 | They do not look like mountains you want to get lost in. |
| 20:26 | You get hit in the face with a knife but handle first. Phew! |
| 26:32 | Marky Mark is smouldering. |
| 31:29 | The dancing hula thing is really annoying. |
| 35:37 | Is that Apple satellite phone? First sighting in a movie! |
| 39:59 | She's very trusting as some random pilot just calls her back. |
| 41:33 | This guy says 'stupendous' and 'fantabulous'. Very sus. |
| 48:09 | Surely a plane can't fly through a snow drift like that. |
| 58:42 | "Not a problem, just a data point." EEK, it's definitely a problem. |
| 1:05:46 | Like how he's gone all grey and sweaty, good make up. |
| 1:15:26 | Casual wave from your friendly fighter pilot. |
| 1:19:15 | "That's because you're out of fuel. That's a good thing, it means you're less flammable." Lessons in positivity. |
| 1:24:36 | "This fucking day." |
Thoughts
There are weird things about this film. The fact that Mark Wahlberg is the only face on the posters and yet is not really a main character and spends most of the movie unconscious and tied up. The very cheap shot-making and choices (which aren't all bad, the contained space ramps up the pressure, but some of the outside visuals are questionable). The pacing of the film is also hit and miss, bursts of action and then quite long periods of just trying to contact ATC or look at the mountains. It's an odd one, not all bad, but you're not missing anything if you choose not to watch.
Rating: 2 / 5