Movie Review: Flight Risk

Flight Risk review: ‘more plot holes than a sieve’

Mel Gibson’s thriller is set almost entirely in the cabin of a plane as it flies over the bleak Alaskan mountains, and that is the best thing about it

At The Movies: Flight Risk • The Western Weekender

Verdict: 3.5/5 Get the popcorn, don’t take things too seriously and strap in for a 90 minute joy flight. That’s the best way to prepare for ‘Flight Risk’, which isn’t about to win any Academy Awards, but serves as an entertaining flick with a touch of tension, and plenty of laughs. The Mel Gibson directed flick stars Michelle Dockery as a US Marshall tasked with escorting a key witness from Alaska back to Seattle. All seems normal when the over-…

Movie Review: Flight Risk

By Bob Garver I notice that I’ve given a “C” rating to every movie I’ve reviewed in 2025. That’s four straight times I’ve basically said that the movie, while not worth writing off entirely, isn’t worth recommending. I even split the review last weekend and gave out two “C” ratings. Director Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk” ends the “C” streak. It doesn’t end the streak by earning my recommendation, but by being a movie that I feel is indeed worth wri…

Mel Gibson's 'Flight Risk' Is a Miserable, Mind-Numbing Disaster Made by a Washed-Up Bigot

Aside from Hacksaw Ridge -- directed by Mel Gibson, which we begrudgingly reviewed because it was an Oscar-nominated film starring Andrew Garfield -- we haven't touched a Mel Gibson movie, as actor or director, since 2011's The Beaver. That review,... Read more...

MOVIE REVIEW: It's Hard To Believe Mel Gibson Directed 'Flight Risk'

A pilot transports an Air Marshal accompanying a fugitive to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.There are a coupl...

REVIEW: Mark Wahlberg pilots a bumpy ride in Flight Risk

Fasten your seatbelts: watching Flight Risk is fun, but audiences might also encounter some heavy turbulence