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FLIGHT RISK

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace
Director: Mel Gibson

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NICK

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As polarizing as Mel Gibson is, his ability as a director is rarely in question. That’s why it's hard to believe he directed Flight Risk. Although Mark Wahlberg tries his best with what he's given, the film is severely challenged in both its writing and the aforementioned direction. Had Gibson decided to make a tension-riddled thriller with Wahlberg playing a maniacal villain, this could have worked. Hell, even if he went the other way, building up the ridiculousness to go for some wacky dark comedy, things may have worked. Instead, he did neither, which results in a film that decidedly does not work.

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ADRIANO

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Yeah, it's January alright because I'm almost at a loss for words at how bad Flight Risk is. You can fall back on the excuse that it's a B-level thriller made to feel like a silly straight-to-DVD movie all you want, but I'm not exaggerating when I say nothing happens in this movie. Mark Wahlberg going nuts is a little entertaining, but he's just unconscious in the background for the most part. Otherwise, this movie is tensionless, the humour is really cringe, and it features possibly the most forced romance in cinema history. This has basically no redeeming qualities.

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