Flight Risk (2025)
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A Deputy U.S. Marshal must navigate a plane through the Alaskan wilderness while dealing with a pilot who is secretly a hitman.
The story
U.S. Marshal Madolyn Harris is transporting a mob-turned-informant named Winston across the Alaskan wilderness in a small airplane. They are accompanied by a pilot named Daryl Booth. During the flight, Madolyn discovers that the pilot is not who he claims to be, but a hitman hired to eliminate Winston. As the pilot's true identity is revealed, Madolyn must take control of the aircraft and navigate the plane to safety while facing threats from both the hitman and potential leaks within her own organization.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
U.S. Marshal Madolyn Harris is transporting a mob-turned-informant named Winston across the Alaskan wilderness in a small airplane. They are accompanied by a pilot named Daryl Booth. During the flight, Madolyn discovers that the pilot is not who he claims to be, but a hitman hired to eliminate Winston. After Madolyn takes control of the plane, she begins to suspect that her superiors might be compromised by the Moretti crime family. The hitman, 'Daryl', eventually attacks the pair, and Madolyn must fight him off while attempting to land the plane. After a harrowing crash landing, she discovers a second hitman attempting to kill Winston on the ground. She manages to stop him and realizes the conspiracy goes all the way to the top of the Marshals' organization.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 91
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Mel Gibson
- Writers
- Jared Rosenberg · writer
- Cast and characters
- Mark Wahlberg · the Pilot "Daryl Booth"; Michelle Dockery · Madolyn Harris; Topher Grace · Winston; Leah Remini · Caroline Van Sant; Paul Ben-Victor · Director Coleridge; Maaz Ali · Hassan
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- betrayal; survival
- Tone and mood
- tense; action-packed
- Premise and plot tags
- law enforcement; aviation; crime
- Source material / true-story basis
- Jared Rosenberg's screenplay
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 38 · scale: 100 · review count: 28; CinemaScore · score: C · scale: A+ to F; PostTrak · score: 70% · scale: percent
- Production trivia
- The screenplay was on the 2020 Black List.; Mark Wahlberg shaved his head for the role.; The film was originally set for an October 2024 release.
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