Mel Gibson is back in the director’s chair, for the first time since his 2016 Oscar-nominated WWII film “Hacksaw Ridge.”
What I know about “Flight Risk,” based on a test screening that occurred a few weeks back, is that it’s violent and VERY entertaining. I wouldn’t expect anything else from Mad Mel.
We now have a trailer, and it features a balding Mark Wahlberg who plays the film’s psychopathic villain. For obvious reasons, Gibson’s name isn’t mentioned in the trailer, instead we get a “From the Academy-Award Winning Director of ..”
Lionsgate, the studio behind ‘Hacksaw’ is backing “Flight Risk” which has Wahlberg’s mob hitman tricking a federal agent into allowing him to pilot a plane carrying an FBI informant (Topher Grace) out of a remote area.
Gibson, as a director, has never been one to shy away from gore: “The Passion of the Christ” “Braveheart,” “Hacksaw Ridge” and, his best work, “Apocalypto,” are four extremely violent films. Like him or not, Gibson has proven himself to be a very good filmmaker these last three decades. He even won a Best Director Oscar for 1995’s “Braveheart.”
“Flight Risk,” which will likely nab a hard R rating, is scheduled for theatrical release on October 18, 2024. A prime fall slot that will see it pitted that same weekend against Paramount’s “Smile 2.”
As expected, Snyder's latest is being torn apart by TIFF attendees. No mercy given. The film, which had its world premiere this evening, is being called by some one of the worst movies to ever premiere at the festival.