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1.5/4
Flight Risk - Review
Matthew Brady - wrote on 08/06/25
Flight Risk fails as an homage to 1990s action films. Instead, it is an unintentional love letter to straight-to-DVD-era action flicks.
Mark Wahlberg gets top billing despite spending most of the movie in the background, tied up or unconscious. And sometimes, he gets free and starts a scuffle, only to get knocked out and tied up again.
The film did not have suspense, thrills, or enjoyment. The writing is atrocious, as some dialogue made me cringe multiple times. I knew I was in for a terrible time when I saw that AI-looking motel in the opening shot.
I expected a nutty performance from Wahlberg, but I didn't get that.
Mark Wahlberg's death scene is the only note-worthy aspect because of how bizarrely filmed it was. It was something out of Looney Tunes. Whenever I bring up this movie, that death scene is getting mentioned.
