Academy Award nominee and Uncharted starMark Wahlberglooks a little different to what audiences are used to in the first trailer forFlight Risk, from directorMel Gibson. While the leading man known for roles inThe Fighterand theTransformersfranchise starts off looking like the Marky Mark we all know, once he removes his hat andreveals himself as being a tricksy, balding, villainous assassinrather a trusted pilot, things quickly change.
You can check out the first trailer for the action thrillerFlight Riskbelow.
The movie marks the first time that Mel Gibson, who has become a controversial figure over the years,has been behind the camerasince the 2016 Oscar-winning World War II movieHacksaw Ridge. He and Walhberg have worked together before, in both the 2017 comedyDaddy’s Home 2and the biographical dramaFather Stuin 2022.
Written by Jared Rosenberg,Flight RiskstarsDownton Abbey’sMichelle Dockery andThat ’70s ShowandSpider-Man 3star Topher Gracealongside Wahlberg. As well as the trailer, you can check out the official synopsis below.
“In this high-stakes suspense thriller, Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg (Best Supporting Actor, The Departed, 2006) plays a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery) accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.”
Mark Wahlberg Is Excited to Play the Villain for a Change
Mark Wahlberg has discussed what it was like transforming into a villain forFlight Risk(viaPeople). The actor has not been the evil-doer often in his career, though he did show how it’s done in the 1996psychological thriller movieFear. For Wahlberg, the role was a chance to “really kind of switch it up.”
“It was one of those things where the character just jumped off the page and to really kind of switch it up. You got three people on the plane; they probably expect me to be the kind of guy who’s gonna save the day and within the first 15 minutes you really get into it.
But it really was all about playing that kind of character, which for me, if you don’t have a great villain, it doesn’t work. But I kind of wanted to push it a little bit more. We had a lot of fun.”
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As for reuniting with Mel Gibson, Wahlberg said he and the filmmakerwere quickly drawn toFlight Risk, with Wahlberg excited to play a very different character.
“We had talked about doing some other stuff while we were shooting Daddy’s Home and Father Stu, but then this kind of came and he sent me the script and I just responded right away. He didn’t even say which role. For me, there was only one role to play.”
Flight Riskis scheduled to be released in the United States on July 01, 2025.
