Director: Mel Gibson
Cast: Michelle Dockery, Mark Wahlberg, Topher Grace, Leah Remini, Maaz Ali
Flight Risk is a 2025 American action-thriller directed by Mel Gibson, starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace. Clocking in at 91 minutes, it delivers a stripped-down, high-tension cat-and-mouse story set almost entirely inside a small aircraft somewhere over the Alaskan wilderness.
What is Flight Risk about?
A seasoned U.S. Marshal is tasked with transporting a federal witness from custody to the courthouse where he is scheduled to testify against a dangerous organized-crime figure. They board a chartered bush plane for the journey — only to realize, somewhere over remote terrain, that the man in the cockpit is not what he seems. Far from being just a hired pilot, he has been contracted to make sure the witness never reaches the stand. When the Marshal manages to neutralize the immediate threat, the plane is still airborne and a new danger closes in from outside. With nowhere to land and no backup within reach, the two uneasy passengers must keep the aircraft aloft and each other alive long enough to figure out who else wants them dead — and why.
Cast & crew
Mel Gibson, who built his directorial career on propulsive, visceral action (Braveheart, Apocalypto, Hacksaw Ridge), steps behind the camera here for a leaner, single-location exercise. Mark Wahlberg plays the menacing pilot with a twitchy unpredictability, while Michelle Dockery brings a cool authority to the Marshal role. Topher Grace rounds out the central trio as the cornered informant whose secrets keep expanding.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers abroad, Flight Risk offers exactly the kind of tight, no-frills Hollywood thriller that plays well on any screen — no prior franchise knowledge required, no cultural context needed beyond a fondness for survival cinema. The claustrophobic aircraft setting recalls classics of the locked-room thriller genre, and at 91 minutes it respects your evening. Gibson's direction keeps the pacing relentless. The film is available with a full Persian dub, so diaspora viewers who prefer watching in their native language can follow every line without reading subtitles — making it equally comfortable for mixed-generation households watching together on a shared TV screen.
Where & how to watch
Flight Risk is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, TV, or phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, no extra download. Subscribe and cancel anytime.