Flight Riskcontinues an unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes streak for Mark Wahlberg. The story ofFlight Riskfollows a U.S. Marshall who boards a small plane with a pilot to transfer an informant who has turned against a mob boss. Thecast ofFlight Riskincludes Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace.Flight Riskis directed by Mel Gibson, who has directed several critically-acclaimed movies throughout his career. Some ofMel Gibson’s best moviesincludeBraveheart,The Passion of the Christ, andHacksaw Ridge. However, compared to Gibson’s other films, the reception toFlight Riskhas not been positive.
Reviews forFlight Riskhave been very underwhelming, and the movie currently has an extremely low score of 25% on Rotten Tomatoes (viaRotten Tomatoes). Critics have pointed out thatFlight Riskis easily the worst film that Gibson has directed. Additionally, several critics have criticized Wahlberg’s performance in the movie, claiming that his villainous character is way too over-the-top. Therefore,Flight Risk’snegative reception has continued a disappointing streak in Wahlberg’s career.
Flight Risk Is Mark Wahlberg’s 10th Rotten Movie In The Last 5 Years
Flight Risk Has A Very Low Rotten Tomatoes Score
Flight Risk’sless-than-ideal Rotten Tomatoes score makes it the tenth Rotten movie starring Wahlberg in the last five years. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the score of a movie needs to be lower than 60% to be considered Rotten. This means that most of Wahlberg’s recent films have received very negative reviews. In fact,out of Wahlberg’s last 11 movies, only one has received a Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 2024’sArthur the Kingis Wahlberg’s only recent movie that has a rating higher than 60%.
25%
38%
Arthur the King (2024)
69%
27%
7%
42%
41%
17%
39%
48%
Spenser Confidential (2020)
35%
Other recentMark Wahlberg moviesthat have received low ratings areUncharted,Father Stu,The Family Plan, andThe Union. There were hopes thatFlight Riskcould start a comeback for Wahlberg. After all, Gibson has directed several incredible movies. However,Flight Riskhas ended up cementing itself as one of the worst movies of Wahlberg’s career.
Wahlberg Hasn’t Been Choosing The Right Movies To Star In
Some of Wahlberg’s best movies includeBoogie Nights,The Fighter,Deepwater Horizon, andPatriots Day. These movies prove thatWahlberg is a skilled actor who is capable of creating memorable characters. However, essentially none of his recent movies have been enjoyed by critics. Wahlberg has elevated himself to a point where he is capable of choosing what projects he wants to work on. Therefore, there’s a chance that he just isn’t choosing the right movies.
The failure ofFlight Riskproves that even working with an acclaimed director won’t put an end to Wahlberg’s unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes streak.
However, working with Gibson as a director should’ve been a much safer bet. The failure ofFlight Riskproves that even working with an acclaimed director won’t put an end to Wahlberg’s unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes streak.Hopefully an upcoming movie featuring Wahlberg will garner great reviews and finally start his comeback, but as of now,Flight Risk’sfailure makes it clear that Wahlberg’s recent pursuits haven’t been leading to positive reviews.
