Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace go on a silly adventure

Michelle Dockery, left, and Mark Wahlberg in a scene from ‘Flight Risk’ | Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate

The title sounds like a 90s movie and so is the premise. At 91 minutes, flight risk This is an efficient little campy thriller that mostly delivers what it promises. Even in the short run, there are moments when one’s attention wanders, but then one can go straight back into the movie and be no one the wiser.

An accountant, (you know he’s an accountant because he wears glasses) Winston (Topper Grace), is holed up in a motel in Alaska and watches his cup noodles go round and round in the micro, which is being sold off to the side. Have to kill with. To turn it on. If you don’t quite believe this is the Alaskan wilderness, a sad moose with huge antlers peeking through the curtain will make you believe it. The door swings open, and in walk two hulking officers, along with the US Marshal, Madeline (Michelle Dockery). Winston immediately surrenders, saying that he is willing to testify against the mob boss he is working for in exchange for complete immunity and protection.

This sets the stage for the next act, where Madeline charters a plane to take Winston to Anchorage and beyond to New York and Seattle so he can testify and take down the evil mob boss. The little Cessna contrasts with Winston’s Lear jet dreams, as does the gum-chewing, flamboyant pilot, Daryl Booth (Mark Wahlberg). Once in the air, on the 90 minute flight to Anchorage, truths, lies, deceptions and double crosses fly fast as everyone is hiding something and they are definitely not who they claim to be. . Madeline has a dark secret and the events on the plane prompt a crackdown in the department.

While other films are based on airplanes Air Force One, Installed in big planes, in wee planes flight risk Works to maintain tension. There are near misses, rising mountain ranges, loss of radio contact, stabbings, gunfire, foul language, screaming and cursing, as well as disembodied voices from ATC to keep things moving.

Wahlberg had the time of his life as a copycat pilot, while Dockery dropped his cut-glass Lady Mary (Downton Abbey) voice to create a proper version of the American accent. Grace makes a good impression on the fearful, the anxious.

Michelle Dockery in a scene from ‘Flight Risk’ Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate

Maz Ali as Hassan in ATC, helping Madeline take off and land the plane, (which seems very easy to do) is warm and funny and when we finally see him, like Madeline, we think of him as an old friend. Congratulate as. As expected from a Mel Gibson film, there’s quite a bit of gore and other gory things happening off-camera.

flight risk It doesn’t overstay its welcome – just in case someone is shifting uncomfortably and thinking about asking Johnny. airplane! For coffee, the landing lights come on and after another heart-stopping operation, one can put back the tray table, unbuckle the seat belt, turn on the mobile phone and head to the food court for more greasy foods. Can go towards.

Flight Risk is currently playing in theaters