The most pressing issue in the disappointingly tame thriller Flight Risk is not whether a troubled U.S. Deputy Marshal will successfully deliver her fugitive charge into the hands of authorities or whether the hit man hired to stop them will get his just desserts. The real issue is why Mel Gibson, who earned a Best Director Oscar for Braveheart and has emotionally devastated audiences with worldwide hits like The Passion of the Christ, would want his first directing effort since 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge to be a thriller with such low levels of urgency and suspense.
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