Almost a decade passed before Mel Gibson returned to the director’s chair for Flight Risk, a thriller that hit theaters earlier this year.

Gibson doesn’t take an on-camera role in this film. Instead, Michelle Dockery takes the spotlight as U.S. Marshal Madolyn Harris as she escorts a high-value mob informant, Winston (Topher Grace), on a chartered flight from Alaska.

Mark Wahlberg costars as the pilot of the plane, but he’s also the reason why Madolyn and Winston may never make it back to the ground alive.

Now that Flight Risk is available for rent or purchase online, we’re sharing three reasons to watch it.

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Far and away the best thing about Flight Risk is Wahlberg’s t

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