{"id":2189498,"date":"2025-12-06T19:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T19:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2189498"},"modified":"2025-12-06T19:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T19:18:06","slug":"watching-flight-risk-reminded-me-of-how-great-mark-wahlberg-is-as-a-bad-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watching-flight-risk-reminded-me-of-how-great-mark-wahlberg-is-as-a-bad-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching Flight Risk Reminded Me Of How Great Mark Wahlberg Is As A Bad Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Lionsgate<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Before we take off, I\u2019ll remind you that your tray tables should be in the upright and locked position, and that <strong>there will be<\/strong> <strong>spoilers on this flight!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I didn\u2019t have high hopes for <em>Flight Risk<\/em>, which I caught recently with my <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/hbo-max-subscription-know-price-130351204.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:HBO Max subscription;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">HBO Max subscription<\/a>. Of all the movies I&#8217;ve seen this year, this wasn\u2019t one that really rated for me. That is, at least before I saw it. I\u2019m not going to sit here and tell you <em>Flight Risk<\/em> my favorite movie of the year, or anything, but I have to admit that I enjoyed it quite a bit. Like, a lot more than I thought I would. That is, in large part, due to Mark Wahlberg\u2019s over-the-top, but awesome performance as the villain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Mark Wahlberg as David McCall boasting an unsettling stare in Fear\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/KzDM6yHXhbqgrG8paI6sTw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/00131033ea0b38139cf3ac9737c39f96\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">I Miss Seeing Wahlberg In This Kind Of Role<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I\u2019m of an age that my first exposure (and I mean that literally) to Mark Wahlberg was in those famous Calvin Klein ads in the early \u201890s and, of course, as the leader of The Funky Bunch. The first movie I remember him in was <em>Fear<\/em> from 1996, co-starring Reese Witherspoon. It\u2019s a movie that seemed to be on cable nonstop when I was in college, and I watched it way too many times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I haven\u2019t seen it in years, but Wahlberg&#8217;s character in <em>Flight Risk<\/em>, the pilot\/hitman whom we only know as Daryl Booth, immediately reminded me of his character in <em>Fear<\/em>. In both movies, he plays a raging psychopath, and while he is, if I\u2019m honest, a much better and more confident actor these days, there were moments where I couldn\u2019t help but compare the two villains. It was really fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There is one scene in particular, after \u201cDaryl\u201d is tied up in the back and he\u2019s bleeding from his mouth, when he looks up at Madolyn (Michelle Dockery) with a psychotic look in his eye, that I really put it together. It was the same look he used in <em>Fear<\/em>. I loved it. It\u2019s not something we see from Mark Wahlberg all that much, but he\u2019s <em>really<\/em> good at it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Usually in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/news\/2491671\/the-best-mark-wahlberg-movies-ranked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:his movies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">his movies<\/a> these days, Wahlberg is playing heroes, like in <em>Patriots Day,<\/em> or goofballs, like in <em>Ted<\/em>. Even when he plays baddies, they are usually the more stoic kind and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/flight-risk-trailer-gives-mark-143001510.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:rarely the intensely crazy kind;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">rarely the intensely crazy kind<\/a>. He should think about letting loose with a character like \u201cDaryl\u201d more often, because it really works.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Mark Wahlberg in Flight Risk\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Uh4lcDzxOnDjJB.wGj_feQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/0e4c5472237afbb3a80755471262cc77\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Lionsgate<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Flight Risk Is A Fun Ride<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As I said, <em>Flight Risk<\/em> isn\u2019t going to land on my Oscar contenders list or anything like that, but I\u2019m more than happy to recommend it. It\u2019s a well-made movie, mostly shot all in one small place, on a plane, with a tiny cast that mostly features just three actors: Wahlberg, Dockery and Topher Grace. All three are great, as are the actors who we only hear from over the radio: Leah Remini, Paul Ben-Victor and Maaz Ali, who has the <em>perfect<\/em> voice and delivery for a real pilot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I love that it\u2019s contained to the plane and nowhere else (save for one short scene in a cabin in the beginning) and that we never see the other characters who aren\u2019t on the plane. It makes for a unique and wild experience. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/hear-mark-wahlbergs-flight-risk-230400065.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Critics might not have loved it;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Critics might not have loved it<\/a>, and it only made a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/flight-risk-survives-terrible-reviews-180433930.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:modest amount at the box office;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">modest amount at the box office<\/a> as part of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/upcoming-movies-2025-movie-release-130453990.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 movie schedule;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">2025 movie schedule<\/a>, but check it out. It\u2019s worth taking a flyer on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Lionsgate Before we take off, I\u2019ll remind you that your tray tables should be in the upright and locked position, and that there will be spoilers on this flight! 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