Dockery spoke with ScreenRant to discuss how Flight Risk felt like a play and share anticipation for the upcoming Downton Abbey swan song.

Like many, Michelle Dockery was surprised to see her Flight Risk co-star, Mark Wahlberg, with his bald look in the new Mel Gibson movie.

Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson have teamed up for an action movie, but critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes are extremely divided about its quality.

Film Review, a movie directed by Mel Gibson, written by Jared Rosenberg and starring Michelle Dockery, Mark Wahlberg

Director Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk,” starring Mark Wahlberg, is new in theaters. Does the airplane thriller have a smooth or bumpy landing with critics?

Critics lambasted it and audiences didn’t grade it much better. But despite the turbulence, Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk” managed to open No. 1 at the box office with a modest $12 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Mark Wahlberg stars in the genre pic, which marks Gibson's first directorial effort in nearly a decade. Elsewhere, Steven Soderbergh's artsy haunted house thriller 'Presence' opened in 1,750 cinemas.

Mel Gibson has an impressive track record as a director, having delivered great cinematic films like Braveheart , Apocalypto , and Hacksaw Ridge . These film showcase the filmmakers incredible talent for storytelling.

Wahlberg portrays a hitman masquerading as a pilot in Mel Gibson's latest movie 'Flight Risk,' in theaters now

The premise is simple: Michelle Dockery plays U.S. Marshal Madolyn, tasked with transporting wiseass accountant Winston (Topher Grace) on a prop plane from Alaska to Seattle. Daryl (Mark Wahlberg), their shady pilot, is secretly working for the bad guys and tasked with killing Winston before he can testify. That’s it. That’s the setup.

Mark Wahlberg takes the lead in Mel Gibson's new thriller, Flight Risk, released in theaters on January 24, 2025