Flight Risk 4K review
Mar 30, 2025- Permalink
Director Mel Gibson brings us Flight Risk, a claustrophobic thriller set in a small plane. Michelle Dockery plays an Air Marshall with a troubled past who has recently been sent back into the field. She’s secured a fugitive (Topher Grace), an accountant from the mob that’s needed to testify against a mob boss. To get him to the trial, she’s enlisted a pilot (Mark Wahlberg) but as we learn quickly in this fast-paced 91 minute thriller, not everyone is who they seem to be. This is not good info to find out in a small plane. In the air. Over Alaska. Lionsgate has now released the movie as a 4K and Blu-ray combo pack. An Amazon-exclusive SteelBook version is also available. I had a chance to take an early look.
The 2160p HEVC / H.265 encoded 4K digital transfer with HDR10 is presented in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio. Details inside the plane are sharp, from the three actors’ faces to the hardware of the plane itself. The added resolution doesn’t really help the images outside the windows with the plane shot inside a studio and the scenery on screens. The few moments of CG effects also don’t fare as well. In these moments, the included Blu-ray and its lower resolution hide the digital blemishes. There is also some digital noise. The colour palette is quite realistic and the black levels quite deep. Flight Risk is a tense B-movie that moves along quickly to its 91 conclusion, so I don’t really want to nitpick and pixel count the window shots, but I’m just being open about something that some will notice and some won’t…or won’t care.
On the audio side of things, there’s a English Dolby Atmos track that folds back to Dolby TrueHD 7.1, as well as French and Spanish Dolby Audio 7.1 tracks. Subtitles are available for English SDH, French, and Spanish. The surrounds put you in the passenger seat with engine noise and every turbulent bump, while the subwoofer lends sends extra weight when needed. Dialogue is clear and centred.
The Flight Risk 4K also comes with a Blu-ray disc and a digital code. Extras are sparse consisting of a short production featurette and a theatrical trailer.
If you’re looking for a fast-paced B-movie thriller with a good cast, Flight Risk fits the bill and is combine with an excellent audio experience and a video experience that is very good minus a few quibbles.