Flight Risk (2025)

A mob informant and possible flight risk is transported via a small private aircraft by a U.S. Marshal and a pilot when things quickly go sideways. It sounds a bit like Con Air, but it's a much smaller story where all the action takes place entirely on the plane. Director Mel Gibson's thriller is occasionally exhilarating and satisfying, if not predictable and by the numbers. If you have no prior expectations going into it, you might find enough to enjoy in it. 

2½ Indian tech support guys out of 5

NON-STOP [2014]

Liam Neeson puts on his highly effective tough-guy pants again in director Jaume Collet-Serra's mystery/thriller Non-Stop.
Filled with enough holes in it's logic, Non-Stop requires you to shut off your brain and enjoy the uneven ride while it lasts.  The tricky photography makes great use of the claustrophobic space and in turn creates a highly effective tension that doesn't let up until the end.  It's numb, dumb fun that's more satisfying than I thought it would be.

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