Mel Gibson’s so-called movie jail continues to be lenient, because the director is once again back with a new action blockbuster starring Mark Wahlberg, aka Flight Risk, which opens in movie theaters this weekend.
Flight Risk was directed by Gibson, with a screenplay written by Jared Rosenberg. Wahlberg stars as a sketchy pilot named Daryl Booth, who flies the private plane carrying a Debuty U.S. Marshal (played by Michelle Dockery) and a government witness in a mafia trial (played by Topher Grace). When the passengers learn the pilot is actually there to take out the witness, they must fight to survive while flying high.
Gibson was dropped by his talent agency in 2010 after audio leaked of him screaming obscenities at his then-girlfriend, who also accused him of domestic violence. He’s made multiple, documented anti-Semitic, racist, and homophobic comments. Though many Hollywood figures cut ties with Gibson since that audio leak in 2010, he
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