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MOVIES: 'FLIGHT RISK' IS A GRIPPING ADVENTURE FROM WAHLBERG

- Hein Kaiser

Once upon a time there were three movies. They each competed for the attention of the audience, just like the three little pigs. Each built a plot, found a cast and created entertainment and fought against the short attention span of streamers.

One movie is built on a flimsy script, hoping flashy effects willhold it together across a long, very long running time.

Another leaned heavily on star power and the director's clout, but the third, despite the formula being somewhat tried and tested, was an adventure that never saw the pause button depressed for popcorn, a pee or a take-the-dog-out break.

It's not as if we haven't seen it before. The plot of Flight Risk is a star witness who doesn't want to testify, hauled back from a far-flung place to spill the beans on the baddies on trial.

An agent is sent to collect him, but there's a mole in the agency. This time, the US Marshalls.

And, as events unravel, there's a stream of action and suspense that eventually has a kind of happy ending.