Mark Wahlbergplays an unhinged, balding hitman masquerading as a chatty helicopter pilot in a new trailer forMel Gibsons upcoming thriller,Flight Risk.

The film also stars Michelle Dockery, an Air Marshal escorting a nervous fugitive played by Topher Grace to New York City, where he stands to testify against the head of a crime family.

But the friendly, smooth-talking pilot who is tasked with flying the duo over the Alaskan wilderness, is actually an assassin-for-hire whose mission is to take out the witness at all costs.

Mark Wahlberg as Daryl in “Flight Risk”

Mark Wahlberg as Daryl in ‘Flight Risk’Courtesy of Lionsgate

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Flight Riskhits theaters Jan. 24, pushed back from its original Oct. 18 premiere.

Directed by Gibson, it marks the 68-year-olds return to the directors chair after the acclaim he received forHacksaw Ridgein 2016, which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture.