A Mark Wahlberg movie with an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score climbs Netflix's top 10 global chart. Initially starting out as a teen pop idol in the 1990s, Wahlberg has become an acclaimed action actor over the years. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best ing Actor for his performance in Martin Scorsese's The Departed, where he starred alongside Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin. His performances in Boogie Nights and The Fighter have also received critical acclaim. 4b2pw

Flight Risk has ended a surprising 26-year streak for Mark Wahlberg and his action movies. The 2025 action-thriller directed by Mel Gibson put its star in an unusual role as the villain, as he played a killer posing as a pilot. Mark Wahlberg only played one villain before this movie, but he is no stranger to action movies. He's used the genre to build his career in many ways. Whether it was franchises like Transformers or other standalone films, Wahlberg became a major action movie star throughout his career, balancing the comedic and true story roles he also frequently takes.

An Emmy-winning actor has been cast in Mark Wahlberg's crime-thriller By Any Means. The movie will be based on the Black List script CI34 by Sascha Penn, which is itself based on the true story of a hitman covertly hired by the FBI who was partnered with a Black agent to hunt down those murdering civil rights leaders in 1960s Mississippi. Not much is known about the full plot or the specific characters, but the movie has cast a big name alongside Wahlberg.

Mark Wahlberg's Flight Risk has been a critical and commercial dud - but his next film could offer redemption by remaking a brutal Mel Gibson thriller. Flight Risk's ending didn't exactly set up a sequel, but the Hitchcockian thriller was still expected to be a much bigger deal than it has proved to be. Flight Risk was roundly panned by critics, with Wahlberg's performance as a repellent assassin receiving mixed notices.

Peter Jackson and Mark Wahlberg's Oscar-nominated supernatural movie that made $93 million at the box office has landed on Netflix's global chart 15 years after its release. The New Zealander is best known as the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he co-wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, winning him a total of three Oscars. Jackson, the fifth-highest-grossing director of all time, has also helmed the critically acclaimed drama Heavenly Creatures, the horror-comedy The Frighteners, and the 2005 King Kong remake.

Flight Risk continues an unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes streak for Mark Wahlberg. The story of Flight Risk follows a U.S. Marshall who boards a small plane with a pilot to transfer an informant who has turned against a mob boss. The cast of Flight Risk includes Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace. Flight Risk is directed by Mel Gibson, who has directed several critically-acclaimed movies throughout his career. Some of Mel Gibson's best movies include Braveheart, The ion of the Christ, and Hacksaw Ridge. However, compared to Gibson's other films, the reception to Flight Risk has not been positive.

From Mile 22 to The Union, Mark Wahlberg has made some of the best action movies of his career in the past decade. In the years since he left hip-hop behind to become an A-list movie star, Wahlberg has headlined all kinds of films. He first broke out as a leading man with his turn as an up-and-coming porno actor in Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling ensemble drama Boogie Nights. He gave a scene-stealing comedic turn in Martin Scorsese’s crime thriller The Departed. He shared the screen with a talking teddy bear in Seth MacFarlane’s Ted movies.

Mark Wahlberg has starred in plenty of action movies over the past 30 years, although ittedly some were better than others. With countless roles as determined police officers, petty criminals, and expert thieves under his belt, Wahlberg was no stranger to the action genre as he chased, fought, and shot his way through an assortment of over-the-top action-packed films. While acclaimed roles in epic crime thrillers like The Departed or sci-fi movies such as the Transformers series don’t count as pure action entries, there were still plenty more Wahlberg action movies to consider.

Jack Qaid's appearance and demeanor in an action movie make it hard not to believe he could perfectly play the protagonist in a reboot of Mark Wahlberg's failed video game adaptation. In an acting career spanning over two decades, Jack Quaid has played myriad roles in movies and shows like Star Trek: Lower Decks, Scream, and Oppenheimer. However, in recent years, he has been best known for portraying Hughie in Amazon Prime Video's highly acclaimed adaptation of The Boys comics.

Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson's poorly-reviewed holiday movie, which made $180 million at the box office, has become a global Netflix hit seven years after its release. After breaking out with Boogie Nights, Walhberg went on to receive further critical acclaim for his performances in The Departed and The Fighter, while also venturing into big-budget action moves such as The Perfect Storm, Planet of the Apes, The Italian Job, and Transformers. However, in recent years, Wahlberg has focused more on comedies, including The Other Guys, Ted, and Daddy's Home.