For “Flight Risk,” his first outing as a director in nearly a decade, the Oscar winner isn’t quite taking center stage.

Lionsgate’s advertising campaign for “Flight Risk” credits its latest film to “the award-winning director of ‘Braveheart,’ ‘Apocalypto ... of recognizing Mel Gibson as its helmer.

Mel Gibson’s breakout role was as Max ... his directorial work on The Passion of the Christ (2004) and Apocalypto (2006). Gibson went on to star in the Lethal Weapon franchise, Edge of Darkness ...