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Edge of Darkness Movie Review By:Sandwichjohn


Edge of Darkness Movie Review
By:Sandwichjohn

The Edge of Darkness marks Mel Gibson’s return to movies. The last starring role that he had was in 2002. It will be interesting to see if his behavior since then will influence the success of this movie. I will say that we were the youngest people by far in the theater during the showing we attended.

Edge of Darkness is a 2010 film adaptation of the 1985 BBC television series.

Mel Gibson plays Thomas Craven, a Boston police detective, who is investigating the death of his only daughter. Bojana Novakovic plays Emma Craven, who is murdered right in front of Thomas by a shot gun blast to the chest. Before Emma is murdered we see her vomiting and her nose is bleeding, she starts to freak out telling her father there is something that she should have told him. And then Bam.

The police department starts investigating the case under the assumption that Thomas was the intended target and Emma was just caught in the crossfire. As Thomas soon finds out that was not the case.

As Thomas starts going through his daughter’s thing he discovered that there was a lot to her life that he didn’t know about. A gun in her nightstand leads him to a boyfriend he didn’t know about. Going through her cell phone leads him to friends he didn’t know. And a visit to her place of employment leads him discover that she worked for a company that has a lot to hide.

Mel Gibson gives a solid performance as a grief stricken father out for revenge. I have to admit though that I was struck by how much he seemed to have aged in the last couple years. My favorite performance of the movie was that of Ray Winstone as Darius Jedburgh, an operative brought in by a senator to clean up the mess. He seems to take a liking to Thomas and instead of killing him ends up helping him. Robert De Niro was originally cast in this role but left the film after 2 days on the set because of creative differences.

There were some great scenes involving Thomas and his dead daughter, one in particular that brought tears to my eyes. There were also some good action scenes. And there was one scene in particular that really made me jump out of my seat.

6.5 sandwiches out of 10

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