Rent Edge of Darkness (2010)
3.2 of 5 from 257 ratings
2h 11min
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- Synopsis:
- Mel Gibson plays a well-respected Boston cop whose life is changed irrevocably when his daughter is shot by a bullet supposedly meant for him. Driven to seek the truth and to reap vengeance on those responsible, he uncovers a dangerous world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder. Ray Winstone also stars as a shady government agent who assists him in the investigation but with suspicious motives.
- Actors:
- Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts, David Aaron Baker, Jay O. Sanders, Denis O'Hare, Damian Young, Caterina Scorsone, Frank Grillo, Wayne Duvall, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Gabrielle Popa, Paul Sparks, Christy Scott Cashman, Dossy Peabody, Gordon Peterson, Peter Epstein, Tom Kemp
- Directors:
- Martin Campbell
- Voiced By:
- Edward Stanley
- Writers:
- William Monahan, Andrew Bovell
- Studio:
- Icon
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/06/2010
- Run Time:
- 133 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Deleted scenes
- 9 featurettes: Scoring the film
- Revisiting the Edge of darkness mini-series
- Edge of your seat
- Making a ghost character reel
- Adapting the Edge of darkness mini series
- Director profile: Martin Campbell
- Boston as a character
- Mel's back
- Craven's war of attrition
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Reviews (4) of Edge of Darkness
Disappointing & Average Cop Thriller - Edge of Darkness review by GI
What is disappointing about this film is that in remaking the ground breaking BBC series of the 1980s director Martin Campbell lost all the essence, weight, ingenuity, subtlety and complexity of that's series to produce an average cop thriller that makes little sense.....and he directed both! The story here is very simple and ultimately clichéd as a revenge narrative where Boston detective Tom Craven hunts down the mysterious killers of his beloved daughter who was trying to uncover corruption at a nuclear storage facility. Throw is more bloodshed, take out the superb characterisations from Troy Kennedy Martin's original story and this is what you have left. Mel Gibson as Craven does his usual quivering in anger and tearful righteousness, Ray Winstone is underused and basically wasted, his role as a covert agent is eroded to almost nothing making his actions mostly pointless to the story. Campbell dips into some of the key narrative devices used to such great effect in the series and effectively renders them silly here. This is a poor film from a director who has done far better not only with the Edge Of Darkness series but of course his work in the James Bond series reboots. This is a big disappointment and one to avoid. Watch the series instead it's fantastic.
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Mel not has his usual best - Edge of Darkness review by CP Customer
Very disappointed with this film. I had hoped for something like Conspiracy Theory and it starts promising but then does not follow through. I only gave the film 3 stars because Mel Gibson plays the lead role.
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Strangely forgettable - Edge of Darkness review by JD
I saw this film a few years ago and wanted to review. Strangely in the second viewing I could not remember what happened next. I think it is because the plot is quite complex. Another reviewer has mentioned that Mel was not his best. Possibly so but there are no weak actors in the cast and many scenes are very tense and involving. I'm glad I saw it again.
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