Thomas Craven, a single father, has been a Boston homicide detective for many years. His 24-year-old daughter Emma, his only child, is killed on the front steps of his home. At first it appears that Craven was the intended target. He soon uncovers evidence that leads him to think differently, and decides to pursue the information at all costs. He learns his daughter led a secret life that led to h... er murder. He quickly finds himself confronted with a shadowy world of corporate collusion with government-sanctioned murder. In the process he collides with a secret government operative, Darius Jedburgh, whose job is to clean up and hide any remaining evidence. Craven's singleness of purpose in finding answers about Emma's death becomes a transforming experience that changes his life.
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Edge of Darkness
Filmed in the (until recently) heavily Democratic state of Massachusetts, "Edge of Darkness" gains its inspiration from a beloved, BAFTA-award-receiving British mini-series written by Troy Kennedy Martin. The mini-series-given the fears of nuclear catastrophe that hovered over the Isles in the mid-eighties-had a heavy impact at the time of its release in Britain during the Thatcher era. Now available in DVD, that drama began as a conventional whodunit but spun off into a political and social commentary about the British government, which those on the left believed to be driving the world to catastrophe. The role of Bob Peck, an anguished police detective, is now, in the movie version, in the...
Mel gibson Always brings the best act and you just can feel him, his carachter breathing. He always plays a good family man/father.
This movie was great, the cop in the end actwed very funny, the first dead was very very teense, she kinda exploded and then the best seen, the car scene :d
entertaining movie 4 sure,sure the story has been done before,yes mel gibson's part time boston accent was annoying as hell,yes a few cliche here and there,but overall a descent return for mel gibson..7.5/10
Simple formula but a good performance by Mel regardless.
It's a national intrigue type of movie done by the numbers. The plot has been revised several times over and over again but it still manages to make you think.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and Mel did a great job as the father. The story was intriguing and well paced keeping my interest right thru til the end. And I liked the ending very much. I thought it capped off the movie perfectly. 4/5
it wasnt brilliant but i think Mel Gibson is phenomenal in showing emotions, it always gets me everytime and i think thats why i liked him in the first place..the story of the movie is ok.
