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38 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I give this movie 4/5 for great characters, intrigue, and some startling action scenes. It looses the 1 star because it does tend to slow down a little and become more dramatic at times but if you are a Mel Gibson fan you probably won't mind that at all. This movie reminded me a little of Taken, with a whole lot of Enemy of the State, and just a touch of Jason Bourne. Mel Gibson is engaging in his first acting role in years, although he definitely looks older now. It's hard to watch Gibson here without thinking of Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon and there is some carryover but here Craven played by Gibson is the older, caring, Father who is also a cop although there is still some of of the craziness that made Mel so dynamic in a number of his roles. In some ways Mel reminded me here a little of Clint Eastwood in movies like Absolute Power and In the Line of Fire as the more mature protagonist who combines maturity and cunning with a fierce side that comes out in battle.
It's not giving anything away to say that the story is about Mel Gibson's character trying to find out who killed his daughter as that much is in the trailer. Mel plays a veteran detective and so has skills and resources we civilians don't. The movie takes a while to develop and takes great pains to show the love of Craven for his daughter in the opening scenes and then periodically remind us in flashbacks. There are a lot of characters which seem to be critical to building the intrigue of the movie; activists, defense contractors, government officials and various henchmen. The movie does a good job for a while of hiding who is working for whom. Suspense does build for most of the movie but a good bit before the end it is evident what is going on and the movie shifts from an action thriller to more of an pure action movie.
Ray Winstone plays an intriguing role as Jedburgh, deftly showing protagonist and antagonist sides at different times in a mysterious role. Danny Huston plays a multi-dimensional character, Jack Bennet, that is fun to watch. Bojana Novakovic as Emma Craven is a sweetheart. Jay O. Sanders plays a solid role as Detective Whitehouse.
It's good to see Mel back in action.
It's not giving anything away to say that the story is about Mel Gibson's character trying to find out who killed his daughter as that much is in the trailer. Mel plays a veteran detective and so has skills and resources we civilians don't. The movie takes a while to develop and takes great pains to show the love of Craven for his daughter in the opening scenes and then periodically remind us in flashbacks. There are a lot of characters which seem to be critical to building the intrigue of the movie; activists, defense contractors, government officials and various henchmen. The movie does a good job for a while of hiding who is working for whom. Suspense does build for most of the movie but a good bit before the end it is evident what is going on and the movie shifts from an action thriller to more of an pure action movie.
Ray Winstone plays an intriguing role as Jedburgh, deftly showing protagonist and antagonist sides at different times in a mysterious role. Danny Huston plays a multi-dimensional character, Jack Bennet, that is fun to watch. Bojana Novakovic as Emma Craven is a sweetheart. Jay O. Sanders plays a solid role as Detective Whitehouse.
It's good to see Mel back in action.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Mel Gibson has chosen the perfect foray back into his acting career, a film of suspense, familial love, and action, yet with a deeper character interaction than found in the suspense/crime genre. I will not relate the film's plot since other reviews do a much better job than I ever could, but please watch the relationship between Tom Craven (Mel Gibson) and Jedburgh (Ray Winstone) as these two polar opposite characters find a mutual understanding as they discuss, for example, Craven's life blessed by Emma, his daughter, and Jedburgh's emptiness of never being a parent, and how these two inverse men both make their final sacrifices for justice.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Sometimes an actor's personal life can have a hugely detrimental impact on their onscreen persona; Mel Gibson is a prime example. No longer can I watch his films without thinking about the emotional baggage that follows him around off screen. With this in mind, `Edge of Darkness' was going to be a hard sell, as it is one of the few films to star Gibson in the past few years. It tells the tale of cop Thomas Craven, who seeks out the people who viciously murdered his daughter. His investigation stays off the books and delves into the dark world of the US covert military.
As a grieving father on the edge of madness, Gibson actually does a good job. Lots of sweating and mumbling is needed in the film and he provides a tour de force. It's a shame that the rest of the cast are not as interested as he is. Ray Winstone has an extended cameo in the film and is decent, but is not really present enough to be memorable; this is instead left to `bad guy for hire' Danny Huston, as the shady looking boss of a dodgy weapons company. Huston appeared to be on the cusp of a career revival a few years back, now he is a lampoon of himself (see `The Warrior's Way') - all face gurning and OTT eyebrows. His role in `Darkness' almost unbalances the film completely.
Gibson's role is the beating heart of `Darkness', but like the actor, the film feels best left in the 80s. Director Martin Campbell worked on the original material for the TV miniseries back in the day and the storyline is no longer quite as believable or as interesting. What starts off as a good detective thriller all gets a little daft towards the end. However, daftness is not always a bad thing and Gibson is able to drive the film home well enough for it to be a silly thriller reminiscent of those made in the late 80s and early 90s.
The BluRay version is not particularly needed for this film. There are many dark moments that don't really pop on the format and Campbell's direction is a little too journeyman to have any interesting vistas etc. The BluRay does contain an interesting documentary on adapting the TV play into a film.
As a grieving father on the edge of madness, Gibson actually does a good job. Lots of sweating and mumbling is needed in the film and he provides a tour de force. It's a shame that the rest of the cast are not as interested as he is. Ray Winstone has an extended cameo in the film and is decent, but is not really present enough to be memorable; this is instead left to `bad guy for hire' Danny Huston, as the shady looking boss of a dodgy weapons company. Huston appeared to be on the cusp of a career revival a few years back, now he is a lampoon of himself (see `The Warrior's Way') - all face gurning and OTT eyebrows. His role in `Darkness' almost unbalances the film completely.
Gibson's role is the beating heart of `Darkness', but like the actor, the film feels best left in the 80s. Director Martin Campbell worked on the original material for the TV miniseries back in the day and the storyline is no longer quite as believable or as interesting. What starts off as a good detective thriller all gets a little daft towards the end. However, daftness is not always a bad thing and Gibson is able to drive the film home well enough for it to be a silly thriller reminiscent of those made in the late 80s and early 90s.
The BluRay version is not particularly needed for this film. There are many dark moments that don't really pop on the format and Campbell's direction is a little too journeyman to have any interesting vistas etc. The BluRay does contain an interesting documentary on adapting the TV play into a film.
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