EDGE OF DARKNESS (Gibson) (2009)

MARTIN CAMPBELL

Murder Mystery Detectives & Private Eyes Drama Thriller Nuclear Politics Ade Tastics

Cast

MEL GIBSON RAY WINSTONE DANNY HUSTON SHAWN ROBERTS BOJANA NOVAKOVIC WILLIAM MONAHAN

Plot

Boston police officer Thomas Craven's engineer daughter is gunned down on a visit home and, as he investigates, he is dragged into a web of corporate and government conspiracy. We don't have a genre for poor Hollywood remakes of great foreign stuff - perhaps we should - and I strongly recommend that you watch instead the quality 1985 BBC mini-series of the same name from which this detective thriller is adapted. Nevertheless 'Edge of Darkness' the remake works efficiently enough.