Edge of Darkness

Father's love for his daughter knows no limits. In general, that sentence shows pretty much about the film adaptation of the 1985 BBC television series, Edge Of Darkness (They both shared the same name). The director and the producer of the television series, Martin Campbell and Michael Wearing work together again. With Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone star as one of its cast, this is a great show of the old breed.

Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a homicide detective from Boston Police Department. One night, he went to pick up his daughter, Emma (Bojana Novakovic). At home, Emma suffered from nosebleed and vomits. Thomas hurries to leave to the hospital. As soon as they open up the door, someone with a ski mask yells and shot shotgun shells. It hits Emma pretty bad, and she died on Thomas' arms.

The police thought that the hitman intent to shoot Thomas, but incidentally hit Emma. Thomas didn't believe it, so he do his owns investigation. This soon lead to Emma's boyfriend, David (Shawn Roberts) who tells that Emma works at Northmoor, a company that utilized nuclear energy. In his own investigation later on, he encountered Jedburgh (Ray Winstone) who served as "security consultant". He was tasked to prevent the leaking of Emma's information. But Jedburgh soon gained faith in Thomas, and help him with some clues.

And then the film rolls on, following Thomas Craven in his vengeance quest for his late daughter. This all packed in a journey which will thrill and pump your adrenaline. Martin Campbell and Michael Wearing managed to tell us, the old breed is good. Even it's based on 1985 series, they managed to make the 2010 version works pretty well. Is one of the best crime-thriller film of 2010 so far. I do recommend for you to watch this, eventhough this movie didn't managed well in the box office. But it still will give you the thrill of a thriller. And, who didn't want to see Mel Gibson?