Full Title: Edge Of Darkness
Director: Martin Campbell
Year: 2010
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10 (Way too high!)
My Rating: C-
Here’s Why: Ok, so briefly, let me give you a synopsis of the flick before I dissect it into teeny tiny pieces. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is literally craving to kill anyone that was involved with his daughter’s bizarre murder, which he has taken the liberty to personally (and illegally, since he is a cop himself) conduct his own investigation. As he stumbles upon more and more information he discovers that his activist, daughter, was a “potential terrorist threat” because she and other activists were uncovering the ins and outs of a major corporation, whom unbeknown to the people were making nuclear weapons for the government. She and her colleagues illegally attempt to reveal this information to the general public, but members are excuted one by one. The film utilizes the whole, cliched, government conspiracy cover up deal to death. Initially the plot is somewhat suspenseful and there is some decent scenes of action and thrills ( I actually did jump at one scene, if you have seen the film, you know which one I am speaking of and you probably jumped too lol), but overall it’s pretty average, nearly below average. I’m glad I only shilled out six singles for it, if it was twelve I would have been as vengeful as the main character.

P.S. The thing I hate about these kinds of “Big Brother” government films is that the big “crime” committed in reality is not secretive at all and is right out in the open in actuality. In the movie, some big coporation is secretly making nukes for the government. Ok… That’s no secret, that happens all the time. I don’t get it. The producers are trying to make it seem as though this kind of thing is sooo far fetched and far from the truth. Whatever.

Chris