| Release Date | Jan 29, 2010 |
| Rating | R for strong bloody violence and language |
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 An intense Mel Gibson performance anchors this brutally effective crime thriller.
Jan 25, 2010
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 Campbell's topnotch production team yields predictably polished results, but the director's decision to revisit the late Troy Kennedy Martin's teleplay, finally, feels lacking.
Jan 25, 2010
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In a comeback role (his first in 7 years), Mel Gibson is terrific as the grieving, vengeful father, but the effort is only semi-effective in resurrecting the paranoia, anti-government, anti-big business thriller, a popular genre in the 1970s.
Jan 24, 2010
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A shot that defiantly fixes on Mel Gibson's balding pate from behind is the only evidence of the volatile actor-director's famous penchant for cinematic self-flagellation here.
Jan 25, 2010
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It is an engrossing and thoughtful film that balances bullets and blood with moments of introspection and musings about the nature of family.
Jan 25, 2010
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There’s no room for such soul-searching uncertainty with Gibson. After a few rapidly ticked-off minutes of gloom, the mission is clear: Get the sons of bitches, and make ’em pay.
Jan 27, 2010
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An intense Mel Gibson performance anchors this brutally effective crime thriller.
Jan 25, 2010
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Winstone's interaction with Gibson provides the movie with much of its interest. For the rest, it's a skillful exercise in CGI and standard-order thriller supplies.
Jan 28, 2010
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Although its paranoid trappings about nuclear weapons and radiation are more fitting to the eighties than today, Campbell’s new Edge Of Darkness is a taut adult thriller.
Jan 25, 2010
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They’ve shed all of the Brit-centric political aspects and updated it to make a riveting, pulse-pounding suspense thriller that really does keep you on ‘edge.’
Jan 28, 2010
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| Genres | Drama, Thriller, Suspense/Thriller, Horror |
| Stars | Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, Bojana Novakovic, Frank Grillo, Gbenga Akinnagbe |
| Director | Martin Campbell |
| Writers | William Monahan, Andrew Bovell |
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| Review Count | 131 |
| Positive | 65 |
| Negative | 66 |
| Recent | 0 |
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Alice in Wonderland | 36% | (14/38) |
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