As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
Campbell and his cinematographer, Phil Meheux, create a pervasive sense of dread, with danger lurking around every corner of Boston and its environs.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
29 Jan 2010
fresh:
Edge of Darkness is a meathead revenge picture, but it's very satisfying.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
1 Feb 2010
fresh:
I liked the pace and the pulse of the film, but it launches no genuine surprise and, despite being irradiated with scenes of sickness and morbid one-liners, has little afterglow.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
1 Feb 2010
rotten:
Scriptwriters William Monahan and Andrew Bovell have sadly sacrificed some of the original's cultural specificity and its slow-burn quality.
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
2 Feb 2010
fresh:
Gibson, of course, snaps and snarls and blows out some brains with a joylessness that is thoroughly enjoyable. It's like he never left.