Some secrets take us to the edge
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts, David Aaron Baker, Jay O. Sanders |
Director |
Martin Campbell |
Screenplay | William Monahan, Andrew Bovell, from the TV series by Troy Kennedy-Martin |
Music | Howard Shore |
Cinematography | Phil Meheux |
Editing | Stuart Baird |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2010 |
Produced by | Warner Bros. Pictures, GK Films, BBC Films, Icon Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Crime, action, drama |
Language | Strong and frequent |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Frequent, intense, realistic, close-up, bloody, gory and graphic |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | Infrequent profanity |
Drug abuse | Alcohol and tobacco use |
Comments | Menace, threat and suspense. |
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Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Thriller proves Mel's still got hid edge | 10 | |
Die Burger Mariana Malan Gibson se oë glinster weer lekker gek | 10 | |
Cape Times Michael Rechtshaffen Mel back with a vengeance | 15 | |
Box Office Peter Hammond A great return to screen for Gibson | 10 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Gibson is a credible, attractive hero, as he has always been, so if you want fast-food action, here's your movie. | 13 | |
eye Weekly Dave Morris | 5 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli Considering the talent involved and the strength of the source material, there's no way Edge of Darkness should have been this disappointing. | 10 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs While clearly not for all viewers, the pic delivers for those with a taste for watching a furious dad serving the bad and corrupt his personal version of H-E-Double Hockey Sticks | 12 | |
Metacritic.com 34 critics | 11 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 181 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer For better and for worse, Edge of Darkness offers vintage Mel Gibson, working within the familiar framework of a bloody revenge thriller. | 11 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 14652 Netizens You have nothing to lose in seeing this movie, unlike Thomas Craven | 13 | |
Average .. 55% | 11 |