EDGE OF DARKNESS (2010)

[The Burgomaster]

This is a decent and mostly entertaining crime thriller, but it certainly has its problems. 

First of all, pay not attention to the trailers.  This is NOT a no-holds-barred-cop-who-doesn't-give-a-damn-super-violent-revenge-fest movie (as the trailers would encourage you to believe).  Sure there are some shootings and fisticuffs, but for the most part it's a moderately paced, methodical police investigation movie.  And if you aren't into government/corporate conspiracy plots, this movie isn't for you.

Sometimes the dialogue is very good . . . other times it's very melodramatic and comic-bookish.  And Mel Gibson didn't quite get the Boston accent . . . he would have been better off without it.

This is sort of a cross between DOA and THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (with a dash of a few other movies thrown in).  Not bad, but you won't miss anything if you wait for a DVD or cable TV release.

[Jim H]

I thought Mel Gibson's Boston accent was pretty good.  I'm not an expert on it though, but it sounded closer to the Bostonians I've known than some other films I've seen recently (like DiCaprio in The Departed).  Accent aside, I thought Mel Gibson was quite good in this. One of his best performances actually.  Movie is worth it for that.

Other than that, I pretty much agree.  I also have to give props to Ray Winstone, who is great in the film. 

On another note, I have a feeling the British miniseries this is based on probably ends differently...

[Flick James]

Sorry to go off-topic a bit, but speaking of accents, I watched Death Sentence (2007) recently, an okay film, but I found myself trying to figure out where the hell the film is taking place. John Goodman had this really ridiculous accent that sounded like he was either trying to do a Boston accent and doing a p**s-poor job, or trying another accent and doing so bad that you couldn't even tell what he was trying to do. Then I looked it up on wiki and saw it was supposed to take place in Columbia, South Carolina, and I was, like, huh? Okay, John Goodman is a country boy from Missouri. Not exactly the same, but still, why the hell would he have such a problem with a southern accent? It shouldn't have sounded like he was f***-ing up a Boston accent, anyway.

Sorry to go off-topic. Please resume. I haven't seen Edge of Darkness.

[3mnkids]

I havent seen it yet and im curious about something.. is the line.. "You had better decide if you’re hangin’ on the cross or bangin’ in the nails" still in the movie?  It was in all the trailers and then they just stopped showing it. I wonder if people complained so they just stopped showing it in the trailers. I love that line.   

[Jim H]

I havent seen it yet and im curious about something.. is the line.. "You had better decide if you’re hangin’ on the cross or bangin’ in the nails" still in the movie?  It was in all the trailers and then they just stopped showing it. I wonder if people complained so they just stopped showing it in the trailers. I love that line.   

It's in the film, and it does make sense in the context of the scene. 

[The Burgomaster]

I havent seen it yet and im curious about something.. is the line.. "You had better decide if you’re hangin’ on the cross or bangin’ in the nails" still in the movie?  It was in all the trailers and then they just stopped showing it. I wonder if people complained so they just stopped showing it in the trailers. I love that line.   

Yes.  This is a great line.  Gibson has a few others that are good too.

[Flick James]

Wow. Seriously? That's a hell of a tag line from the guy who made The Passion of the Christ.