Edge of Darkness

"Edge of Darkness" is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, twenty-four year-old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter's secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous, looking glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder - and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone), who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven's solitary search for answers about his daughter's death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption.

While I did enjoy Mel Gibson's acting in the film but I found the story weak. This is a very violent film and at times I felt like they went out of their way for the shock value with the violence. Revenge is the dominant theme of this film with Gibson playing a renegade cop. But with a story that just rambles around at times and an ending that does not make much sense for the character of Jedburgh I can only give this film 2 1/2 out of 5 stars.