Edge Of Darkness Mel Gibson Movie Halifax

We just got home from the movies, at the Empire Theatres - Dartmouth Crossing, specifically the new Mel Gibson thriller, Edge of Darkness, starring....well....Mel Gibson.

 In Edge of Darkness, Mel plays veteran Boston Police Department homicide detective Thomas Craven.  When his 20 something nuclear engineer daughter, Emma ( Bojana Novakovic) is gunned down on the steps of his home, Craven thinks he was the target and sets out to find the killer. He soon discovers otherwise and enters into the mysterious world of corporate and government cover-ups. The movie also features some brilliant acting by Ray Winstone, a 52 year old British actor who plays a mysterious somewhat shadowy CIA operative. I think that both Gibson and Winstone, play their parts well, both creating memorable characters.

Edge of Darkness is based on an award winning British television series from the  1980's.

Gibson plays a great detective and revengeful father, his age is just right for a role like this, his acting, I think is unsurpassed in this one. The plot and the movie a little difficult to follow by times, as I found the dialogue sometimes a little low, and both Gibson and CIA operative Darius Jedburgh, (Ray Winstone) talk with an accent, which I have to admit, I occasionally found  difficult to make out what they were saying. However, if that is my only complaint, it's not a bad one. The movie is fast paced, very serious, and a little dark at times, especially with some of the flashbacks Craven has of his daughter, as well as some scenes when he hears her voice after she is dead.

Here is the trailer from Edge Of Darkness.




Edge of Darkness is playing at Empire Theaters, here is a list of the theatres and the Edge of Darkness movie times. Go see it......

Empire Theatres - Empire 8, Park Lane
5657 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS
4:00 6:40 9:20

Empire Theatres - Dartmouth Crossing
145 Shubie Drive, Dartmouth, NS
1:05 3:45 6:50 9:35

Empire Theatres - Bayers Lake
 190 Chain Lake Drive, Halifax, NS
12:40 3:50 7:15 10:10

Empire Studio 7 - Lower Sackville
Downsview Plaza, 760 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville, NS
6:45 9:15

Official Edge of Darkness website: Edge of Darkness,