Summary
Casino Royale's Martin Campbell returns to familiar territory with this adaptation of his own 1985 BBC miniseries -- a mystery starring Mel Gibson as a detective looking into his political-activist daughter's death and uncovering layers of governmental conspiracies in the process. William Monahan (The Departed) provides the screenplay for the GK Films production, co-starring Ray Winstone and Danny Huston. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Thomas Craven is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, 24-year-old Emma, 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 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.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Police
-- Drama.
Daughters -- Death -- Drama. Murder -- Investigation -- Drama. Conspiracies -- Drama. Boston (Mass.) -- Drama. Action and adventure films. Detective and mystery films. Crime films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Burbank, CA :Warner Home Video,2010 |
| Edition | Blu-ray and DVD, Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Edge of darkness (Television program) |
| Contributors |
King, Graham,
1961- film producer. Headington, Tim, film producer. Wearing, Michael, film producer. Monahan, William, screenwriter. Bovell, Andrew, screenwriter. Campbell, Martin, film director. Gibson, Mel, actor. Winstone, Ray, 1957- actor. Huston, Danny, 1962- actor. Novakovic, Bojana, 1981- actor. Shore, Howard, composer. Meheux, Phil, 1941- director of photography. Martin, Troy Kennedy, 1932-2009, contributor. Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), presenter. GK Films (Los Angeles, Calif.), presenter, production company. BBC Films, production company. Icon Productions, production company. Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Howard Shore ; editor, Stuart Baird ; director of photography, Phil Meheux. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; strong bloody violence and language. |
| Language |
English French Spanish Blu-ray Disc: English, French (Quebec), and Spanish (Castilian and Latin) language tracks; optional French and Spanish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). DVD: In English ; with optional French and Spanish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2010. Based on the original television series written by Troy Kennedy Martin. Blu-ray Disc special features: Revisiting the Edge of darkness miniseries (featurette); Mel's back (featurette); Director profile : Martin Campbell (featurette); Boston as a character (featurette); additional/alternate scenes; trailer. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc; widescreen (2.4:1; 16:9) presentation; 1080p high definition; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English) and Dolby Digital 5.1 (French and Spanish); requires a Blu-ray Disc player. DVD; region 1; widescreen (2.4:1; 16:9) presentation. |
| Description |
1 Blu-ray Disc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD (117 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| ISBN | 9781419892776 1419892770 |
| Other | Classic View |