The Edge of Darkness

There is one plus to this film: Mel Gibson is finally acting his age, which, I must say, is impossible to hide under all those wrinkles. He plays the father of an activist daughter who is killed on a visit home. Conveniently he’s a homicide detective and in no time at all gets himself into the middle of a very complicated political conspiracy. Yeah, you know the kind.

It’s nothing we haven’t seen before and nor is the character With Nothing to Lose. I will concede, however, that there are worse ways to spend a Saturday afternoon. It will keep you guessing. It will keep you on the edge of your seat for most of the movie, and it will make you forget what a bigoted PR nightmare Mel Gibson has been in the past few years. I guess that’s worth the price of a ticket for most.

Rating: 3 outta 5.