Edge of Darkness
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: January 29, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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17
Mixed:
14
Negative:
3
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80
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
An intense Mel Gibson performance anchors this brutally effective crime thriller. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
His (Gibson) slow-burn fury keeps the movie going, but not enough to invest us in any justice beyond payback. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Campbell’s film offers not surprises, exactly, but craftsmanship and low, brute, cunning satisfactions. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
I don't see Edge of Darkness as a great movie, or a particularly exalted one, but I do see it as one made by people who know where the buttons are - and who know how to press them. Hard. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Though the experience is nerve-racking and cathartic under Campbell's skilled direction, musings on family and grief and Gibson's intense, but subtle, performance stay with us longest. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
Perhaps the best compliment I can pay to his work in Edge of Darkness is that I wouldn't particularly want to see this movie with grumpy Harrison Ford starring instead. Welcome back, Mel. Read full review
70
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Onscreen much of the time, thicker and more creased than you remember, Gibson can make this rather unshapely movie seem taut. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
Both the film and television project were directed by Martin Campbell. He creates a nice level of tension throughout, and there are a couple of legitimate shocks (including one jaw-dropper). Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Edge of Darkness is somewhat stylish, and it's intelligently made. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
A meathead revenge picture, but it’s very satisfying. Director Martin Campbell, coming off "Casino Royale," has a style that’s blunt and bruising. Read full review
70
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
An efficient, politically inert fantasy. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Winstone's interaction with Gibson provides the movie with much of its interest. For the rest, it's a skillful exercise in CGI and standard-order thriller supplies. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeSam Allis
The movie’s weaknesses include the overuse of grainy flashbacks of Craven’s daughter as a child, and the conversations he has with her after she is gone. Both are tremendously moving ideas but eventually succumb to bathos from repetition. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Strange and gloomy. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Gibson's acting has deepened. Too bad his comeback vehicle springs so many leaks. Read full review
63
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike Scott
Director Martin Campbell does a nice job of creating suspense, and Ray Winstone stands out for his performance as a conflicted hitman. Read full review
63
PremiereGene Newman
Apart from feeling misled by the trailers, it's a decent, middle-of-the-road adult thriller that competently goes through the paces. Read full review
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