Edge of Darkness

When Boston Police Detective Thomas Craven's daughter is murdered in what appears to be an attempt on his own life, Craven unfolds a conspiracy that is bigger than anything he's ever dreamed off. As Craven takes the investigation into his own hands, he discovers the truth behind North Moor, the nuclear company his daughter used to work for and that she was in fact the target. Along the way, Craven is stalked by North Moor employees as he attempts to gain information from some of Emma's closest friends. As Craven gets closer and closer to exposing the truth behind his daughters murder, he finds himself itching closer and closer to his own death.

This movie reminded be a lot of Pierre Morel's Taken, starring Liam Neeson. The two movies focus around two former highly-trained soldiers who's daughters have been taken from them. The two fathers then take the law into their own hands and do whatever it takes to get to the bottom of their children's case. The obvious difference being that Neeson's daughter is still alive, and Mel Gibson's daughter was murdered.

I do tend to enjoy the movies where the main characters put everything on the line, as though they have nothing to live for, but everything to die for. In the Edge of Darkness, Gibson appears to be unfazed by all the chaos around him, carrying that bad ass mentality that no matter what you do, I will get what I want from you. Gibson is willing to stand in front of a car headed full speed at him and not even flinch as he fires round after round into the windshield.

I did find it somewhat strange that Craven would hear his daughters voice guiding him after she was murdered. The movie would have been fine with just the parts where he would see his daughter at a young age as if the two were re-living an old memory. The story needs points like the flash backs to show that Craven is in fact human, and that what he is fighting for really does mean something to him.