Edge of Darkness

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So-so
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55 out of 100
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Critic Reviews

80
The Hollywood Reporter
| Michael Rechtshaffen

An intense Mel Gibson performance anchors this brutally effective crime thriller. Read full review

75
San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick 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
Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

Campbell’s film offers not surprises, exactly, but craftsmanship and low, brute, cunning satisfactions. Read full review

75
Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

His (Gibson) slow-burn fury keeps the movie going, but not enough to invest us in any justice beyond payback. Read full review

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Shawn Roberts as Burnham and Mel Gibson as Thomas Craven in "Edge of Darkness."