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Edge of Darkness

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Edge of Darkness Synopsis

EDGE OF DARKNESS is set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, twenty-four year old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assume 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 shady government operative Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone) 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.

Adapted for the BBC TV series of the same name, from an original story by Troy Kennedy Martin.

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  • Credits
    • Starring:
      Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
    • Director:
      Martin Campbell
    • Producers:
      Graham King, Tim Headington, Michael Wearing
    • Screenplay:
      William Monahan, Andrew Bovell
    • Executive Producers:
      E. Bennett Walsh, Gail Lyon, Dan Rissner, David M. Thompson, Suzanne Warren
    • Distributor
      Icon
    • Sales Agent:
      Mandate Pictures
    • Credits summary:
      A GK Films production. A BBC Films and Icon Production production.
    • Certificate:
      15
    • Running time:
      116 mins 32 secs
  • Release Dates
    • In Cinemas
      January 29th 2010
    • Out on DVD
      May 11th 2010
    • Released
      January 29th 2010

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