Edge of Darkness - Very Brief Review
SolidSqual
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Mel Gibson is a swell actor. I love to watch him on screen. IMO ever since Braveheart, the man has a free pass in my book. Despite his anti-jewish disposition, he's usually a very likable character in most any movie.
In Edge of Darkness, Gibson plays an everyday detective whose daughter has returned home from what appeared to be a long hiatus away from her father. Little is said about this back story, which can be pretty much said for all the other storylines to follow. At any rate, what unfolds is a dull drama dabbling in the evils of corporate greed and corrupt white war hawk politicians.
There are some two good scenes that make you jump for a split second, but nothing in this movie really draws you in. In fact, the movie seems to linger on the border of mediocrity and the makings of a memorable suspense thriller. None of the story threads are explored too deeply and come off as cliche' or forced upon the viewer as a matter of fact without any substance.
Finally, since this movie began as a BBC Television series, the BBC and Time Warner saw fit to include evil Republicans bent on obliterating the Rule of Law, ignoring human rights and framing poor people in 3rd world countries as the "real" terrorists. On top of this insult, one of the lead actors is a British hit man whose final line is I've decided what this country (talking about the good ol' USA) is. Its people deserve better. I'm not sure what the British hit man decided, but I'm pretty sure it labels Bush and his cronies as the real terrorists.
To sum up my final sentiments, Hollywood and the director of this movie can kiss my Apple pie eating ****. Hollywood and the social welfare eating BBC British buggers have more in common with the Republican Bureacrats they caricature in the movie than with everyday Americans. Mansions? check. Millions of dallars? check. Removed from reality and the identity of their audience? check.
I give this move two stars: **
It deserves maybe a star and a half, but I bumped it up because several tree huggers are killed early on in the movie by being irradiated with weapons grade nuclear "steam." At least somebody got what they deserved in this movie.
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SolidSqual wrote: »It deserves maybe a star and a half, but I bumped it up because several tree huggers are killed early on in the movie by being irradiated with weapons grade nuclear "steam." At least somebody got what they deserved in this movie.
LOL
Thanks for the warning. I had mix feelings when I saw the trailer because it seemed like a "Taken" wannabe with Mel's character looking crazy vs Liam Neeson's cold ferocity but I was willing to give it a chance since it's typically useless to judge a movie from the preview. Now, I know to avoid it.
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i've become numb to the usual political spin you see in movies. I don't compare them to anyone in real life. seriously, you gotta take my road on this or your not ever going to enjoy movies again.
that said, I liked it. didnt love it, but liked it. I avoided the obvious connection (which are valid, i'm not saying they arent), I just pretended they weren't there.Living Room 2 Channel -
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Same here as with Lou. I don't try to see political messages or make applications to the world around me. I just sit there, enjoy the movie, and contain all the happenings to the movie. And from that perspective I really enjoyed it. It certainly wasn't a great movie, but still definitely worth watching once.George Grand wrote: »
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