
Synopsis
When the twenty-four year old daughter of veteran homicide detective, Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. He soon suspects otherwise.
Driven to seek the truth and to reap vengeance on those responsible, his investigation leads him into a dangerous world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion, intrigue and murder. Along with CIA operative Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone), who has been sent in to clean up the evidence, their solitary search for answers about Craven’s daughter’s death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption.
From award-winning Director, Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Goldeneye, Green Lantern) and co-written by William Monahan (The Departed), EDGE OF DARKNESS is an edgy, ruthless revenge thriller, based on the popular BBC TV series of the same name, that sees Gibson at his action-packed best.