Tuesday, 7 August 2012

The remake conspiracy

Edge of Darkness (2010)

Director Martin Campbell remakes a 1980s British TV mini series he directed which this time stars Mel Gibson, Ray Winston and Danny Huston. A young woman returns to Boston to visit her policeman father only to be shot on his door step.

Set thirty years after the end of the Cold war which was pivotal to the setting of the original story this adaptation works really well shifting the setting to the present day. Conspiracy thrillers can be hard to pull off without completely leaving the realms of believability but this film manages to stay with in reasonable limits. There are some really good characters and all in all this is an excellent thriller.

4/5

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