Edge of Darkness is a 2010 film adaptation of the 1985 BBC television series of the same name. The film stars Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone, and is directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Michael Wearing, who also directed and produced the series respectively. This film is Mel Gibson's first screen lead since Signs which was released nearly eight years earlier in 2002. Edge of Darkness follows a detective investigating the murder of his activist daughter , while uncovering political conspiracies and cover-ups in the process. In the US, Argentina, and on DVD in Australia and the UK, the... film is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. By moonlight, three bodies float to the surface of the Western Massachusetts stretch of the Connecticut River. At South Station, Boston, Thomas Craven picks up his daughter, Emma , who has returned home to visit. She vomits while getting into the car. At home, as Craven prepares a meal, Emma starts to nosebleed and vomits again, and becomes frantic, saying that she needs to see a doctor and tell him something.
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| Release date: | January 28, 2010 |
| Directed by: | Martin Campbell |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 117 Minutes |
| Producer: | Graham King, Michael Wearing, Tim Headington |
| Editor: | Stuart Baird |
| Music by: | Howard Shore |
| Cinematography: | Phil Meheux |
| Screenplay by: | William Monahan, Andrew Bovell |
| Estimated budget: | $80,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Edge of Darkness |
| Genre: | Thriller |