DIRECTED BY: Martin Campbell

WRITTEN BY: Andrew Bovell, William Monahan, and Troy Kennedy Martin (TV Series)

MEL GIBSON AS: Thomas Craven

GENRE: Thriller, Drama

TAGLINES:

- Some secrets take us to the edge.

- Few escape justice. None escape vengeance.

PLOT SUMMARY:

As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence. IMDb

RELEASE DATES:

2010 January 28 (Netherlands, Hong Kong, Singapore)
2010 January 29 (United States, Finland, Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom)
2010 February 4 (Australia, New Zealand, Denmark)
2010 February 5 (Finland, Sweden)
2010 February 10 (Belgium)
2010 February 11 (Slovenia)
2010 February 17 (France)
2010 February 18 (Czech Republic, Greece)
2010 February 19 (Norway, Romania)
2010 February 25 (South Korea)
2010 March 4 (Argentina, Germany)
2010 March 12 (Taiwan)
2010 April 2 (Estonia)

BOX OFFICE GROSS:

United States: $42,461,167 as of March 3rd
International: $12,432,176 as of March 3rd

FILMING LOCATIONS:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

TRIVIA:

- Robert De Niro had originally been cast in the role of CIA crime-scene operative Darius Jedburgh, but dropped out due to ‘creative differences’ after spending a few days on the set.

- Based on the hugely popular and multi-award-winning British TV miniseries Edge of Darkness (1985) written by Troy Kennedy-Martin and directed by Martin Campbell. In the original, Craven was played by Bob Peck and Darius Jedburgh was played by Joe Don Baker.

- The movie marks the first time Mel Gibson has played the lead role in a film since Signs (2002).

- John Corigliano was the first composer on the project and wrote a full complete score to the original cut of the film with the National Philharmonic Orchestra in London with the legendary conductor Leonard Slatkin conducting the music. When the film underwent re-shoots and the tone was changed to a more action driven film, Corgliano’s score was then rejected as it did not fit the new version of the film. Howard Shore was then brought in by producer Graham King, who previously worked with Shore on The Departed (2006).

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