Edge of Darkness

I saw this film on 3rd February at Stratford Picture House

There are some took-me-by-surprise scenes but otherwise this is very mundane. Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone) is a spook with none of the originality, humour and presence of the original TV character. All the same he was far superior to Craven (Mel Gibson) who was largely wooden with occasional extreme violence. The plot was weakened to little more than a cover-up. I expected something more than almost everyone being gunned down towards the end. Altogether this was a big disappointment.

I had at the beginning changed seats to move away from the people who insisted on chatting loudly but as the performance continued I began to have some sympathy with them.