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Edge of Darkness
AWARD-winning, meaty British television dramas are providing plentiful food for thought across the pond in Hollywood. Here we have Martin Campbell’s slick reduction of the 1985 BBC mini-series, Edge Of Darkness.
Adapted for the big screen by William Monahan and Andrew Bovell, it condenses six episodes of edge-of-seat suspense into an engrossing two hours, transplanting the cat and mouse thrills to Boston.
Campbell directed the original television series and has subsequently proved his mettle with big budget blockbusters including The Mask Of Zorro and Casino Royale.
His credentials with high-octane action sequences come in useful for the sporadic set pieces here, including a couple of blood-spattered shoot-outs.
It begins at a canter but slows noticeably in the plot-saturated middle. Plot threads surrounding the murder of a detective’s daughter are neatly tied up before the end.
Reviewed: Fri, 29 January, 2010
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