Edge of Darkness

Mel Gibson is back. Around the time that Mr. Gibson released Apocalypto (2006) he had made an announcement that we wouldn't be seeing him on the silver screen again. (Or, maybe it was when The Passion of the Christ came out). Well, Mel lied. This Friday Edge of Darkness comes out, and he is most certainly in it.

Can you feel the excitement in these words? I was saddened when I heard the afore mentioned announcement. Saddened that we would not be seeing another Braveheart performance. Dejected that we would not be able laugh at another Maverick or Lethal Weapon. Frustrated that we would not see the new Mad Max movie that we were promised some years ago. Now, however, the world is our oyster! The man who is possibly our greastest actor is back at it.


The film itself appears to be another revenge movie. Edge of Darkness has Mel looking like a impassioned father on a war path. We have seen parts of this character before. I saw that crazy dad once in Ransom. He was also raging around in The Patriot. The trailers for the movie also seem to suggest some sort of secret plot (Conspiracy Theory), but all this simply increases my excitement. It is promising to be everything we love to watch Mel do.

I am going to attempt to go see Edge of Darkness on Friday. You should to. In a Hollywood that creates crap like Avatar, we need to support movies with real story lines and a little grit.

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