![]() The mind wanders to such things when you're faced with this downbeat, semi-comprehensible drama, which becomes less and less engaging as it unspools. He's one of those retro-Catholics who wants to bring back the Latin mass." Never mind that crucifixion analogy - every time someone offered Gibson's character a drink, and he requested ginger ale, I couldn't help thinking, "Of course, Mel's a recovering alcoholic!" And when his co-star, Ray Winstone, quotes a Latin motto to him, then says, "I know you know Latin," I wanted to say, "Hey, we all know Mel knows Latin. I tried, I really did, but this movie doesn't make it easy. I went into Edge of Darkness determined not to let Mel the celebrity cloud my judgment of Mel the actor. He could play John Wayne Gacy, and we'd probably still find him charming.) Apart from one genuinely jolting scene, involving an attempt at drive-by slaughter, the thrills in this thriller are scant. Is it possible for us to ignore his personal baggage of recent years – the anti-Semitism, the drunk driving – and empathize with him as a screen hero? (Do-gooder George Clooney has the opposite problem – we go to his movies already disposed to like him. When I saw the trailer for his new thriller, Edge of Darkness, there was a burst of laughter in the theatre when an overheated Mel growls, "You'd better decide whether you're hangin' on the cross or bangin' in the nails."Īs moviegoers, we'd better decide whether we can still take Gibson seriously as an actor. Mel Gibson will never live down his reputation for making that orgy of biblical sadomasochism, The Passion of the Christ. Boston cop Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) uncovers conspiracies and coverups behind the death of his daughter in Edge of Darkness.
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