History Film / EdgeOfDarkness2010

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The radioactive milk]]
* ConvenientTerminalIllness: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Jedburgh]] has a terminal illness which probably explains why he [[spoiler: kills the rest of the major villains and allows himself to be killed by the state trooper at the ending]]

* [[DaddysGirl Daddy's Girl]]: Emma.

* EnigmaticMinion: Jedburgh

* FadeToWhite: The ending.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Craven gains a measure of symbolic revenge when he [[spoiler: forces Bennett, the man who ordered the radioactive thallium poisoning of both Craven and Emma, to drink a jar filled with thallium-tainted milk.]]

* InstantDeathBullet: In standard movie form, {{mook}}s tend to get these while major characters {except for [[spoiler:Jedburgh]]) take slightly longer to die.

* PapaWolf: '''Craven'''

-->'''Craven''': "Deep down... ...you know you deserve this."
-->'''[[spoiler: Senator]]''': "I am a [[spoiler: United States Senator]]."
-->'''Jedburgh''': "By what standard?" (Guns him down.)

* SayMyName: Craven forces a mook to yell his name [[spoiler: so he can confirm that he's the guy who killed his daughter.]]

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* CantStopTheSignal -- Craven sends his daughter's confessional/whistleblowing video to the press.
* CatapultNightmare -- Craven waking up after a dream of his daughter's murder.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive -- Jack Bennett, the CEO of Northmoor.
* CowboyCop -- Take one ByTheBookCop. Kill his only child. [[spoiler:Frame him for murder. Give him terminal radiation poisoning.]] You know that old saying, "when someone has nothing to lose, they tend to quietly give up and leave you alone"? No, me neither.
* [[DaddysGirl Daddy's Girl]] -- Emma.
* DoubleAgent -- Jedburgh, a British national and "consultant" for the CIA who serves to clean-up politically damaging messes. Throughout the film, it is hard to pin down [[EnigmaticMinion just where his loyalties truly lie]].
* EnigmaticMinion -- Jedburgh
* FadeToWhite -- The ending.
* TheFilmOfTheSeries -- While Campbell also directed the original television series, the film adaptation received some major changes both to make it more US-centric, and to give it more of a modern-day revenge thriller feel.
* {{Fingore}} -- Craven kills one mook by shooting him when he tries to hold him up. The bullet end up blasting off his finger and [[EyeScream going through his eye.]]
* AGlassOfChianti -- Jedburgh is drinking a glass of wine in a park bench when Craven meets him.
* HappierHomeMovie -- Craven watching his daughter as a child.
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse -- interesting twist: Craven tells Jedburgh he didn't tell anyone, and ''because of that'' [[EnigmaticMinion Hard to say...]]), the latter lets the former live.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard -- Craven gains a measure of symbolic revenge when he [[spoiler: forces Bennett, the man who ordered the radioactive thallium poisoning of both Craven and Emma, to drink a jar filled with thallium-tainted milk.]]
* HollywoodNewEngland -- Gibson uses the traditional Boston accent and portrays the classic working class Bostonian roots, the Senator could probably trace his ancestory back to the ''Mayflower'' if you asked him.
* IHaveAFamily -- a couple of interesting variations;

* InstantDeathBullet -- In standard movie form, {{mook}}s tend to get these while major characters {except for [[spoiler:Jedburgh]]) take slightly longer to die.
* KarmaHoudini -- [[spoiler:Bill Whitehouse, Craven's friend and partner, who sold him to Bennett]].
* TheLastDance -- [[spoiler:Jedburgh, Craven]].
* {{Mangst}} -- Craven after the first day dealing with his daughter's murder turns all his potential angst into manly ass-kicking, murder investigating, conspiracy uncovering, prowess.

* PerfectPoison -- [[spoiler: Using radioactive thallium to kill both Cravens, as the thallium is tasteless, odorless and deadly after a few days. Furthermore, Emma worked with radioactive material so there's plausible deniability.]]

* RevealingCoverup -- Emma's murder is the start of it. Repeated attempts to shut Craven up just make things worse.

* TheStoic -- Craven, a former Vietnam vet who can't understand why others "make such a big deal" out of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, shows little outward signs of his emotions aside from a brief breakdown after Emma's death.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RobertDeNiro was originally slated to play the role of Jedburgh, but he left the first week of shooting, citing "creative differences."

''Edge of Darkness'' is the Hollywood [[TheFilmOfTheSeries film adaptation]] of the [[Series/EdgeOfDarkness BBC television series]] of the same name. It was directed by Martin Campbell (''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''), and stars Creator/MelGibson and Bojana Novakovic (''Film/DragMeToHell''). The film was released by Creator/WarnerBros in 2010 to mixed critical reception.

Widowed detective Thomas Craven (Gibson) lived only for his career with the UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} PD and his daughter, Emma (Novakovic). During an unexpected visit at Craven's home, Emma suddenly became violently ill at the dinner table... and, in a panic, urged her father to take her to the hospital, telling Craven that there was something important she needed to tell him as they prepared to leave. Before he could find out what that was, Emma was fatally shot in the chest by a masked assailant on Craven's front porch... a shot that the Boston Police believed was meant for Craven himself.

However, his daughter's strange behavior before her death gave Craven reason to doubt that assumption. And the deeper he dug into Emma's past and the secretive nature of her work, the more reason he had to believe that the assassin's bullet was, in fact, meant for her. Soon Craven found himself in the midst of a conspiracy involving powerful corporations, ruthless killers, and some of the highest levels of the United States government. Unwilling to let his daughter's death be in vain, Craven vowed to pursue the truth no matter the cost to his career, or even his own life.

* Chekhov'sGun: [[spoiler: The radioactive milk]]

''Edge of Darkness'' is the Hollywood [[TheFilmOfTheSeries film adaptation]] of the [[Series/EdgeOfDarkness BBC television series]] of the same name. It was directed by Martin Campbell (''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''), and stars Creator/MelGibson and Bojana Novakovic (''Film/DragMeToHell''). The film was released by WarnerBrothers in 2010 to mixed critical reception.

* AGlassOfChianti -- Jedburgh is drinking a glass of wine in a park bench when Craven meets him.

Not to be confused with the 1943 World War II film, [[SimilarlyNamedWorks also titled]] ''[[Film/EdgeOfDarkness1943 Edge of Darkness]]''.

''Edge of Darkness'' is the Hollywood [[TheFilmOfTheSeries film adaptation]] of the [[Series/EdgeOfDarkness BBC television series]] of the same name. It was directed by Martin Campbell (''Film/CasinoRoyale'', ''TheMaskOfZorro''), and stars Creator/MelGibson and Bojana Novakovic (''Film/DragMeToHell''). The film was released by WarnerBrothers in 2010 to mixed critical reception.

** Jedburgh asks this of a PunchClockVillain security guard who [[spoiler:catches him executing the senator.]] When he says he does, [[spoiler:Jedburgh (who's dying anyway) lowers his gun and lets the guy shoot him.]]

* ConvenientTerminalIllness: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Jedburgh]] has a terminal illness which probably explains why he [[spoiler: kills the rest of the major villains and allows himself to be killed by the security guard at the ending]]