I’ve always loved , even when it wasn’t popular. His acting always showed amazing humanity–usually a decent man, hovering on the edge of madness. Well, except for in The Beaver, in that one he was just nuts. Edge of Darkness is a movie about a man who loses his daughter and will stop at nothing to find out who and why. It’s never as straightforward as you think and it’s a very compelling and believable story.

I loved this movie. I watch a lot of Netflix, but I rarely feel compelled to write a review. There was one point where I didn’t understand what one character was doing, his motives, but it was explained in a believable way.

I don’t want to write too much here for fear of spoiling it, but I do recommend watching it. Don’t watch it around small children because there’s a lot of violence and blood (I had to watch in two chunks because the boy was far too interested in seeing what mom was watching on her phone.)

I should note, right after I finished watching Edge of Darkness, I turned to Braveheart, partly because Outlander is calling to me and partly because I needed more Mel fix.