Edge of Darkness

In front of the camera for the first time in seven years, Mel Gibson knew exactly what his fans were itching for in the payback thriller Edge of Darkness: Mad Mel in vengeance mode. Gibson delivers that and more as a hotheaded Boston police detective whose scientist daughter is gunned down by a hooded killer on his doorstep. Was the bullet intended for him, or did Daddy's little girl have a secret? Take a wild guess. The plot twists are predictable, but Gibson's the king of the haunted, thousand-yard stare, especially when it's accompanied by a knuckle sandwich. His Cockney costar, Ray Winstone, is aces too, as a shadowy government fixer of indeterminate allegiance. The lone EXTRAS are a few unremarkable deleted scenes.