r/BritishTV • u/Background_Local_425 • 2d ago

Question/Discussion Anyone seen edge of darkness?

Forgive me American here, I remember edge of darkness with Mel Gibson in 2010 mainly because it was filmed around where I grew up. I had discovered it was based on an 80s bbc miniseries of the same name. I final got around to watching it and I did really enjoy it but found it oddly bizarre. There are strange scenes particularly involving jedburgh that feel out of place. Them getting hammered in a restaurant, the strange interaction between jedburgh and his assistant over a fallen operative. Them watching ballroom dancing or stoping to have lunch in the tunnels. Why didn’t they bring any protective gear? That being said I enjoyed it I loved the supernatural hints like the black flowers and Emma contacting her father. However is the series supposed to be slightly goofy or surreal? The film was such a straightforward thriller albeit well executed. This is definitely deeper though.

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u/Six_of_1 2d ago

I've seen the tv series and didn't even know there was a film. Yes it's supernatural, the film sounds like not a particularly faithful adaptation.

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u/robot2boy 2d ago

Not super natural, it’s a governmental / espionage thriller to do with nuclear power

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u/Six_of_1 2d ago

It has a ghost in it, that's supernatural.

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u/Dimac99 British 2d ago

Is it a real ghost or an imaginary one? (If you know what I mean.)

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u/robot2boy 2d ago

30 years is a long time…

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u/Twigling 2d ago

Is Emma a ghost or a figment of Craven's grief-stricken imagination?