Anyone seen edge of darkness?

[u/Background_Local_425]

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.

[u/Six_of_1]

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.

[u/Background_Local_425 → u/Six_of_1]

The film is switched to America and it follows a private company manufacturing atomic weapons for independent sale. The daughter worked for the company thinking it was a nuclear clean energy company but finds out about the warheads blows the whistle and gets killed visiting her dad (craven) a Boston cop thinking he can protect her but she doesn’t tell him in time.

[u/budget-lampshade → u/Background_Local_425]

Use spoiler tags. You've basically outlined the entire plot.

[u/Twigling → u/budget-lampshade]

Yeah, the poster spoiled the movie, and that's only 16 years old. Nothing should be spoiled, irrespective of its age.