If you have access to On Demand and are interested in the corporate thriller genre, here's one you might like to catch up on from earlier this year. Mel Gibson is a police detective and grieving Dad out for revenge in "Edge of Darkness". It fits into the recent spate of Boston crime dramas that have been making a splash since Hollywood discovered Dennis LeHane, although in this case the source material comes from a TV series.
This film has a good pedigree. Written by William Monahan, who won an Oscar for "The Departed" and directed by Martin Campbell, who was at the helm of the best Bond film in a while, "Casino Royal", this is a pretty satisfying genre piece. Mel Gibson puts on his angry revenge face and is convincing enough, but Ray Winstone as a rogue operative and Danny Huston as a corporate war-monger are excellent. Winstone steals scenes.
If you're looking for a good, twisty, blame-it-on-a-secret-government-agency thriller and don't mind a little revenge-style violence, this one is worth the extra charge on your cable bill. Oh, and forgive the Boston accents.
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