Comments on: Edge of Darkness http://www.thefilmyap.com/2010/01/28/edge-of-darkness/ We Never Shut Up About Movies Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:55:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nick Rogers http://www.thefilmyap.com/2010/01/28/edge-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-2515 Nick Rogers Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:58:30 +0000 http://www.thefilmyap.com/?p=6475#comment-2515 I saw it today with low expectations, and although it was riddled with implausibilities, I found it far more interesting than I expected. In a less sleek package, it would have explored the idea of Gibson and Winstone's "aged warrior" characters a bit more, but that was to be expected. That said, it was far nastier and bleaker than I would have anticipated, and I thought the supporting cast was fantastic. My favorite implausibility (SPOILERS): When Craven's daughter's friend exited his car and got obliterated by the oncoming vehicle, there was no way in hell A) that the driver could have accelerated that quickly on a dime like that; or B) for the driver to have been farther down the road and known when exactly she was leaving the vehicle to time his acceleration. That was easily one of the most laughable lapses in logic I've seen lately. I saw it today with low expectations, and although it was riddled with implausibilities, I found it far more interesting than I expected. In a less sleek package, it would have explored the idea of Gibson and Winstone’s "aged warrior" characters a bit more, but that was to be expected. That said, it was far nastier and bleaker than I would have anticipated, and I thought the supporting cast was fantastic.

My favorite implausibility (SPOILERS): When Craven’s daughter’s friend exited his car and got obliterated by the oncoming vehicle, there was no way in hell A) that the driver could have accelerated that quickly on a dime like that; or B) for the driver to have been farther down the road and known when exactly she was leaving the vehicle to time his acceleration. That was easily one of the most laughable lapses in logic I’ve seen lately.

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