The reason that the original Edge of Darkness was so successful was that it was a groundbreaking television series (it had the fastest repeat showing from BBC 2 to BBC1 of any program in the station's history). But this adaptation does no justice to the original: it's simply a formulaic thriller. And that cheesy, toe-curling final scene I'm sure would have the show's original writer, Troy Kennedy Martin, spinning in his grave.
I know that the pressure is on when you have to cut down a six-part television series into a two-hour film, but the screenwriters left out some of the most essential parts of the original story: the Black Flowers, for instance, which were the original series' twist. I liked the conceit of Ray Winstone playing Jedburgh (the original series was set in Britain, and Jedburgh was an American), and the casting of Bojana Novakovic as Emma Craven was inspired. But how on earth could they leave out Jedburgh's pivotal scene when he finally turns the tables on the Northmoor executives, its shareholders and the army? I'll give you a hint: he doesn't shoot them.
really, when you compare it to the original, this is just one big *meh*.
I know that the pressure is on when you have to cut down a six-part television series into a two-hour film, but the screenwriters left out some of the most essential parts of the original story: the Black Flowers, for instance, which were the original series' twist. I liked the conceit of Ray Winstone playing Jedburgh (the original series was set in Britain, and Jedburgh was an American), and the casting of Bojana Novakovic as Emma Craven was inspired. But how on earth could they leave out Jedburgh's pivotal scene when he finally turns the tables on the Northmoor executives, its shareholders and the army? I'll give you a hint: he doesn't shoot them.
really, when you compare it to the original, this is just one big *meh*.
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