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VHS : Edge of Darkness (2pc)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Jack Watson, Joanne Whalley, Charles Kay directed by: Martin Campbell  Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0794051111937 Format: Color, NTSC Label: BBC Warner Manufacturer: BBC Warner Publisher: BBC Warner Release Date: July 19, 2000 Studio: BBC Warner Theatrical Release Date: August 04, 1986 Sales Rank: 6575 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Groundbreaking environmental-espionage shocker Edge of Darkness (1985) begins routinely enough but then ratchets the suspense to levels that would have turned Hitchcock himself green with envy. Emma Craven (Joanne Whalley in her first staring role) is a young environmental activist killed in mysterious circumstances. Emma's father Ron Craven (Bob Peck in a star-making performance) will not be silenced and, as a police detective, is uniquely positioned to pursue his own unofficial investigation. He moves from grief to a determination to find the truth, all the while advised and/or comforted by Emma, but is she a ghost or a manifestation of his haunted psyche? Craven digs deeper, uncovering labyrinthine conspiracy in the nuclear industry and, as the body count rises, encounters the garrulous CIA agent Darius Jedburgh (a superb Joe Don Baker) with a mysterious agenda of his own. Accompanied by a haunting musical score by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton, Edge of Darkness builds on the legacy of Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People to become quite simply the best television thriller ever. --Gary S. Dalkin Average Rating:
 Rating: - A Hell of A MissionBelatedly, I planned to write a review of EOD. However, I find that the rest of you got here first, and have written well-deserved high praise! I first saw EOD here in the US on a syndicated basis. They chopped it up into two parts, and cut a lot of little "unnecessary" bits (like Craven looking out a second storey window and seeing McCroon stepping out of the trees with a shotgun). The sound quality was fair to poor, also. We eventually got hold of the 2-cassette VHS ... Read More Rating: - Scary and emotionalCraven, brilliantly acted by the late Bob Peck, is a highly decorated English police officer, well known for his discretion in politically sensitive cases. He is widowed with a grown daughter. One evening a man previously arrested by Craven shows up on their doorstep with a shotgun. The dauhgter throws herself before her father and gets shot. It looks like a revenge killing gone wrong, but then questions stars appearing: if the murderer was after Craven, why did he fire both barrels into his daughter, ... Read More Rating: - Televisions finest hour � or longer.A true sin is that "Edge of Darkness" is unavailable on DVD, but you can get all of Adam Sandler's movies. No justice in the world. Bob Peck & Joe Don Baker get to do the best work of their careers in this in-depth wonder of a mini-series. Others have covered the bases on the plot, so I won't rehash it here. Suffice it to say it is long overdue to get this gem out in the US. An apparently terrible copy is available in the UK (bad video & bad sound), so I'd call for someone ... Read More Rating: - Masterpiece........Firstly let me point out that there is a DVD version of EOD, several actually. The best version is the latest released this year which is a wonderful transfer and includes a documentary on the film, Magnox and has clips of interviews and award ceremonies and discussions on the series. It is on region 2 DVD and is available from amazon uk. I too remember watching this masterpiece unfold when it was originally screened here in the uk. I was only 14 at the time and British television was still producing some ... Read More Rating: - Criminally overlookedI have lost count of the number of times I have watched Edge of Darkness, and still seen something new and haunting in its ramifications for our current age. In this deeply disturbing film series the devil is most defintely in its Cold War detail, and Troy Kennedy Martin's script uncovers many of those very real demons that lurk in the international trade of nuclear technology and weapons grade plutonium, the most dangerous material in the world, and which is still clouded in mystery. It is also a mythic story ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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