Even vegetarians get blood lust sometimes, and if you're in that particular mood, look no further than "Edge of Darkness" for your carnivorous kicks.
Though it falls in the action-thriller category, "Edge ... " provides less bullet ballet than one would expect from a homicide-detective-out-to-uncover-dirty-secrets tale, and there's no love/sexual angle to alleviate the gritty seriousness of it all. Suffice to say, this is not a hamburger date with a fitness-gym prelude (conveniently working off the calories plus guilt beforehand) but a sit-down steak dinner in an oak-paneled room where everything feels slightly stuffy, a little antiquated and heavy, heavy, heavy.
Not surprising really, considering the two leads. In the blue corner, a mid-50s Mel Gibson in his first acting role in something like eight years, after some unfortunate incidents involving speeding tickets and widely publicized anti-Semitic rants. In the red corner, Brit baddie Ray Winstone, best known for playing bullying, abusive, drunk and disheveled males with fists like blocks of ham ("The War Zone," "Final Cut" and "Cold Mountain" to name a few).