![]() After Craven interrogates Emma's boss Bennett, played by the wonderfully evil Danny Huston, Bennett realizes that Craven is close to figuring out what is going on and calls in their CIA friends to help clean up the mess before it gets any worse. Emma worked at a government research facility and Thomas begins to believe that she may have been killed because of something she learned at work that she was not supposed to know, something illegal that the company might be involved in. In her purse he finds a gieger counter and a gun and realizes that there is a whole lot more going on here than meets the eye. As Thomas begins to delve into his daughter's past he becomes alarmed at what he finds. After convincing his superiors to allow him to stay on the case he begins to believe that he might not have been the target. The only clue is that it was a professional hit and the assailants yelled, "CRAVEN!" Obviously, the police begin to suspect that it was a hit on Thomas gone wrong, probably by someone from one of his old cases. As Thomas is attempting to take Emma to the hospital she is gunned down in front of him on the porch of his own home. She seems to have a secret that she wants to share with her Dad but before she can becomes deathly ill. In the film, Gibson plays Thomas Craven a Boston Homicide Detective who is excited to have his estranged daughter home for a visit. The differences between the film and the original series are only slight and include minor changes to the characters names and the plot being set in Boston, Massachusetts as apposed to London, England. The film is directed by the terrific English director Martin Campbell and is based on the 1985 BBC Television series of the same name, which was also directed by Campbell. In the meantime we have Gibson's riveting performance in "Edge Of Darkness" to act, as a barometer for what solid screen acting should be. It will be interesting to see if in ten years some of today's more modern movie stars will still be around? I imagine we'll still have actors such as Russell Crowe, George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio but will flavor of the months like Gerard Butler, Christian Bale and Sam Worthington still be around? Fine performers in their own rights but time will only tell if they have what it takes to regain the title of movie-star status over the course of decades. Do I think these actors have some shortcomings? Yes, of course I do but pound for pound they are the elite and have been so for over two decades. In short they are the total package, an actor that fascinates the audience to watch while captivating with his performance. ![]() Yet at the same time, commanding the scenes with a presence that many fine actors just don't have. Produced by Applause Entertainment in association with BBC Studios India, the crime drama starring Ajay Devgn, Raashi Khanna, Esha Deol, Atul Kulkarni, Ashwini Kalsekar, Tarun Gahlot, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Satyadeep Misra in pivotal roles, is set to release on March 4 on Disney+ Hotstar in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, and Bengali.Unquestionably, Gibson carries an on-screen presence much like Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise or Bruce Willis, a movie-star quality that allows the audience a familiarity with the actor no matter what character or what type of film he is in. The series, which is a remake of the successful British series 'Luther', presents a dark and riveting tale of a cop's journey of uncovering truths and bringing victims justice. And hopefully, it looks like a VT you've never seen before." ![]() It was a triumph of teamwork - camera, lighting, production, art, wardrobe, hair-makeup, direction. ![]() He got down to the technicalities of the sequence as he explained, "DOP Sanjay Memane set up eight cameras, from 2 AM the night before the shoot. Sharing the thought that went behind choosing the locations to shoot, he said, "At VT Selfie Point, we had Ajay Devgn and Atul Kulkarni in the middle of that busy crossing at peak hours, enacting a key scene. I hope when you see many of your familiar landmarks, you see something intriguing and different in the shot-taking." He adds that it was imperative to expose the city in a different manner through the locations, "So the creative decision was to expose the city in a way it hasn't before. But most of our locations have been seen before - it is, after all, Mumbai meri Jaan!" These locations needed multiple recce and visits to understand the area, lighting, logistics. Talking about the choice of location for and the story behind it, the director said, "There were seventy locations we shot across. MUMBAI:Director Rajesh Mapuskar, who is awaiting the release of his upcoming series 'Rudra - The Edge of Darkness' recently spoke about how locations bring out the essence of the story. ![]()
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