Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

briansouter If you ever wondered what it takes to clear a NATO conference in under 2 minutes, this is your chance to find out. Edge of Darkness is a marvelous political ecothriller, telling of a Yorkshire policemans journey as he attempts to uncover the murder of his environmentalist daughter. Its a convoluted ride as Bob Pecks Inspector Craven learns of the intertwining of politics, capital and the nuclear industry' police informers and dodgy enviropolitics: the Grogans with their interplanetary empire powered by plutonium and an Earth(the GAIA mentioned thru the film is both an organisation and mother Earth) as Cravens daughter tells us will seek to destroy man. Im surprised this sort of film got made by the BBC in the Thatcher years, when it'd be impossible today. An interesting take is tho the daughter is killed early on, her presence is felt thru the entire film, as she appears time and again as a guiding spirit and emissary to Craven. Is he insane, as some may suggest? Is colorful CIA maverick Jedburgh mad at the end? The magnificent NATO conference scene which takes an unexpected turn says other wise. Definitely worth seeing and owning.

deermice I originally saw the episodes in 1986 when it first showed on American television. I don't think I had a VCR at the time but I assumed it would be on again - I realized that this was a truly incredible piece of work and I looked forward to seeing it again. Unfortunately, it wasn't on TV again but I kept the TV Guide that advertised it the first time to remind me of the title and when I signed up with Netflix a couple of years ago I put it on the list even though it wasn't available. I already knew it wasn't available for sale on U.S. formatted DVDs, but I could hope Netflix might do a conversion. Eventually it became available and I received it in the mail just last week. When it had first come out, I was in my mid-20s and I fell in love with the idea of Gaia and the notion that the planet will survive despite what we do. I remembered very emotional scenes, great sadness, and haunting music. Would it mean the same to me now as it did back then? Well I wasn't disappointed. If anything, it might have been even better than I remembered. The betrayal of the Bob Peck character is still gut-wrenching even in light of my more realistic view of politics and the world in general. I hadn't remembered that the character of Emma, although killed within the first few minutes of the first episode, continues to haunt and speak with her father throughout the show, appearing and disappearing unexpectedly. The music is so simple yet so intense - guitar strokes floating through the air and the sudden appearance of a Willie Nelson song - they support the story incredibly well. I'm still not sure I completely understand the story line but I don't think it matters. That confusion just reinforces the notion that the good guys and bad guys are mostly interchangeable and no one can be relied on except for Craven and his American CIA buddy, both of who undergo epiphanies but had to die to get there.Hugh Fraser worked well in his role and Tim McInnerny was a great surprise as a very sinister and cowardly character, quite unlike his bumbling (and very funny) Black Adder character, Percy. I didn't even recognize him.I'm so glad I got to see this show again and I would rank it easily in the top ten best TV shows of all time.

badajoz-1 A gut wrenching beginning with the murder of the daughter of the hero never lets go until about halfway through the fifth episode when the climax just sits waiting to be got to. The treacherous world of half truths and who is on whose side keeps this piece going against a backdrop of nuclear terror and anxiety, with Northern Ireland and environmental terrorists thrown in for good measure! A good mix, well written for the most part, and directed on film. When I first saw it it packed an awful punch - on a pale video in 2009, it showed how far off a world it portrays. What price real life politician Michael Meacher telling students that they are the generation to make a difference to fight government control, nuclear arms, and secrecy? Well, we all know what the Fall of the Wall, Shopping Malls, and celebrities did to that generation of 1985 - look at their TV - reality shows and soaps! Sorry, Michael you would back Blair! Bob Peck gives a brilliant if rather over stated performance as the grieving father intent on getting to the truth, while Charles Kay and Ian McNeice brilliantly battle away inside while being used - oh, and let's not forget Joe Don Baker as the vengeful CIA man knocked off balance by betrayal and too long in Nicaragua and Afghanistan. The ending is prescient - Gaia the planet is warming up the planet to fight human kind and nuclear weapons!!!! So we wait for Mel Gibson as Thomas (not Ronnie) Craven and Ray Winstone as the mad Yank in a rerun set in the States - it had better be good to top the original!!

michaelj108 One of the central political points of the story is that policies come and go, but people stay. When one policy is set in motion, it rolls on, even if back at headquarters the policy has changed. Darius Jedburgh explains the changes of policies in Washington to Ron Craven, with a shrug. The policy changed but the people who worked for the previous policy went on. Policies can be turned on and off, in this case, by executive orders, but people cannot. When Jedburgh set up GAIA he recruited believers who would do some serious work, and when Washington policy changed, they just kept going as best they could. There is an important message here that few people in the policy business never get. Once something is started, it may take on a life of it own. The lesson to draw then is to be careful about what is started, a lesson few learn.