Mel Gibson's decision to make The Beaver part of his attempted comeback is so weird it just might work: Not only does it address his pariah nature head-on, but in its lunacy, it recalls Tom Cruise's similar go-for-broke comeback bid in Tropic Thunder. Too bad, then, that Gibson's got the crime thriller Edge of Darkness coming out first. A trailer for the film was just released. How is it?
I'll put it this way: If The Beaver is something that nobody's seen before (because apparently none of you saw Lars and the Real Girl), Edge of Darkness is something everybody's seen before. (Literally in some cases, since it's based on a British miniseries.) Gibson stars as a father whose daughter is shot...but they picked the wrong cop to piss off! So, Taken without the sex slavery whatnot, but plus Gone Baby Gone accents.
VERDICT: Pass.