Edge of Darkness - Storyline

Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a single father and Boston detective who is happy that his 24-year-old daughter, Emma (Bojana Novakovic), has arrived for a visit. A nuclear engineer in training at military contractor Northmoore, the young woman seems to have something on her mind. When she ends up vomiting blood, Thomas knows something isn't right, but as they leave the house to rush to the doctor, a masked man on the street blows her back into the house with a deadly shotgun blast. Shocked, but unable to think of anyone who would want him dead, Thomas sets out to find who's responsible, much to the chagrin of the case's lead detective, Bill Whitehouse (Jay O. Sanders). Thomas begins with Emma's boyfriend, David Burnham (Shawn Roberts), who he's never met but seems quite paranoid about being observed by people who don't want him to talk. With that only raising his suspicion, Thomas digs deeper by going up higher, including meeting with Northmoore CEO Jack Bennett (Danny Huston) and eventually U.S. Senator Pine (Damian Young) who's benefitted from major contributions from that corporation.
As he starts to piece together a growing conspiracy, Thomas must not only contend with Bennett's goons who want him silenced, but also Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone). He's nebulous figured hired by the Feds to clean up the mess, but his allegiance is questionable at best. From that point on, Thomas takes the law into his own hands while determined to bring his daughter's killers to his own brand of justice.