Trailer Park: "Edge of Darkness"

Behold the coming attraction preview for "Edge of Darkness," a wronged-daddy action movie slated for release next January (in the same slot where this year's "Taken" did dandy business). A few things to note: Mel Gibson's back in righteous kickass mode! He's even adding new shades of crazy to his portrayals -- step away from the shaving cream, Mel. It's been a while since Gibson dealt out a whole lot of hurt onscreen rather than inflicting it on moviegoers. Remember "Payback"? I do.

Second, there's a local hook, since the script's co-written by hometown boy William Monahan ("The Departed") and since director Martin Campbell shot all over the Bay State in August of 2008. (Not that shooting here necessarily results in a good movie. In fact, I wonder if it ever does. Really. I mean it.) It does indicate -- and this is amply evident in the trailer -- that there will be more bad Bahstan accents onscreen this January than you can shake an overpriced Fenway frank at.

The film's adapted from a well-regarded 1985 BBC miniseries, and the remake gets points for casting Ray Winstone and Danny Huston. It also gets those points removed again for casting them as, respectively, a menacing hit-man figure and an evil corporate smoothie. I'm looking forward to "Edge" -- in a guilty-pleasure way, mostly -- but I wish casting directors would start thinking outside the box.