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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

I rented this picture from the local library before reading the website reviews, and I liked it. I don't understand all the venomous comments; this picture breaks no new ground and is a good action picture wherein people get beaten up, killed, and objects blow up. What were they expecting, Shakespeare? And someone mentioned the 'suspension of disbelief'... do they understand the term 'escapist entertainment'?The story has been done before. Organization of cops turns into a vigilante outfit of bad/crooked cops, and a newsman decides to become a crusader to uncover the group. He meets with a great deal of hostility and resistance, including "important people in high places". This is new?The picture gains immeasurable stature from Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey (as noted, sporting a very stylish wig) and has some good supporting performances from LL Cool J and, especially, Dylan McDermott, who has the role of the Psycho Cop (seems like someone always has to, and he did it very well). And I didn't think Justin Timberlake was as bad as advertised. And as I expected, things blew up, people got killed and beaten up and the movie ended just about the way I expected. That's the way action pictures go; as noted,I wasn't expecting Shakespeare.

Timberlake plays a young reporter who stumbles upon the endemic corruption of the titular city, as exemplified in the force called F.R.A.T.(I don't know, Delta Xi? Ironically, the members are all immature men), and he forms a shaky alliance with the jaded reporter(Freeman) he used to work for, and a great IA detective(Spacey). This badly needs to increase the volume of everything but the loud soundtrack, as I would not have been able to tell what was being said if I didn't use the subtitles. The acting is fine - this really doesn't deserve its all-star cast, though. Or even Roselyn Sanchez. Well, OK, maybe her. The plot is unengaging, and after a while, it resorts to just have bodies piling up to keep going. At first this limits the avenues through which evidence can be gathered by our leads, but eventually, they seem to decide that killing *will* solve all problems. Why is this an action flick? The story doesn't call for that, at all. If the scenes were at least filmed to elicit a righteous anger, but no, most of them are of these crooked policemen, and it's glorifying them. The climax is a car-chase, culminating in a shoot-out... involving a friggin' flamethrower! Come on. When did this stop being about revealing the truth? Anyone? And while it can be tense, the hard-boiled cop clichés are quite distracting, and as it goes on, they just keep increasing in number. This is 91 min sans credits, and even so, it can't maintain your interest. There is a lot of bloody, brutal violence, disturbing content and strong language in this. The DVD comes with a 12 and a half minute Making of 'Edison'(it has it's own page here on the site, I'll review it separately) and trailers for Supercross, Beyond the Sea, Lord of War, this, Wolf Creek, Lucky Number Slevin and The Matador. I recommend this only to big fans of investigation fiction. 5/10

Justin's a better singer than 'actor' (I hope) but with Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey et al in a good ensemble cast one hoped this 'corruption / redemption' story would work.Not so. Barely up to a 'made for TV' effort in spite of all that high priced talent in the cast. Wanna see something in the 'genre' which BLOWS THIS out of the water? THE WIRE, made in the same year, Baltimore, gritty dirty real unlike Vancouver BC Canada where this turkey was shot. Pretty locations do not a quality film make.Like the 'genre'? Serpico, LA Confidential, and the best of the best IMHO, CHINATOWN. Edison never makes it, but the young ones: Justin, LLCool, when he takes his shirt off...the fluttering of hearts in the small viewing audience notwithstanding, fails to raise the film to 'ART' status.Disappointing really. The ensemble cast has so much talent. David J. Burke, where is your best work?

A young ambitious reporter (Josh Pollack) discovers that an elite police squad is operating outside of the law. Josh's pursuit of the truth behind crime in Edison is fuelled initially by his own ambition to become a celebrated investigative journalist. But when Josh and his girlfriend are savagely attacked, the reasons behind his pursuit become slightly more noble. I have to admit, I avoided watching this movie for a long time. I was tempted - every time I saw it staring at me in the DVD store I picked it up and usually set it quickly down again. The reason why I avoided it was Justin Timberlake. I really object when pop stars, teen idols, footballers, models, etc. are wedged into acting roles (wouldn't Rio Bravo have been as near to perfection as a film can be had not Ricky Nelson started to sing in the middle of it?) Therefore, if I see the likes of Paris Hilton on the cast list I usually won't bother. That being said, Edison is not a film aimed at a teenage audience; it seemed to be a serious film about Police corruption and the rest of the cast did include Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey. So after much inner turmoil, I succumbed to the temptation and settled down to watch it....I shouldn't have bothered! The mind boggles as to why Timberlake was cast as Josh Pollack. I could have understood if this was a minor role, but it is not; the entire plot is based around his character. I could even have understood if his character was the traditional young idealist doing everything he could to make the world a better place (I am sure that even Justin Timberlake could have pulled off young and pure of heart). But no, Josh Pollock is a complicated character who wants fame and a Pulitzer Prize using the minimum amount of effort. In someone else's hands, Josh Pollock could have emerged as great cinema lead. But enough of this Justin bashing, because this film has many other flaws... The plot is ludicrous at times (a police officer gets shot dead inside the District Attorney's office and nobody really seems to bat an eye). There are hardly any likable characters in the film, no one really seems to get punished for their misdeeds and the film's moral message is lost along the way. In short, Edison is a mess, which is a bit of a shame. I believe with the lead role recast and a few minor script revisions it had the potential to have been a great film.