Martin Campbell Archives

Edge of Darkness (1985)

Rating: ★★★★★

Feb 1, 2008Nuclear Power/Environmental Thriller

One of the great tv series of the 1980s, a powerful and incisive snapshot of Thatcherite England, the backroom politics of the nuclear power industry and the environmentalist movement. A brilliantly written show featuring great performances

Director: Martin Campbell

Actors: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley, Charles Kay, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 February 200817 October 2025 by Roog

No Escape (1994)

Rating: ★★

Jun 19, 2000Future Prison/Action

Big-budget action film that essentially rewrites Papillon in SF terms. Martin Campbell has a good eye for widescreen action but the film is only drawn in cliches.

Director: Martin Campbell

Actors: Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 June 200021 January 2025 by Roog

GoldenEye (1995)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 1, 2001James Bond Film

The 17th James Bond film, the first featuring Pierce Brosnan who gives a dazzlingly ruthless performance. The series is rebooted and takes the opportunity to reconstruct the mythos in terms of modern politics in ways that often take you aback

Director: Martin Campbell

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 February 200126 October 2025 by Roog

Edge of Darkness (2010)

Rating: ★

Jan 31, 2010Nuclear Conspiracy Thriller/TV Series Remake

A film remake of one of the great tv series of the 1980s. A complete betrayal by the original’s director Martin Campbell that strips all the politics and simply makes it into a Mel Gibson revenge film

Director: Martin Campbell

Actors: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, …

Category: Science Fiction

31 January 201016 December 2022 by Roog

Green Lantern (2011)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 17, 2011Comic-Book Superhero

This received a lot of bad flak, including from star Ryan Reynolds, but I'm not one of the haters. There is the terrible CGI suit and a miscast Reynolds but it does get a good deal of the comic-book mythos right

Director: Martin Campbell

Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 June 201126 October 2025 by Roog