''Edge'' is a 2015
television pilot
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produced by
Amazon Studios. It is a Western set in
Kansas
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based on the ''Edge'' book series by
George G. Gilman.
Premise
Josiah Hedges, also known as Edge, is a half-Mexican hired gunslinger who sets out for vengeance after his younger brother is killed by a group of his former comrades in the Union Army. The group is led by Edge's nemesis, Merritt Harknett, a psychotic sadist who delights in inflicting pain on others and who also seeks something in Edge's possession.
Cast
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Max Martini as Edge
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Ryan Kwanten as Harknett
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Yvonne Strahovski as Beth
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Alicja Bachleda as Pilar
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William Sadler as Big Bill
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Beau Knapp as Little Bill
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Robert Bailey, Jr. as Benny
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Noah Segan
Noah Segan is an American actor. He is best known for his work in the films of Rian Johnson (''Looper (film), Looper'', ''Brick (film), Brick'', ''Knives Out'') as well as his appearance in ''Deadgirl''.
Early life
Segan is the grandson of Amer ...
as Deputy Bean
*Jerry Vahn Knight as Young Josiah Hedges
*Alex Sawunyama as Young Benny
*Nate Warren as Jamie Hedges
*Leo Martini as Young Jamie Hedges
*Christopher Hagen as Preacher
*Dylan Kenin as Deputy Trickett
*Kevin Owen McDonald as Cyrus
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Chad Randall as Graves
*William Paul Brown as Cobb
*Jacob Browne as Benny's Father
*Nathaniel Augustson as Union Guard
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Eva Dolezalova as Annie
Production
''Edge'' was released as a pilot for a potential TV series but was not picked up by Amazon.
Reception
In general, critics appreciated the action and effects of the pilot but were critical of the writing and story.
Robert Lloyd of the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' called the action "well staged" but called the film an uncomfortable combination in which the supposedly realistic brutality "is contradicted by the super-anti-heroic invincibility of its death-dealing central character."
Neil Genzlinger of ''
The New York Times
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'' called it "an ultraviolent western that starts out with promise but degenerates into gore for gore's sake." He further wrote that the only reason to produce something so over the top "is to appeal to bloodlust" and that "by the pilot's end, it barely matters who is killing whom or why."
Barry Lowry of Variety.com wrote that "too much of the writing misses the bull's-eye."
References
External links
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Television pilots not picked up as a series
Amazon MGM Studios films
Television films based on books
2015 Western (genre) films
Films directed by Shane Black
Films produced by Shane Black
Films with screenplays by Shane Black
Films with screenplays by Fred Dekker