I guess Mel Gibson could have done much worse when it comes to picking a project to make his return to feature films with as he is set to star in Edge of Darkness a film directed by Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell and written by The Departed scripter William Monahan. And today we have the trailer courtesy of Yahoo.

In Edge of Darkness Gibson plays Thomas Craven a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, 24-year-old Emma, is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter’s secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous looking-glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder — and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven’s solitary search for answers about his daughter’s death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption.

Warner Bros. will release the film on January 29, 2010. Ray Winstone, Danny Huston and Shawn Roberts co-star. Yahoo has a larger look at the poster above right here and I have captured 12 images from the trailer and placed them in our gallery right here.

You can watch the trailer in high definition here.