If you describe something such as a style, play, or article as hard-edged , you mean you admire it because it is powerful, critical, or unsentimental.
...hard-edged drama.
= uncompromising
ADJ [ approval ]
HARD-EDGED
Meaning of HARD-EDGED in English
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006