Darkman (1990)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 10
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Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 1
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3/5
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Movie Info
Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention -- artificial skin that could be used to treat burn victims. Peyton himself falls victim to an explosion when one of Julie's crooked clients sends his henchmen to sniff out an incriminating document that's been left in Westlake's lab. Hideously disfigured and left for dead, the good doctor receives an experimental medical treatment that renders him
Jan 1, 1990 Wide
Mar 31, 1998
Universal Pictures
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Cast
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Liam Neeson
Peyton Westlake/Darkman -
Frances McDormand
Julie Hastings -
Colin Friels
Louis Strack Jr. -
Larry Drake
Robert G. Durant -
Nelson Mashita
Yakitito -
Jenny Agutter
Doctor -
Jesse Lawrence Ferguson
Eddie Black -
Rafael Robledo
Rudy Guzman -
Dan Hicks
Skip -
Theodore Raimi
Rick -
Dan Bell
Smiley -
Nicholas Worth
Pauly -
Bruce Campbell
Shemp Final -
Andy Bale
Dockworker -
Carl Bresk
Policeman -
Said Faraj
Convenience Store Clerk -
Cliff Fleming
Police Helicopter Pilot -
Phillip A. Gillis
Priest -
Carrie Hall
Screaming Woman -
Julius Harris
Gravedigger -
Bridget Hoffman
Computer -
Craig Hosking
Helicopter Pilot -
Nathan Jung
Chinese Warrior -
Aaron Lustig
Martin Katz -
Neal McDonough
Dockworker -
Maggie Moore
Nurse -
Frank Noon
Side Show Barker -
Prof. Toru Tanaka
Chinese Warrior -
Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad
Hung Fat -
Cary Tyler
Dockworker -
Karl Wickman
Police Helicopter Pilot -
John Lisbon Wood
Carnival Booth Attendan... -
Charles W. Young
Dockworker with Bullet ... -
Stuart Cornfield
Dockworker -
Sean Daniel
Policeman -
William Dear
Limo Driver -
John Landis
Physician -
William Lustig
Dockworker -
Scott Spiegel
Dockworker -
John Cameron
Bartender
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All Critics (48) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (10) | DVD (10)
Raimi isn't effective with his actors, and the dialogue lacks smart menace, but his canny visual sense carries many a scene.
Despite occasional silliness, Sam Raimi's Darkman has more wit, pathos and visual flamboyance than is usual in contemporary shockers.
Top CriticRaimi's flair for jazzy visual effects and extravagant action sequences, combined with direction that's full of punch and energy, makes this the best pop roller-coaster ride around.
Wild, woolly and occasionally wondrous.
Top CriticDarkman sustains mild interest throughout, but it never takes off, partly because a real-estate scam, gangland shootouts, city corruption and a love story clutter up the sad story of Westlake's strange mutation.
Raimi's live-action comic book aims to deliver scares spiked with laughs. That it does.
Bridging the gap between action and science fiction, Darkman was groundbreaking and ahead of its time.
The wild pulp adventure that prefigured Raimi's eventual direction of the Spider-Man franchise...If you've a taste for Hollywood-funded outré, Darkman is one of those rare films that fits the bill. [Blu-ray]
Darkman remains a powerful picture, isolating a pitch of superhero sadness while amplifying the rest with a comforting church-bell clang of violence. A sly Bruce Campbell cameo is merely icing on the cake.
While the film hardly works as a dramatic whole, the director's gallop through the horror sub-genres is oddly entertaining, and some of the setpieces are truly inspired.
A wild and fun ride from Sam Raimi.
It's all very colorful and pulpy and (thanks to Raimi's mega-slick direction) a real treat for the senses.
It's a darkly amusing treat.
A wild ride in dumb escapist sci-fi hokum.
Fourteen years later, I'm still talking about this dark and amusing film. Sam Raimi is a magnificent filmmaker and deserves far more credit than he receives.
Some of Liam Neeson's finest work. Effectively Raimi's audition for Spider-Man.
If you get a chance, see this movie in a theater because there is no way in the world a television screen can fully contain the stunning imagery of this film.
Simultaneously funny and thrilling.
Nice to look at, but it doesn't really work.
One of the lamer superheroes in comic book and movie history.
A creative, if somewhat incoherent, flick.
Audience Reviews for Darkman
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- Peyton Westlake/Darkman: Take the fucking elephant!
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- Peyton Westlake/Darkman: [after he drops Strack] I'm learning to live with a lot of things.
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- Peyton Westlake/Darkman: I'm everyone - and no one. Everywhere - nowhere. Call me... Darkman.
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- Peyton Westlake/Darkman: The pink elephant, if you please.
- Carnival Booth Attendant: No way.
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- Rick: Oh, god! Don't! I've told you everything!
- Peyton Westlake/Darkman: [softly] I know, Rick. I know you did. [furiously] But let's pretend you didn't!
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- Peyton Westlake/Darkman: Don't look at me...
- Julie Hastings: I want to look.
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