Darkman 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.
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05/20/03
Darkman (1990)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:31
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: A scientist disfigured by a gang of sadistic criminals develops a mask-like second skin which allows him to change identities. Peyton Westlake, his face hidden behind bandages, is transformed into... [More]
Starring: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake
Director: Sam Raimi
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Reviews for Darkman
One of the lamer superheroes in comic book and movie history.
10/24/02
A wild ride in dumb escapist sci-fi hokum.
03/24/07
No review available.
05/06/04
Raimi's over-the-top filmic style tries too hard for cult movie status and becomes boring somewhere along the line. True cult movies are however born, not made, that way.
01/01/00
No review available.
08/30/02
No review available.
06/18/04
No review available.
01/13/03
The tone of the film abruptly shifts to tongue-in-cheek toward the end, damaging the feeling.
01/01/00
No review available.
07/26/02
It's a darkly amusing treat.
06/04/07
Despite occasional silliness, Sam Raimi's Darkman has more wit, pathos and visual flamboyance than is usual in contemporary shockers.
06/04/07
Wild, woolly and occasionally wondrous.
01/26/06
Director Sam Raimi weaves a fantasy world of exaggerated mayhem for Leeson to leap about in.
04/25/01
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.
10/15/04
This is one wild ride.
01/01/00
A creative, if somewhat incoherent, flick.
09/27/02
No review available.
07/26/02
No review available.
06/17/05
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