Darkman - Movie Review

Rating: 3 out of 5

One of the lamer superheroes in comic book and movie history, Darkman is formed from massive burns over 40 percent of his body, his home-made synthetic skin which degrades after exposure to light, and an inability to feel pain. After girlfriend Frances McDormand nearly gets our scientist friend (Liam Neeson) killed, he goes all vigilante on the bad bad drug dealers in town. While Darkman has become something of a cult classic, it's also something of a dud. "Darkman" himself isn't very interesting as a hero, as a person, or as a movie. Director Sam Raimi is obviously just getting ready for his superior work in Spider-Man here.

Facts and Figures

Year: 1990

Run time: 96 mins

In Theaters: Friday 24th August 1990

Box Office Worldwide: $48.9M

Budget: $16M

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Production compaines: Universal Pictures, Renaissance Pictures

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 3 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
Fresh: 47 Rotten: 10

IMDB: 6.4 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Sam Raimi

Producer: Robert G. Tapert

Screenwriter: Chuck Pfarrer, Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Daniel Goldin, Joshua Goldin

Starring: Liam Neeson as Peyton Westlake / Darkman, Frances McDormand as Julie Hastings, Colin Friels as Louis Strack Jr., Larry Drake as Robert G. Durant, Nelson Mashita as Yakitito, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson as Eddie Black, Rafael H. Robledo as Rudy Guzman, Dan Hicks as Skip, Ted Raimi as Rick, Dan Bell as Smiley, Nicholas Worth as Pauly, Aaron Lustig as Martin Katz, Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad as Hung Fat, John Landis as Physician, Bruce Campbell as Final Shemp, William Lustig as Dockworker, Scott Spiegel as Dockworker

Also starring: Chuck Pfarrer, Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Daniel Goldin, Joshua Goldin