Darkman
1990 · Movie · R · 95 min · ★ 6.4 · 74% critics
After gangsters destroy a scientist’s lab and leave him horribly disfigured, an experimental procedure changes him in unexpected ways. Hiding behind lifelike masks that don’t last long, he slips into new identities to hunt those responsible while trying to reclaim a sense of normal life and lost love.
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Details
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-08-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (1,520 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, campy revenge-driven superhero-adjacent story with weird humor and brisk action, in the vein of The Crow; Not for you if you hate dated effects or over-the-top melodrama.
Pros: bold, pulpy energy; dark humor; memorable anti-hero | Cons: dated effects; cheesy dialogue; thin character depth
Themes
- mask
- corruption
- experiment
- gangster
- superhero
- burn
- revenge
- los angeles, california
- scientist
- madness
- outsider
- disfigurement
- +2 more
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Sam Raimi