
They destroyed everything he had, everything he was. Now, crime has a new enemy and justice has a new face.
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
- 6.4
- 1990
- Released
- 1h 35m

Liam Neeson
Peyton Westlake / Darkman
Frances McDormand
Julie Hastings
Colin Friels
Louis Strack Jr.
Larry Drake
Robert G. Durant
Nelson Mashita
Yakitito
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
Eddie Black
Rafael H. Robledo
Rudy Guzman
Dan Hicks
Skip
Ted Raimi
Rick
Dan Bell
Smiley
Nicholas Worth
Pauly
Aaron Lustig
Martin Katz
Arsenio Trinidad
Hung Fat
Said Faraj
Convenience Store Clerk
Nathan Jung
Chinese Warrior
Professor Toru Tanaka
Chinese Warrior #2
John Lisbon Wood
Carnival Booth Attendant
Frank Noon
Side Show Barker
Julius Harris
Gravedigger
Bridget Hoffman
Computer (Voice)
Philip A. Gillis
Priest
Maggie Moore
Nurse
Carl Bresk
Policeman #1
Carrie Hall
Screaming Woman
Andy Bale
Dockworker #1
Neal McDonough
Dockworker #2
Scott Spiegel
Dockworker
Cary Tyler
Dockworker #6
Charles W. Young
Dockworker with Bullet in Forehead
Bruce Campbell
Final Shemp
Jenny Agutter
Burn Doctor (uncredited)
Tau Logo
Chinese Warrior #3 (uncredited)
Jorga Caye
Parking Lot (uncredited)
Troy Fromin
Durant's Henchman (uncredited)

Released
en
$16,000,000.00
$48,900,000.00
- #mask
- #corruption
- #experiment
- #gangster
- #superhero
- #burn
- #revenge
- #los angeles, california
- #scientist
- #madness
- #outsider
- #disfigurement
- #conflagration
Reviews

Seen this one a few times over the years and while some scenes were really cheesy due to the visual effects of that era, it still is quite entertaining and solid performances from Neeson and McDormand even with some of the overly dramatic dialogue especially from Neeson. Fine way to spend 90-minutes still.

This is interesting... this is one of those B-Movie gems that is packed full of pro-talent before they really became pro-talent. And that is right down to the Cohens who did uncredited script polishing. This is worth the watch, even if you are one of those people that hates B-movies... wrongly hates. And, it's a comic book movie, it is over the top, it is campy, it packs serious action into

Full Review: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ODe6zr5oNHl6lkcjoOcPB?si=0aad71ce959743a3 I recently rewatched Darkman and there is just so much to like about this movie. In comparison to today's superhero overdose, Darkman just sticks to the basics and tells an incredible emotional and captivating story which is real. No over the top CGI, no storylines forced in by studio producers, not rea

Enter Darkman. Sam Raimi’s trial run for the Spider-Man franchise is a whole bunch of fun. Liam Neeson plays Dr. Peyton Westlake, a super scientist who after a major run-in with the villainous Robert G. Durant (Larry Drake), reinvents himself as Darkman, a super-anti-hero who sets about ridding L.A. of its mobsters. It’s a comic book film that isn’t based on a comic book, Raimi inventing his











