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.
Direction
Raimi's unhinged visual style before Spider-Man tamed him
Practical Effects
Gruesome makeup effects that CGI still can't touch
Acting
Liam Neeson fully committing to unhinged melodrama
Director
Sam Raimi
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Raimi developed Darkman after failing to secure rights to The Shadow and Batman, making this his defiant original creation born from rejection.
The 'Have a nice flight' scene—where Darkman dangles Durant from a helicopter—became Raimi's signature blend of horror and slapstick, later perfected in Evil Dead.
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