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Darkman (1990)

Movie"They destroyed everything he had, everything he was. Now, crime has a new enemy and justice has a new face."
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R 1 hr 35 minAug 24th, 1990Thriller, Science Fiction, ActionDarkman Collection PosterPart of Darkman Collection
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.
StarringLiam NeesonFrances McDormandColin Friels
DirectorSam Raimi

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:August 24th, 1990 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:March 31st, 1998 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$16,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$48,900,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures, Renaissance Pictures
Movie Tags:
revengesuperherogangsterlos angeles, californiacorruptionexperimentscientistmaskmadnessdisfigurement

Darkman Collection

Darkman is a 1990 American superhero film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi. It is based on a short story Raimi wrote that paid homage to Universal's horror films of the 1930s. The film stars Liam Neeson as Peyton Westlake, a scientist who is brutally attacked, disfigured and left for dead by a ruthless mobster, Robert Durant (Larry Drake), after his girlfriend, an attorney (Frances McDormand), runs afoul of a corrupt developer (Colin Friels). After a failed treatment to cure him of his burn injuries, Westlake develops super-human abilities, which also have the unintended side-effect of rendering him mentally unstable and borderline psychotic. Consumed with vengeance, he decides to hunt down the men responsible for his disfigurement. The film's financial success spawned two direct-to-video sequels, Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995) and Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996), as well as comic books, video games, and action figures.