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Darkman (1990)
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When attorney Julie Hastings (Frances McDormand) uncovers corrupt city real estate dealings, evil thugs attack her scientist boyfriend, Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson). Left for dead after his lab is detonated, he miraculously survives when the ensuing blast hurls him into the nearby harbor. Treated as a John Doe at a city hospital, he is unknowingly submitted to radical therapy which numbs his nerves to feeling--but which heightens his strength and his emotions. Once conscious, Peyton escapes from the hospital and builds a ramshackle lab in an abandoned industrial plant. Horribly burned and scarred by the lab explosion, he uses synthetic skin...
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Looking at the revenge movies out this year got me thinking of this classic by Sam Raimi, who started with films like Evil Dead, The Quick and the Dead, and this one before he made the A-list with Spider Man.
Liam Neeson (Schindler's List, Batman Begins) gives an excellent performance as a disfigured scientist who comes...
(complete Darkman review by Movie Addict)
| Darkman Movie Review by F A B (3/24/2007) |
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Actor/Director Sam Raimi has often done his best work behind the lens.Some might recognize him from his stints on certain t.v. shows in the 90's but you have to give credit when credit's due.He was one of the first to take on the graphic comic book genre.To pull it off without the resources available today takes a bit of...
(complete Darkman review by F A B)
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