6.4
Summary
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.
Cast
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
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
William Dear
Limo Driver
Julius Harris
Gravedigger
Bridget Hoffman
Computer (Voice)
Philip A. Gillis
Priest
Maggie Moore
Nurse
Carl Bresk
Policeman #1
Sean Daniel
Policeman #2
John Landis
Physician
Carrie Hall
Screaming Woman
John Cameron
Bartender
Craig Hosking
Helicopter Pilot
Karl A. Wickman
Police Helicopter Pilot
Cliff Fleming
Police Helicopter Pilot
Andy Bale
Dockworker #1
Neal McDonough
Dockworker #2
Stuart Cornfeld
Dockworker #3
William Lustig
Dockworker
Scott Spiegel
Dockworker
Cary Tyler
Dockworker #6
Charles W. Young
Dockworker with Bullet in Forehead
Bruce Campbell
Final Shemp
Jenny Agutter
Burn Doctor (uncredited)
Ethan Coen
Oldsmobile Passenger (uncredited)
Joel Coen
Oldsmobile Driver (uncredited)
Tau Logo
Chinese Warrior #3 (uncredited)
Josh Becker
Carnival Goer (uncredited)
Jorga Caye
Parking Lot (uncredited)
Christopher Doyle
Goon at Construction Site (uncredited)
Troy Fromin
Durant's Henchman (uncredited)
Tony Gardner
Burn Ward Nurse / Lizard Man (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Screenplay, Story
Sam Raimi
Screenplay
Ivan Raimi
Screenplay
Chuck Pfarrer
Screenplay
Daniel Goldin
Screenplay
Joshua Goldin
Reviews
John Chard
June 14, 2014
7
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 own tortured protagonist whilst homaging similar beings of eras past. All the silliness of such fare is here of course, overblown violence and colourful characters are frequent, but there’s good thought gone into the revenge theme, while the action sequences are often excellent. The pace hardly sags, as Raimi’s creations move about a Los Angeles that is equally decaying or affluent, and in Neeson the story has a lead actor with swagger, pathos and emotional force in abundance. 7/10
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$16,000,000.00
Revenue:
$48,900,000.00
Keywords
Recommendations
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
A Simple Plan
Desperate Hours
She-Devil
The War of the Roses
The Bones
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
Crimewave
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
Gold Dust
Moontrap
Salaam Bombay!
The Local Stigmatic
Miami Blues
The Phantom of the Opera
Edge of Sanity
Don Verdean
The I Inside
Galileo
