Liam Neeson
Film Review: Darkman (1990)
Before he tackled the SPIDER-MAN films director Sam Raimi crafted the dark comic book fantasy DARKMAN. Different from his EVIL DEAD films in tone and genre, DARKMAN tells the story of a brilliant scientist Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) who has a beautiful girlfriend in Julie Hastings (Frances McDormand) and is on the verge of a scientific break though. All of his dreams come crashing to a halt when his lab is broken into by the thug known as Robert Durant (Larry Drake). Durant destroys Westlake’s lab and kills everyone inside in an explosion that blows Westlake’s body into the nearby pier.
When Westlake awakens from his comatose state he is badly burned over most of his body and he realizes that he can no longer feel any pain and when he gets angry his strength increases exponentially. Unable to face Julie the way he is he focuses all his energy on bringing down Durant and his gang. Utilizing the technology created in his lab Westlake creates temporary synthetic skin that allows him to masquerade as anyone in Durant’s gang in order to bring Durant down from the inside out.
Raimi’s unique style goes a long way in creating a world from the comic books. His hyper-kinetic action sequences were some of the most vibrant of its year and still hold up well today. It is apparent from this film where some of the ideas Raimi would elaborate on in the SPIDER-MAN films comes from, but it’s interesting to look back at this under rated gem and see where it all started.
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