Rating of
3/4
Oldschool Raimi, great movie
TheWolf - wrote on 08/04/07
This is the first movie that I ever saw Liam Neeson in, and I thought it was the coolest idea for a movie. Of course when I saw it for the first time I was 13. While my perception of the movie has changed as I got more familiar with the acting and finding the flaws, I still enjoy seeing this movie years later.
Darkman tells the tale of lawyer Julie Hastings (Frances McDormand) who discovers a memo that implicates her boss, property developer Louis Strack Jr. (Colin Friels), in the bribing high ranking officials. Julie confronts Strack about it & the matter goes unresolved, Strack sends crime kingpin Robert G. Durant (Larry Drake) & his thugs round to Julie's boyfriends laboratory to retrieve the documents. There they beat Julie's boyfriend Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) & leave him for dead as well as killing his lab assistant Yakitito (Nelson Mashita), having found the what they want Durant & his men blow the lab up but Westlake is thrown clear from the explosion but even though he suffers massive amounts of burns he survives & is taken to a nearby hospital where he is given revolutionary treatment which at least keeps him alive. Hurt, scared & in pain Westlake escapes from the hospital & finds Julie but because of his disfigurement she doesn't recognise him. Angry & bitter about what has been done to him Westlake decides to use his research into synthetic skin to extract revenge on those who tried to kill him & turned him into what he now is...
Co-written & directed by Sam Raimi Darkman is an enjoyable fantasy action film.
