Liam Neeson plays a scientist who gets his lab blown up by a bunch of gangsters with him still inside of it. Not dead but deformed and unrecognizable the doctors at the hospital remove his neurons so he can't feel any pain and from this he gains a powerful physical strength. He then flees the hospital and return to his lab to use some synthetic skin that he was working on before this tragic thing happened. And now he's planing to take his revenge.
Darkman's a really cool movie by Sam Raimi from the early 90's but it still feels like an 80's flick. It's a comic book inspired movie and it has this comic book feel to it which is nice.
I can't help to think about what Darkman would have looked like if it had been made today instead, but being a bit "old" only makes it so much cooler and that it's not as flashy as all new comic book related movies is just a good thing.
Cool story with a cool characters makes for a good movie that Darkman really proves to be. Except for the revenge theme it also has a love story going by the side of it.
 
When his lab got blown up he was presumed dead and his love also figured that he was dead. And now when he's back he's having problems facing her since he knows that he's not the same man that he used to be.
The story is pretty good, at least so it will keep you busy watching without getting bored. It has a lot of cool happenings in it and some nice effects.
It's a mixture of many different genres but that's only a good thing but I think the action genre stands out the most or anyway, it has a lot of action to offer.
Score by Danny Elfman, and I guess Darkman should appeal to a lot of people and of course fans of Sam Raimi's other work.
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MOVIE YEAR: 1990
DIRECTOR: Sam Raimi
WRITING CREDITS: Sam Raimi, Chuck Pfarrer
GENRE: Horror, Crime, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
CAST: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Larry Drake
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 96 min
RATING: 7/10
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