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Plot: Dr. Peyton Westlake's laboratory, where he's experimenting with a new form of synthetic skin, is attacked by ruthless gangsters, burning the scientist beyond recognition. Emerging from a medical procedure as Darkman, Westlake assumes a series of identities in his quest for revenge.
Our Take: Years before he breathed new life into the superhero genre with 2002's Spider-Man, Sam Raimi showed that his madcap filmmaking style was perfectly suited for comic book adaptations with 1990's Darkman. There's still the gruesome dark humor you'd expect from the director of the Evil Dead films, and it's just as much an homage to Universal monster movies as it is the origin story of a new anti-hero. — James
Plot: Dr. Peyton Westlake's laboratory, where he's experimenting with a new form of synthetic skin, is attacked by ruthless gangsters, burning the scientist beyond recognition. Emerging from a medical procedure as Darkman, Westlake assumes a series of identities in his quest for revenge.
Our Take: Years before he breathed new life into the superhero genre with 2002's Spider-Man, Sam Raimi showed that his madcap filmmaking style was perfectly suited for comic book adaptations with 1990's Darkman. There's still the gruesome dark humor you'd expect from the director of the Evil Dead films, and it's just as much an homage to Universal monster movies as it is the origin story of a new anti-hero. — James
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