Darkman
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63 out of 100

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  • Starring: Frances McDormand, Liam Neeson
  • Summary: A hideously scarred and mentally unstable scientist seeks revenge against the mobster who ruined his life.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    Mar 3, 2013
    88
    The film works because Raimi's motor-rhythmed pop sensibility was ready to take off in this movie, and does, in a series of wonderfully hyperkinetic comic-strip lurches. [24 Aug. 1990, p.34]
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  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    Mar 3, 2013
    75
    Cult director Sam Raimi has come a long way since giving us killer tree limbs in whichever (I've repressed it) Evil Dead pic had them. With good leads and a few bucks, he's come up with a high-octane revenge piece mentionable in the same breath as its predecessors. [24 Aug. 1990]
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  3. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Jay Boyar
    Mar 3, 2013
    60
    It's a fairly effective melodrama with an inventive visual design, swift pacing and convincing performances by Liam Neeson (as Westlake/Darkman), Frances McDormand (as Westlake's girlfriend) and Larry Drake (as the heavy). [24 Aug. 1990, p.4]
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  4. Tampa Bay Times
    Reviewed by: Hal Lipper
    Mar 3, 2013
    20
    Darkman is a spectacularly ill-conceived combination of Batman and The Phantom of the Opera. [24 Aug. 1990, p.6]
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. Spyfighter5000
    9
    There may be some cheesy dialogue and scenes to be found here, but I found Darkman and extremely entertaining film. It has a great original plot and brings us back to some of the great old school films such as Phantom of the Opera. Sam Raimi perfectly incorporates his trade mark camera work and dark humour. Great film with some awesome action sequences that were way ahead of it's time.… Expand
  2. LaGuerta
    5
    Darkman is over the top yet rather stern, simultaneously. While it would have been perfect as a comic, it doesn't work quite as well as a film. However, it is uncompromising and refuses to patronise its audience and must be commended for that.… Expand
  3. oliver1h
    4
    This movie had the potential to be a really dark movie with an interesting anti-hero, but the cheesy dialogs and cheaply made action sequences ruined it.… Expand

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