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1990 • 1h 35min • R • Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

Darkman

"They destroyed everything he had, everything he was. Now, crime has a new enemy and justice has a new face."

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.

IMDb 6.4

RT 84%

MC 65

Writers

Chuck Pfarrer

Sam Raimi

Ivan Raimi

Composer

Danny Elfman

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Liam Neeson

Peyton Westlake / Darkman

Frances McDormand

Julie Hastings

Colin Friels

Louis Strack Jr.

Larry Drake

Robert G. Durant

Nelson Mashita

Yakitito

Jessie Lawrence Ferguson

Eddie Black

Rafael H. Robledo

Rudy Guzman

Dan Hicks

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