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.
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Resolved, classical in form, effortless and relentless.
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Liam NeesonPeyton Westlake / Darkman
- Frances McDormandJulie Hastings
- Colin FrielsLouis Strack Jr.
- Larry DrakeRobert G. Durant
- Nelson MashitaYakitito
- Jessie Lawrence FergusonEddie Black
- Rafael H. RobledoRudy Guzman
- Dan HicksSkip
- Ted RaimiRick
- Dan BellSmiley
Crew
- Sam RaimiDirector
- Joshua GoldinScreenplay
- Ivan RaimiScreenplay
- Sam RaimiScreenplay
- Bill PopeDirector of Photography
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
- David StivenEditor
- Bud S. SmithEditor
- Robert TapertProducer
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