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Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention -- artificial skin that could be used to treat burn victims. Peyton himself falls victim to an explosion when one of Julie's crooked clients sends his henchmen to sniff out an .. Read more

Starring	Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake
Director	Sam Raimi
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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  Good, gory fun
  
  Twelve years before reviving the superhero genre with Spider-man’s meteoric success, Sam Raimi made this tremendously enjoyable comic-book flick, which is... read more »
  
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  - 13 Sep 2005 at 21:51
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  Comic-strip capers
  
  This film is great fun and a marvellous example of Sam Raimi at his best. He manages to mix comedy and horror together like nobody else and somehow it just ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Feb 2012 at 14:38
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  darkman
  
  Well worth watching and I would recommend to anyone
  
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- - mark leather
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  - 22 Sep 2011 at 19:25
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  good fun
  
  poorly acted movie, however it is an enjoyable film, with some good humour in it, well worth a watch, i would class this as a b movie
  
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- - blackandwhitemovies
  - 5 reviews
  - bolton
  - 29 Jan 2011 at 19:58
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  Darkman. Is it dated?
  
  Saw this yonks ago on TV, & thought would like to see it again. So the effects are a little dated, so what, If you are expecting grand technical effects ... read more »
  
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- - lastengland
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  - Winchester
  - 27 Sep 2010 at 12:22
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  They've come to see the freak...
  
  20 years before the genre became a cash cow for Hollywood and huge budgets were thrown at pedestrian nonsense like Daredevil, Sam Raimi attempted to bring his ... read more »
  
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- - dickjones
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Apr 2010 at 16:04
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  sorry this had really really dated
  
  so I would not advise you to rent it!!!!! Like a Hammer House of Horror movie!!!!
  
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- - jeffster
  - 130 reviews
  - Newark
  - 09 Nov 2009 at 18:00
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  Great Raimi
  
  A great superhero film from the legendary director of the Evil Dead and Spiderman trilogies. Very dark and sinister as the best superheros are.
  
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  - Sheffield
  - 10 Oct 2008 at 14:50
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  Good fun
  
  A wee bit far fetched but good fun.No regrets
  
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- - alcav
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  - CANNOCK
  - 20 Dec 2007 at 16:30
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  'Heres the cash man...
  
  One of the best comic book film adaptations ever! Absolutely fantastic in every way!
  
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- - Sean K
  - Essex, UK.
  - 25 Jan 2007 at 15:22
- - 7
  - 2
  Good, gory fun
  
  Twelve years before reviving the superhero genre with Spider-man’s meteoric success, Sam Raimi made this tremendously enjoyable comic-book flick, which is... read more »
  
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  Good, gory fun
  
  Twelve years before reviving the superhero genre with Spider-man’s meteoric success, Sam Raimi made this tremendously enjoyable comic-book flick, which is... read more »
  
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- 345925
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  - 13 Sep 2005 at 21:51
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  Don't take it too seriously
  
  You're either going to like this or hate it. The key to enjoying it is realising that it's not taking itself vert seriously - Liam Neeson hams it up ... read more »
  
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  - Chelmsford, England
  - 19 Jul 2004 at 10:32
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  WOWZERS!
  
  From the director of 'Spiderman' and the star of such hits as the harrowing 'Schindler's List' and the cosmic 'Star Wars 1: The Phantom ... read more »
  
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  - NEWCASTLE
  - 12 Oct 2004 at 12:28
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  Woah, Darkman, Whoa!
  
  It's a little campy in parts [but it's supposed to be a semi-parody on Ed Wood's 'Revenge of Dr. X' so what was I expecting?!!]. But still ... read more »
  
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  - newcastle upon TYNE
  - 28 Jun 2005 at 13:40
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  Pretty fun...
  
  Not the greatest film to land on the planet, but fun..
  
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  - newcastle
  - 30 May 2005 at 12:14
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  sam raimi on form
  
  to say this is quite an old film the special effects are good and the story too liam neeson takes a good part to say its not quite his thing theres been too ... read more »
  
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- - patney
  - 6 reviews
  - barnsley
  - 08 Jun 2005 at 13:06
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  'Heres the cash man...
  
  One of the best comic book film adaptations ever! Absolutely fantastic in every way!
  
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- - Sean K
  - Essex, UK.
  - 25 Jan 2007 at 15:22
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  Good fun
  
  A wee bit far fetched but good fun.No regrets
  
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- - alcav
  - 91 reviews
  - CANNOCK
  - 20 Dec 2007 at 16:30
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  Great Raimi
  
  A great superhero film from the legendary director of the Evil Dead and Spiderman trilogies. Very dark and sinister as the best superheros are.
  
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- 641937
- - a customer
  - Sheffield
  - 10 Oct 2008 at 14:50
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  sorry this had really really dated
  
  so I would not advise you to rent it!!!!! Like a Hammer House of Horror movie!!!!
  
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- - jeffster
  - 130 reviews
  - Newark
  - 09 Nov 2009 at 18:00

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  Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention -- artificial skin that could be used to treat burn victims. Peyton himself falls victim to an explosion when one of Julie's crooked clients sends his ...