
Peyton Westlake is a scientist who has discovered a way to produce synthetic skin. This could revolutionise skin grafting, except for one minor glitch; the synthetic skin degrades after 100 minutes of exposure to light. When gangsters attack Peyton, he is horrifically burnt, and assumed dead. In his quest for revenge, Peyton, aka the Darkman, is able to take on the appearance of anyone (using the synthetic skin,) but he only has 100 minutes per disguise.... (Full plot summary below)
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Peyton Westlake is a scientist who has discovered a way to produce synthetic skin. This could revolutionise skin grafting, except for one minor glitch; the synthetic skin degrades after 100 minutes of exposure to light. When gangsters attack Peyton, he is horrifically burnt, and assumed dead. In his quest for revenge, Peyton, aka the Darkman, is able to take on the appearance of anyone (using the synthetic skin,) but he only has 100 minutes per disguise.
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| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesIt comes on exceptionally strong, sure of itself and its basic, primitive hold on the audience. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeNice to look at, but it doesn't really work. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanEvery bit as funny, thrilling, and darkly captivating as it was twenty-four years ago. |
| Washington PostJoe BrownA frenetic funhouse ride that has you laughing and screaming at the same time. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonThis is the kind of dark, psychotic hero who could have kept us blackly entertained for years. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyA fiendishly stylish journey that links the classics of transfiguration to the terrors of our times. |
| FilmLand EmpireAnton Bitel...comicbook slapstick and off-the-hook mania in a combination only previously seen in Evil Dead II. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrDarkman is funny, but it’s no joke; it’s the work of a man who underlines the conventions of adventure stories and horror because he enjoys them, and knows that even when rendered tongue-in-cheek, they’re timeless. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseThe wild pulp adventure that prefigured Raimi's eventual direction of the Spider-Man franchise...If you've a taste for Hollywood-funded outré, Darkman is one of those rare films that fits the bill. [Blu-ray] |
| Georgia StraightSteve NewtonRaimi's $14-million project is a thrilling comic-book-style adventure that goes for the heart but uses romance and tragedy in lieu of an eight-inch blade. |