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Our Review Published January 6, 2026

Darkman Series Episode 1

Liam Neeson needs thicker skin after Larry Drake (TV’s LA Law) burns down his laboratory and turns him into the vigilante Darkman. But will girlfriend Frances McDormand (Fargo) still want to marry the nerd after he disguises his disfigured looks under masks, and goes after the goons that work for shady real estate developer Colin Friels? And did writer-director Sam Raimi create a landmark superhero movie a decade before he spun the Spider-Man trilogy into box office gold?  Listen Now to learn if this 1990 cult film holds together under the Now Playing Podcast spotlight.

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Darkman

1990 R 1h 35m

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.

Release Date
August 24, 1990
Director
Sam Raimi
Writer
Chuck Pfarrer, Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi
Stars
Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Nelson Mashita, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Rafael H. Robledo, Dan Hicks, Ted Raimi, Dan Bell, Nicholas Worth, Aaron Lustig, Arsenio Trinidad, Said Faraj, Nathan Jung, Professor Toru Tanaka, John Lisbon Wood, Frank Noon, William Dear, Julius Harris, Bridget Hoffman, Philip A. Gillis, Maggie Moore, Carl Bresk, Sean Daniel, John Landis, Carrie Hall, John Cameron, Craig Hosking, Karl A. Wickman, Cliff Fleming, Andy Bale, Neal McDonough, Stuart Cornfeld, William Lustig, Scott Spiegel, Cary Tyler, Charles W. Young, Bruce Campbell, Jenny Agutter, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Tau Logo, Josh Becker, Jorga Caye, Christopher Doyle, Troy Fromin, Tony Gardner
Producer
Robert Tapert
Cinematography
Bill Pope
Music
Danny Elfman
Genre
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Budget
$16,000,000
External Links
IMDb | TMDB

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