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It's Dark
No one wanted to give Mr. Raimi the rights to make a movie based on a comic character(of course we all know how that changed years down the line), so he just made up his own hero, or anti-hero as it were. I've seen this movie quite a few times over the years since it's initial release and I've always enjoyed it. I always felt Raimi had a better character going in his Darkman creation than he ever did in taking on that dorkus Spiderman crap. Darkman's, well...dark. He's seems to be pieced together from bits of classic Universal horror characters-with just a pinch of the Hulk-without being too much like any one of them in particular. The film is total R-rated material which we never see anymore in major theatrical releases, especially those with a comic character theme. Sure, it's a bit cornball, and it bit cliched, but what action/comic style film isn't to some degree? And how many have Larry Drake as a villain?? Think about that one, Bubba. Raimi's first dip into the mainstream was definitely his best because he still kept his style. Sure, it was a little restrained, but he kept it. Yeah, he would go all crazy again with Army Of Darkness, but I believe this was actually a bigger production...but don't quote me on that. Well worth your time, and fun too!

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Formative Years
There are some movies that one remembers as they grow up and even fewer films have a direct impact on their development. Darkman is not one of them but I do remember quite a bit of it. <
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>Day after day I would come home from school, curl up in front of the VHS player and do my homework while watching this movie. Rewatching it today satisfies a feeling nostolgia for those times. It's amazing how much of the film I remember. It may not be as good as I remember but that is not at the fault of Sam Raimi and the other collaborators on the film per sae as the quality of the final product was highly influenced by the socio-economics of the Studio at the time of the production which is unfortuante: a film that is way too short to unfold the interesting mythology which had potential to be a great story arch that never came to fruition (run on sentences are applicable in film reviews). <
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>All and all, a terrific iconic film from the early 90's that deserves a repeated viewing every year or so.

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the Worst Action movie I've ever seen
I guess success turned around for Sam Raimi in 2002 & 2004 with the two Spider-Man films, but first he created this "V" like character in this garage of a movie, I liked "V for Vendetta" but not this "Darkman" if want to see a badly burned viligante in a mask see "V for Vendetta" don't see "Darkman"