Darkman

[Punisher Rising]

Does anyone else here absolutely love this movie? It's one of my all-time favorites and a true underrated classic to me. I love the character of Darkman and feel he's so underrated and forgotten, and the movie is great even though it's a little dated nowadays. It has a solid cast (especially Larry Drake as Durant, one of the best villains out there, so evil he could make Satan on his worst day cringe and quiver), a brisk pace, a fine plot and some great action scenes including the factory raid and the helicopter scene, and Darkman's make-up is amazing (and downright disturbing).

The two sequels are both decent and watchable, but neither is nearly as good as the original, although they're both worth a watch. I also enjoyed the film novelization (which differs a fair bit from the film despite some general similarities), the four-novel original series (all four are really good and worth a read) and the Marvel Comics six-issue series which was basically an alternate sequel to the first movie, and was pretty entertaining (if a bit strange in the later issues). And of course, there's the Darkman Vs. Army Of Darkness series, which was a great crossover and very fun (and whatever happened to the supposed solo series Darkman was supposed to get after that? Thought it was slated for release in 2007, IIRC). I have the NES game as well which I have yet to beat, very tough game.

Any other Darkman fans?

(I did a search to see if a thread on this movie already existed but I found none, but if another exists by all means, feel free to merge it).

 

[Wolfman]

Yeah, Darkman is the man. I hated the sequels, because they were so crappy. You could see Arnold Vosloo's lips move when the mask's mouth was open.
But anyway, the first Darkman is really nice comicbooky movie, with trademark Raimi visuals and comedy. And even Bruce Campbell in the end.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

Well, you cannot say it often enough: It's not a comic book movie

Yup, but that aside, nice movie, I would give 7/10 points, not overly brilliant but very entertaining and better than Raimi's Spider-Man flicks.

 

[Punisher Rising]

Well, you cannot say it often enough: It's not a comic book movie

It had an adaptation though and it's own comic series. I say it counts, albeit the other way around

 

[TruerToTheCore]

It had an adaptation though and it's own comic series. I say it counts, albeit the other way around

so... Star Wars and James Bond are comic book movies now?

 

[Octoberist]

as much as I like Darkman, it's dated. I love movies from the 70s and 80s mind you, but I just think Darkman didn't age as well as it should..

 

[Punisher Rising]

so... Star Wars and James Bond are comic book movies now?

I think we can file Darkman under miscellaneous comic films, which is the sub-forum this thread is in, all should be good t:

 

[Marvel Spider]

Wow, I'm glad someone made a thread on this. Darkman was a great movie, one of my favorites. The carnival scene was insane!

 

[Morg]

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=293186

someone search is not strong

 

[El Payaso]

I remember I loved this movie so much. It became a classic to me but I haven't seen it in years. And yes, so much better than Raimi's Spiderman.

 

[Deaths Head II]

Darkman is one of my personal favorite films and definitely my favorite Raimi film. I just love it.

 

[Bruce Banner]

It is a classic. I was young when I first saw it and remember getting scared when they were torturing him near the start. Larry Drake's character Durant was cool.

Liam Neeson definately helped bring the character to life. I don't think Campbell could have made you feel for Peyton as much if he was cast like intended.

 

[Darth Rockwell]

This was one of my favorite movies growing up. I would watch it all the time. In retrospect I don't think my parents paid enough attention to what I was watching.

 

[Punisher Rising]

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=293186

someone search is not strong

Shoot, don't know why that didn't turn up when I did the search. Search seems to throw lots of unrelated results together when I look for a particular topic

Good to see there's others here who are fans of this movie. It's coming to Blu-ray in June, but unfortunately it'll be barebones Stupid Universal. There's NO excuse for a barebones Blu-ray disc. Even if they didn't want to produce new special features, the least they could've done was dug through their archives for things like promotional featurettes, deleted scenes, etc.

At least there's this neat featurette online to view in the meantime:

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[Peyton Westlake]

Well, I think I can say im not jumping on the bandwagon.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Just something to look at & add as a companion piece. As you can see by date I started it in 2005.

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=181357

 

[Mace Dolex]

Very cool little movie especially love the way Darkman would disguise himself as Durant's goons and the music by Danny Elfman is fantastic right up there with his Batman theme.

"I was engaged to a girl with a wooden leg once"

"Oh yeah, what happened?"
"Had to break it off"

 

[Punisher Rising]

I still have my Darkman action figure from SOTA's defunct Now Playing series of action figures, back from 2005.

 

[Catman]

I don't agree with those who say that it's dated. What exactly is dated about it?

 

[Punisher Rising]

I guess it's just the overall look of the film, which may be due to the not very good DVD transfer it has. But beyond that, some of the bluescreen effects certainly are more obvious today.

 

[Panthro]

Darkman was a fun romp. Haven't seen it in years. Still, I cannot help wondering how well Bruce Campbell would have fared as Darkman/Peyton Westlake.

Too bad the sequels sucked. They dishonor the legacy of the original.

 

[Radford]

JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULIE!! t:




One of my favorite movies. Ever.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

I cannot help wondering how well Bruce Campbell would have fared as Darkman/Peyton Westlake.

He would have sucked. Bruce Campbell isn't a dramatic actor, so he wouldn't have been able to handle the role.

 

[Panthro]

He would have sucked. Bruce Campbell isn't a dramatic actor, so he wouldn't have been able to handle the role.

Has he ever had a dramatic part?

 

[Call Me Darkman]

Has he ever had a dramatic part?

Not to my knowledge. He's a B-actor whose done mostly B-movies.