Darkman
- Release Date
- August 24, 1990
- Director
- Sam Raimi
- Cast
- Liam Neeson , Frances McDormand , Colin Friels , Larry Drake , Nelson Mashita , Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
- Runtime
- 96
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Sam Raimi , Chuck Pfarrer , Ivan Raimi , Daniel Goldin , Joshua Goldin
- Tagline
- They destroyed eveything he had, everything he was. Now, crime has a new enemy and justice has a new face.
Summary
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.
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