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Darkman

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Sequel:

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Spin-off:

Darkman - Pilot Episode (TV)

Original title

Darkman

Year

1990

Running time

96 min.

Country

United States

Director

Sam Raimi

Screenwriter

Daniel Goldin, Chuck Pfarrer, Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Joshua Goldin

Cast

Music

Danny Elfman

Cinematography

Bill Pope

Producer

Universal Pictures, Renaissance Pictures. Distributor: Universal Pictures

Genre

Fantasy. Sci-Fi. Action | Superheroes

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Darkman

Synopsis

Scientist Peyton Westlake is working on a project to create synthetic skin. Now the skin he has developed has a flaw--it will not remain stable for more than 99 minutes. His girlfriend, Julie, a lawyer is investigating a developer. She leaves some incriminating documents at Peyton's. One night Peyton was working when the lights in his lab went out, he then discovers that the synthetic skin has remained stable past 99 minutes, he deduces that it's because of light that the skin doesn't remain stable. And it is at that moment that a psychotic criminal, Robert Durant appears demanding the documents that Julie left there. They beat up Peyton, and after finding the documents they blow up Peyton's lab. Peyton was blown away and everybody believes he is dead but in reality, he was found, burned seriously and a new procedure was performed on him that renders him unable to sense pain, he also now has tremendous strength and is now prone to violent outbursts. He is now working on perfecting the synthetic skin and at the same using his technology to make synthetic skin masks of the men who attacked him so that he could strike back at them.

Rankings Position

#123 Best Superhero Movies

Awards: 1990: Sitges Fantasy Film Festival: Best Director, Special Effects. Nom. for Best Movie

1990: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): nominated to Best Horror Film.

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