Darkman: Revisiting Sam Raimi's cult superhero movie

3 years ago by Blaze to c/moviesandtv

Tom Jolliffe revisits Sam Raimi’s Darkman, released on this day back in 1990… Hot on the heels of Batman, Sam Raimi delivered Darkman unto the world. Raimi wouldn’t become synonymous with iconic comic book hero films until doing the game changing Spider-Man trilogy, but Darkman , whilst an original creation from Raimi’s mind, is a […]

ummthatguy 12 points 3 years ago

Such a fun, campy movie where you get to see Neeson ham it up. Also worth a watch is The Quick & the Dead (1995) with young Leonardo DiCaprio and a pre Gladiator Russell Crowe. Visually, both are shot very much like a comic, which certainly helped Raimi to eventually land the Spider-Man series.

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Blastasaurus 2 points 3 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion, I've never heard of this.

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UKFilmNerd 7 points 3 years ago

If anyone mentions Darkman to me, the first thing I have to say is, "Take the fucking elephant!" 😆

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ummthatguy 3 points 3 years ago

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WarmSoda 2 points 3 years ago

I'll take the fucking elephant!

And he breaks the guys finger lol

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six_arm_spider_man 6 points 3 years ago

This movie rules. Excellent special effects, Sam Raimi doing his thing, the score, all of it.

The sequels.....not so good.

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jordanlund 5 points 3 years ago

I enjoyed it, my only real beef is the character origin is essentially the same as Swamp Thing... but whatever. It was fun!

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_ed 5 points 3 years ago

I didn't particularly like it at the time, but that might have just been it wasn't what I expected - should do a raimi-a-thon at some point and revisit.

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decadentrebel 2 points 3 years ago

This was one of our favorite movies as kids, and my brother and I would always make jokes referencing it.