

Darkman
They destroyed everything he had, everything he was. Now, crime has a new enemy and justice has a new face.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $14M
- Box office
- $48.9M
- Language
- English
- mask
- corruption
- experiment
- gangster
- superhero
- burn
- revenge
- los angeles, california
- scientist
- madness
- outsider
- disfigurement
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR24 Aug 1990
- PhysicalRVHS14 Feb 1991
- PhysicalRDVD31 Mar 1998
- PhysicalRHD DVD31 Jul 2007
- PhysicalRBlu-ray15 Jun 2010
- PhysicalR4K Ultra HD Blu-ray20 Feb 2024
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1816 Nov 1990
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM10 Jan 1991
BrazilBR
- Theatrical145 Oct 1990
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1524 Aug 1990
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1823 Nov 1990
FranceFR
- Theatrical1214 Nov 1990
- PhysicalDVD22 Feb 2000
- Digital / OTTVOD5 Aug 2017
- PhysicalBlu-Ray7 Nov 2017
- Digital / OTTNetflix1 Apr 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1614 Oct 1990
- Physical164 Oct 2013
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1517 Nov 1990
HungaryHU
- Theatrical188 Aug 1991
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1823 Nov 1990
ItalyIT
- TheatricalVM1416 Jan 1991
Frequently asked questions
Darkman was released on 24 August 1990.
Audience reviews
5- J7/10
John Chard
6/14/2014
Enter Darkman. Sam Raimi’s trial run for the Spider-Man franchise is a whole bunch of fun. Liam Neeson plays Dr. Peyton Westlake, a super scientist who after a major run-in with the villainous Robert G. Durant (Larry Drake), reinvents himself as Darkman, a super-anti-hero who sets about ridding L.A. of its mobsters. It’s a comic book film that isn’t based on a comic book, Raimi inventing his own tortured protag…
- D10/10
d54.pod
8/30/2022
Full Review: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ODe6zr5oNHl6lkcjoOcPB?si=0aad71ce959743a3 I recently rewatched Darkman and there is just so much to like about this movie. In comparison to today's superhero overdose, Darkman just sticks to the basics and tells an incredible emotional and captivating story which is real. No over the top CGI, no storylines forced in by studio producers, not really any characters u…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/12/2023
This is interesting... this is one of those B-Movie gems that is packed full of pro-talent before they really became pro-talent. And that is right down to the Cohens who did uncredited script polishing. This is worth the watch, even if you are one of those people that hates B-movies... wrongly hates. And, it's a comic book movie, it is over the top, it is campy, it packs serious action into a short little plot …
- J7/10
JPV852
2/19/2024
Seen this one a few times over the years and while some scenes were really cheesy due to the visual effects of that era, it still is quite entertaining and solid performances from Neeson and McDormand even with some of the overly dramatic dialogue especially from Neeson. Fine way to spend 90-minutes still.
- K8/10
kevin2019
3/14/2026
"Darkman" almost seems to be an innovative combination of a superhero movie and Gaston Leroux's classic 1909 novel "The Phantom of the Opera" as it aspires to be so much more than the sum of its parts. It does often achieve an emotional poignancy (especially when it comes to the relationship between Peyton Westlake and Julie Hastings), but it is all too clear their love can never continue no matter how much each one …
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