Movie
Darkman
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1990-08-24
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Renaissance Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Liam Neeson as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
- Frances McDormand as Julie Hastings
- Colin Friels as Louis Strack Jr.
- Larry Drake as Robert G. Durant
- Nelson Mashita as Yakitito
- Jessie Lawrence Ferguson as Eddie Black
- Rafael H. Robledo as Rudy Guzman
- Dan Hicks as Skip
- Ted Raimi as Rick
- Dan Bell as Smiley
- Nicholas Worth as Pauly
- Aaron Lustig as Martin Katz
Crew
- Sam Raimi - Director
- Chuck Pfarrer - Screenplay
- Ivan Raimi - Screenplay
- Sam Raimi - Screenplay
- Joshua Goldin - Screenplay
- Daniel Goldin - Screenplay
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