Ep976: DARKMAN (1990) - LIVE Round Table Review
Earth's Mightiest Critics are switching things up this week with a retro round table review of Sam Raimi's off-brand action-hero adventure, Darkman!
Liam Neeson stars as Peyton Westlake, a scientist whose lab is blown up by ruthless gangsters. He finds new life as a shadowy, disfigured (and, frankly, crazed) vigilante who exacts revenge and fights to save his one, true love (Frances McDormand) from the forces of evil!
This may sound like the big-city version of Swamp Thing (another famous flop), but Raimi's ambitious, hard-R would-be blockbuster is its own thing--boasting spectacular set pieces and spectacularly odd ideas that could only have come from the mind that gave us The Evil Dead--and which would go on to revolutionize comic book movies a mere ten years later, with Spider-Man!
Join us for a grim 'n gritty trip down memory lane, in which we'll talk 90's effects; damsels in distress; Neeson-before-Neeson, and, of course your live questions, comments, and Super Chats!
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Show Links
Watch the Darkman (1990) trailer.
Check out Scream Factory's recently released Darkman 4K UHD Blu-ray!
Watch Ian's review of the DARKMAN 4K special features on the latest edition of "Featured Extras".
Watch Ian, Mark, and Jeff's recent review of Fritz Lang's M (1931) on Mark's Spoiler Room Podcast (mentioned in the show)!
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