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Darkman is a 1990 American superhero horror film [5] [6] [7] directed and co-written by Sam Raimi.The film stars Liam Neeson as scientist Peyton Westlake, who is brutally attacked, disfigured, and left for dead by ruthless mobster Robert Durant (Larry Drake), after his girlfriend, attorney Julie Hastings (Frances McDormand), runs afoul of corrupt developer Louis Strack Jr. (Colin Friels).
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Darkman III: Die Darkman Die is a 1996 Canadian-American superhero film directed by Bradford May, starring Arnold Vosloo, Jeff Fahey, Darlanne Fluegel and Roxann Dawson. It is the second sequel to 1990's Darkman , whose director Sam Raimi serves as executive producer . [ 1 ]
Due to Larry Drake's prior commitments, his sequel was shot second, although it ended up being released first. For this reason, the film was known at the start of production as Darkman III: Durant Returns. [5] [14] Photography was listed as starting on March 15, 1994. [14] The Return of Durant was budgeted at US$4 million. [3]
Darkman manages to defeat his archenemy by clinging to the helicopter and using his strength to pull it into a tunnel and explode the chopper. Darkman gratifyingly yells, "Burn in Hell!" After this, Darkman poses as Durant in order to infiltrate Strack's new skyscraper, which was the reason the developer hired Durant in the first place.
Liam Neeson is an Irish actor. He rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner Schindler's List.He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Taken, Michael Collins, Les Misérables, Batman Begins, Kinsey, Clash of the Titans, and The Chronicles of Narnia series.
In the late 1980s, Raimi was initially attached to The Guardian, based on the 1987 book The Nanny by Dan Greenburg, but left in order to direct Darkman instead. According to screenwriter Stephen Volk, he and Raimi developed it as an "Omen-esque" horror film with set-pieces bordering on parody, but when William Friedkin replaced him, the script was rewritten from scratch.
Army of Darkness [a] is a 1992 American dark fantasy comedy film directed, co-written, and co-edited by Sam Raimi. [3] [4] The film is the third installment in the Evil Dead film series and the sequel to Evil Dead II (1987).